Financial Therapy
Who I Work With:
I work with people who are trying to make sense of the emotional side of money, especially during times of transition, pressure, or identity change.
Many of my clients are high-functioning and thoughtful, but still feel stuck in patterns around money that do not fully make sense on paper. Some are the first in their families to build or manage significant wealth. Others are carrying family expectations, cultural pressure, or the complicated realities that come with success.
I often work with:
First-generation wealth creators
People who are building more than previous generations and trying to understand how old fears, family messages, or a survival mindset may still be shaping their relationship with money.Founders and entrepreneurs
People navigating the emotional impact of building, selling, or stepping away from something that once gave structure, identity, and purpose.Global professionals
People balancing money, family, culture, and responsibility across borders, often while trying to make thoughtful decisions for themselves and the next generation.Next-generation inheritors and leaders
People trying to find their own values, voice, and direction within an existing family system or legacy.
Why Financial Therapy?
You can be smart, capable, and successful and still feel anxious, avoidant, guilty, or unclear when it comes to money.
That does not mean something is wrong with you. It often means that money has become tied to something deeper, such as safety, identity, family loyalty, pressure, or self-worth.
This can show up as:
Scarcity
A lingering fear of not having enough, even when the numbers say otherwise.Avoidance or paralysis
Putting off financial decisions, overthinking them, or feeling shut down when the stakes feel high.Guilt and inherited burden
Carrying family expectations, cultural pressure, or money beliefs that do not fully belong to you.Identity confusion
Struggling to know who you are outside of achievement, income, status, or what you are expected to carry.
How We Do It :
This work is not just about insight. It is about helping change feel more real and more lasting.
Together, we look at the experiences, beliefs, and emotional patterns that may still be shaping your relationship with money today. That can include early family messages, cultural dynamics, past financial stress, and the ways your body learned to respond to pressure, uncertainty, or responsibility.
From there, we work toward:
Understanding the pattern
Naming what is happening beneath the surface and where it may have come from.Building more self-trust
Shifting away from avoidance, overfunctioning, or fear-based decision-making.Creating change that is sustainable
Making choices around money, responsibility, and legacy that feel more grounded, intentional, and aligned with your values.
Professional Scope:
As a Board-Certified Psychologist and Certified Financial Therapist™, I bring clinical depth to work that often gets flattened into productivity, mindset, or financial advice.
I do not provide investment advice. Instead, I focus on the emotional, relational, and cultural side of money. When helpful, I can work alongside wealth managers, CPAs, attorneys, and other trusted professionals so the human side of the plan is not left out.
My role is to help support the people behind the money, so decisions are not driven only by fear, pressure, or old patterns, but by greater clarity, steadiness, and intention.
