Description
Leading psychologist and financial commentator Palaian offers a tested, step-by-step guide to help people break the spending obsession by looking within.
Today, Americans are saving less, carrying larger debt loads, losing their homes to foreclosure, and filing bankruptcy in record numbers. Yet, people continue to spend more than they can afford. The advice of financial planners only treats the symptoms of overspending. In Spent, Sally Palaian offers proven plans for taking on a range of personal issues with money by examining those underlying emotional, familial, and societal factors that trigger spending behaviors. Spent teaches readers to control shopping, pay off debt, develop budgets, and become financially competent through: – easy-to-use assessment tools designed to pinpoint the severity of a problem – questionnaires that facilitate the exploration of the root causes of unhealthy financial behaviors – user-friendly exercises created to influence change from within Palaian’s system for financial recovery is also designed to help hoarders, financial codependents, and underachievers attain lasting, positive change and a healthy view of one’s true value in life. Palaian has spoken about financial disorders for various therapy associations and has served as an expert in the media on mental disorders and spending, most recently for MSN Money.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sally Palaian
Published: 05/01/2009
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
ISBN: 9781592856992
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 0.60″ H x 9.10″ L x 7.30″ W
About the Author
Sally Palaian, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of addictive behaviors. She has spoken about the treatment of financial disorders for various therapy associations and has served as an expert in the media on mental disorders and spending. Spent is her first book.
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