A new book from Bloomsbury Publishing:
Follow the Money
A Guide to Talking About the Last Taboo Topic with Your Clients
by Judith Stern Peck
& Betsy Witten
Why is money so hard to talk about? Even in therapy? Even for therapists?
Despite the stress caused by money issues, there has been no comprehensive approach to helping counselors, therapists, and financial advisors work with groups, couples, families and individuals on financial matters and money values. Until now.
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This book offers a framework and tools to fully reveal the money narrative in each person’s mind, and the manifestation of that narrative in their emotional lives, their relationships, and their actions.
Peck and Witten tell the stories of women in their workshops, what they discover while doing the exercises, and the changes they are able to make as a result throughout the book. The book discusses many of the common themes that emerge through the workshops, including persistent gendered associations with regard to money, class and identity, and the challenges of parenting with honesty around money.
Follow the Money offers a profound new framework and an accessible set of tools. When therapists and other professionals become comfortable and skillful in following the money thread, they can help their clients achieve greater self-awareness and agency, and ultimately change their behavior around money.
Follow the Money includes a workbook for readers to explore their own money narrative, and develop awareness of their money identity.
About the Authors
Betsy Witten, JD, is a New York-based coach who helps clients develop self-awareness and agency around money. She supports their navigation of legal and investment relationships through life-cycle transitions including trust creation, estate planning, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. Her professional history includes being an attorney, a social justice advocate, a founder of a high school for court-involved students, and a Program Director at a national foundation. She has facilitated the Money and Meaning Workshop at the Ackerman Institute for the Family for several years. Betsy received both her B.A. and J.D. from Columbia University.
Judith Stern Peck, LCSW, is director of a project team at the Ackerman Institute of the Family that researches, educates and consults on Money and Family Life. She is also principal of JSP Associates, a firm that provides educational and consulation services to family businesses, family foundations, and family offices.