The transdisciplinary home for advancing mental, financial, and relational well-being
Financial Therapy
A process informed by both therapeutic and financial competencies that helps people
think, feel, communicate, and behave
differently with money to improve overall well-being through evidence-based practices and interventions.
About FTA
The Financial Therapy Association (FTA) is an organization comprised of professionals dedicated to the integration of cognitive, emotional, behavioral, relational, and financial aspects of well-being.
Relational
The relationships in our lives affect how we think, feel, and behave with money. Immediate and extended family, friends, coworkers, and clients influence how we perceive and understand the role money plays in our lives.
Cognitive
Cognitive refers to what we consciously know, think, and believe. It can also relate to our unconscious beliefs and biases about money.
Emotional
Emotions influence our cognition, behavior and relationships with others around money.
Likewise, how we think, behave, and relate to others regarding money impacts our emotional
responses. Emotional reactions to money can be expressed and maintained in our relationships
with others and in our mind-body connection between our thoughts and beliefs and our physical
bodies.
Behavioral
Our behavior is the manifestation and expression of our emotional, cognitive, and relational realities. Emotions and thoughts about our behavior are interrelated where a change in behavior can result in a change in thoughts and emotions, and a change in thoughts and emotions can
create behavior change.
Financial
Money is a complex tool that is both objective and subjective. It is emotionally charged and loaded with conscious and unconscious beliefs that not only reflect our financial health but our personal well-being and the quality of our interpersonal relationships. Financial therapy intervenes in one or more of these areas (cognitive, emotional, behavioral, relational, financial)
to make a positive difference in our lives.
Financial Therapy for All: Across Cultures, Across Generations
In-Person | May 16-18, 2024 | San Diego, CA
What we do
The FTA exists to unite professionals from multiple disciplinary backgrounds to:
- foster the financial therapy profession
- disseminate cutting edge research, best practices, and training that enhance client quality of life, and
- shape public policy and practice management standards within financial therapy.
Featured Webinar
Siblings, Family Systems Theory, Guardianship, and Restoring the Triad
September 2, 2022 | 1 PM ET
Journal of Financial Therapy
Read the latest articles from the JFT.
Financial Well-Being For You
and Your Community
Integrating Financial Self-Care to Achieve Total Wellness for All
Virtual | November 8-9, 2021
2021 Conference
Registration
Now Open!
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Become a Member of the Financial Therapy Association and join a dynamic group of professionals and scholars. Help us continue the important work of building this new field!
