How certified financial therapists can help employees manage their money and mental health

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Financial wellness and mental health support are two of the hottest benefits to emerge from pandemic lockdowns, layoffs, furloughs and an unhinged labor market. What better time than the present to merge the two?

Certified financial therapy focuses on emotional reactions to money and how those reactions can affect someone’s overall wellness. Certified financial therapists (CFTs) step beyond the number-crunching of certified financial planners and registered investment advisers, probing the causes and cures associated with financial worries.

Bruce Shutan
Contributing writer

Bruce Shutan is an Employee Benefit News contributing writer based in Portland, Oregon.


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