What is Financial Therapy?
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What is Financial Therapy?
Is financial therapy the same as a financial advising?
Financial advisors work on the dollars and cents. Financial Therapy work on your other senses, like sleepless nights and family conflicts.
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What is Financial Therapy?
Why have I not heard of financial therapy? Is it a made up field?
Financial therapy is real, not made up. The field began about 10 years ago and is expanding quickly. Five universities now offer degrees, with more on the way. Only about 100 professionals are certified by the Financial Therapy Association, making it a rare but growing expertise.
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What is Financial Therapy?
What are the benefits of Financial Therapy?
Build confidence to make clear financial decisions. Improve communication and trust in money conversations. Break old patterns and create healthier money habits. Opportunities for better health and wealth.
About Erika Wasserman
Erika Wasserman’s work began with one uncomfortable truth. People avoid talking about money. Not because they do not care, but because they feel shame, fear, or confusion.
After two decades in consulting Erika watched smart, capable people make decisions that did not match their values because no one taught them how to talk about money without panic. Life experience deepened that insight. Marriage. Divorce. Single motherhood. Career pivots. Big emotions tied to very real dollars. She learned firsthand that money is never just math. It is mindset, story, and behavior.
She founded Your Financial Therapist to change that experience. The goal is simple. Help people feel grounded, confident, and clear when money is involved.
Today, Erika works with individuals, couples, and global companies. She leads workshops that reduce financial stress. She creates tools that spark honest conversations at kitchen tables and in boardrooms. She turns awkward money moments into practical next steps.
The impact is measurable. Clients sleep better. Employees focus better. Families communicate better.
Erika is the author of Conversations with Your Financial Therapist, published by Wiley in 2025, endorsed by Shark Tank’s very own Barbara Corcoran. She is the creator of the Let’s Talk Finances conversation cards, icebreakers for your money mindset available on Amazon. She is a professional keynote speaker and a trusted partner for organizations that want less stress and more impact in employee financial well being.
An avid traveler with 49 countries and counting, Erika is also a single mom to three teenage girls. She has lived, moved, and shopped for groceries across continents, bringing warmth, wit, and real world wisdom to every session, stage, and page.
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Conversations with Your Financial Therapist (Wiley Publishing) is an insightful guide to the emotional side of money. Certified Financial Therapist Erika Wasserman uses real stories, practical tools, and reflective exercises to help readers uncover the “why” behind their money habits, shift limiting beliefs, and build a healthier, more confident relationship with money.
Testimonials
“Erika’s session gave our employees tools to reduce financial stress, reframe limiting beliefs, and refocus their energy. The result? More engaged, clear-headed, and productive team members ready to grow personally and professionally.”
From Taboo to Transformative (Corporate Chief Human Resource Officer)
“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.”
Financial Professional with No One to Talk To (Money Mindset Makeover Client)
“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.”
Before the Vows, We Talked Money (Money Mindset Makeover Couple)
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.
More Freedom and Less Stress (Money Mindset Makeover 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.
When the Spreadsheet Queen Gets a Mindset Makeover (Money Mindset Makeover Client)
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.
My Mom Came to Work with Me (International Attendee for Mastering Money and Emotions Corporate Edition)
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