(HS Archuleta 150531 2026) Money Anxiety: Tools from SFBT and CBT for Individuals and Couples

Course overview

Easy-to-use strategies to ease your client's money anxiety Get scripts, worksheets, and interventions to help clients explore financial fear Open up conversations about finances - without shame, discomfort, or judgment Shift couples who fight about money from blame to shared values and repair Tools to treat the emotional drivers behind impulsive spending Repair damaging internalized messages like "I'm bad with money" Clients bring it into the room - whether they say the word "money" or not. You've seen it - overspending to self-soothe, chronic financial conflict between partners, and shame tied to debt, fear, or scarcity. Financial distress is skyrocketing, driven by inflation, debt, and the pressures to keep up. And still, it rarely makes it onto the treatment plan. That's a problem ... because money isn't just about what's in the bank. It's about: Safety. Power. Identity. Worth. What if talking about money felt as natural, and necessary, as talking about trauma or anxiety? Join Kristy L. Archuleta, PhD, LMFT, certified financial therapist and co-editor of the seminal book Financial Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice, for this comprehensive training packed with evidence supported strategies drawn from the emerging field of financial therapy. You'll increase your confidence working with clients on money matters as you get practical assessments, effective interventions, and financial health tools to: Help clients within a solution-focused framework, whether their distress comes from intergenerational money issues, childhood poverty, or acute financial setbacks Guide couples to share money goals and values with genograms that highlight roles, power dynamics, and financial decisions Provide tools like a spending plan and financial ratios to shift your clients - all within your scope of practice No spreadsheets or calculators here - just therapeutic tools you can use to change your clients' relationship with money to ease their anxiety and form healthy habits.