About Erika Your Financial Therapist

My Journey

Erika’s personal and professional journey was not a direct one — and continues to evolve. For most people, specific experiences in life have influenced the way they feel about money. For her, there were many: growing up in a household where the topic of money was exciting dinner conversation, getting married, having three children, getting divorced, living abroad, moving nine times for a corporate job, and losing a parent. Unsurprisingly, Erika found herself at a crossroads.

After a successful 10-year career at IBM, Erika shifted gears and left corporate America to work on growing brands in the organic-food industry where she transformed brands from innovative emerging products to household names, while juggling a growing family. Along her journey, Erika noticed a gap in how people all over the world talked — or didn’t talk — about money, both within family structures, relationships, and workplaces. Once she discovered Financial Therapy, Erika has dedicated her life to coaching individuals, couples, families, and corporate teams on how to communicate more comfortably and effectively on the otherwise taboo topic of money.

A highly sought-after Certified Financial Therapist, she has been quoted in national media, including CNBC, The New York Times, US News + Report, Yahoo! Money, and Times. Along with being the creator of Let’s Talk Finances Conversation Cards that create a unique way to stimulate meaningful conversations about and around the taboo topic of money. Available on Amazon.

Erika lives in South Florida with her three daughters and can be found driving to the beach with the top down of her Jeep, or planning her next overseas adventure.

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Learn more about Erika Wasserman, Certified Financial Therapist, Through Client Testimonials

Here, you’ll find real experiences from clients who have worked with Erika to address their financial challenges, improve their money mindset, and build healthier financial habits.

These stories highlight the practical impact of financial therapy and the difference it makes in transforming how people manage their money and their lives.

Financial Wellness has to be part of a holistic wellness philosophy and proposition. When we started working with Erika, running Mastering Money and Emotions workshops globally, we received extremely positive feedback from our employees around the world.

Christian

Vice President LifeWorks & Inclusion at Discovery Communications

Your session from my company changed everything! I’ve been able to stick to my personal and family budget, and the meetings have been frequent. In fact, we have one scheduled for next Sunday. With the savings that I have designated, I’m planning on joining the Discovery pension plan.

Rodrigo (Mastering Money and Emotions, 2 part series)

Discovery Employee

I look forward to my sessions with Erika. Its a breath of fresh air to be able to dissect my relationship with money with someone other than my spouse or family. She has helped me identify and simplify the driving factors behind the ‘what and why’ I spend.Rueing my financial decisions used to keep me up at night. After working with Erika, I have it more under control.,

Phil (Private client)

Hedge Fund Manager

We wanted to align our goals before getting married, and Erika provided a safe, judgement-free zone where we were able to hash out some of our money hang-ups together. We’re grateful for the tools she provided that will set us up for success in our marriage.

Jackie & Frank (Partner Clients)

Engaged Couple

Thank you Judy & Erika for such a power-packed session. It was very insightful and has definitely given us a lot of food for thought. The insights shared by you are very helpful and will connect with you soon to discuss these further.

Ritika

People and Culture Partner at Discovery, Inc.

Erika and Judy, Thanks so much for this. As you know, I was very positively impacted by your workshops. Chris and I have been talking about money easefully and often as a result of many of the tools and techniques you both shared.

Renee (Private Client)

Personal Client

While I feel I’m a pro at the financial part of this, these workshops truly helped me be more aware of the emotional aspect – which I never paid attention to and quite frankly didn’t really understand.

Exec in Financial Services

Personal Client

I have just participated in a really helpful and insightful two part short course on finance and emotions by two American colleagues: a leadership consultant and a financial therapist. I am a hard ass in terms of learning and it was amazing.