The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling on Money, Finances & Relationships

by Clinton, Timothy E.; Palmer, Bethany; Palmer, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780801072338
• ISBN10: 0801072336
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-11-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

The newest addition to the popular Quick-Reference Guide collection, The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling on Money, Finances, and Relationships focuses on the ever-growing need for sound counsel on financial issues. It is an A-Z guide for assisting people-helpers--pastors, professional counselors, and everyday believers--to easily access a full array of information to aid them in formal and informal counseling situations. Each of the forty topics covered follows a helpful eight-part outline and identifies (1) typical symptoms and patterns, (2) definitions and key thoughts, (3) questions to ask, (4) directions for the conversation, (5) action steps, (6) biblical insights, (7) prayer starters, and (8) recommended resources.

Author Biography

Dr. Tim Clinton is president of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), a licensed professional counselor, and a marriage and family therapist. He currently serves as professor of counseling and executive director at Liberty University's Center for Counseling and Family Studies. Bethany and Scott Palmer, "The Money Couple," are financial communication experts and the authors of Cents and Sensibility and First Comes Love, Then Comes Money.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Defining a Financial Relationship	p. 11
Identifying the Five Money Personalities	p. 13
Adolescent Children and Allowances	p. 14
Adult Children	p. 19
Aging Parents	p. 25
Alimony, Divorce, and Child Support	p. 30
Back-to-School Spending	p. 35
Bankruptcy	p. 40
Before Marriage	p. 45
Budgeting and Cash Flow	p. 50
College Planning	p. 56
Compulsive Gambling	p. 60
Compulsive Saving	p. 65
Compulsive Spending	p. 70
Control and Compromise	p. 74
Credit	p. 80
Credit Cards and Overspending	p. 84
Debt	p. 89
Estate and End-of-Life Planning	p. 94
Family Businesses	p. 99
Financial Planning	p. 104
Foreclosure	p. 110
Gift Giving	p. 115
Giving and Contributions	p. 121
Hoarding	p. 126
Home Real Estate Purchases	p. 131
Inheritance	p. 135
Insurance	p. 140
Investing	p. 144
Major Purchases	p. 149
Money Huddles	p. 153
Nagging	p. 158
Prenuptial Agreements	p. 163
Retirement	p. 168
Savings	p. 173
Second Marriages and Money	p. 178
Secrets	p. 183
Separate Accounts	p. 189
Tracking One's Current Financial Position	p. 194
Vacations	p. 199
Wedding Planning	p. 204
Workaholism	p. 209
Final Thoughts	p. 213
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