Money and Meaning, + URL New Ways to Have Conversations About Money with Your Clients--A Guide for Therapists, Coaches, and Other Professionals

by Stern Peck, Judith

• ISBN13: 9780470083420
• ISBN10: 0470083425
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The first book of its kind to introduce a model to help you create conversations about money with your clients, Money and Meaning provides a framework and tools to provide a safe environment in which to have conversations and resolve conflicts. Written by a respected expert in business, financial, and relational issues, Money and Meaning is filled with useful case studies and helps you open the door to thoughtful conversations that explore and resolve money's multiple meanings.

Author Biography

Judith Stern Peck, LCSW, is a prominent family therapist and family business consultant based in New York, New York. She heads the Money and Family Life Project at the Ackerman Institute in New York City and has worked with her colleagues there to develop the ideas and interventions presented in this book.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface: Talking about Money and Values	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction: The Money and Family Life Project at the Ackerman Institute	p. 1
The Professional's Toolbox
Tools for Talking about Money and Values	p. 13
Using the Tools to Locate Yourself and Your Self-Awareness	p. 29
Conversations about Money in the Relational Context
Couples	p. 47
Parents of Children through Age 20	p. 63
Parents of Children 21 and Older	p. 79
Single Adults	p. 93
Life Transitions: Divorce, Illness, and Death	p. 107
Conclusion	p. 119
Epilogue	p. 123
Bibliography	p. 125
Content Values Cards	p. 127
Process Values Cards	p. 143
Index	p. 155
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