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Sound Financial Therapy

Personal finances are nuanced, and financial decision making cannot simply be reduced to numbers. Your upbringing, culture, values, and feelings all contribute to your financial habits and behaviors. Better understanding yourself and your relationship with money will enhance your relationships and will improve your finances, reducing stress and anxiety.

  • Woman meeting individually and virtually with an expert certified financial therapist to discuss financial anxiety and stress and debt management to improve her financial wellness, financial behavior, and ultimately her financial future.

    Individual Financial Therapy

    Sound Financial Therapy creates a shame-free, judgment-free, strengths-based, and value-centered space to reflect on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around personal finances. You will be able to implement healthy financial behaviors, adapt to financial changes, and feel confident in your decisions.

  • Couple meeting with their expert financial health therapist to discuss their relationship with money and financial habits in order to improve their financial decision making, learn how to manage finances as a couple, and reduce financial conflict.

    Couples Financial Therapy

    Whether you are moving in together, seeking financial marriage prep, or wanting to resolve long standing conflict around money, couples financial therapy will provide space for you to create a shared language and understanding of personal finances and, more importantly, one another.

Sound Financial Coaching

The most beneficial form of self-care and self-love is understanding and feeling confident managing your personal finances. When you are on the path towards achieving your personal and financial goals and your mind is free of financial worries, you will have the ability and freedom to engage more fully in other aspects of your life.

  • Woman meeting virtually with her expert financial coach to learn about investing, retirement planning, paying off debt, budgeting, etc.

    Individual Financial Coaching

    While ignoring your personal finances may feel easier today, delaying addressing your personal finances will only compound over time, ultimately leaving you feeling more stressed and overwhelmed.

  • Man meeting virtually for group financial coaching to learn about home buying, budgeting, investing, retirement planning, etc.

    Group Financial Coaching

    If you prefer participating in a group setting, Sound Finances 101 is a comprehensive financial education series that will help you to identify and achieve your goals.

Differentiating Financial Therapists

Financial advisor reviewing client's investments, insurance, taxes, estate planning and retirement strategy.

Financial Advisors

Due to their professional training and credentials, Financial Advisors (CFP, CFA, ChFC, etc.) can legally provide advice on as well as manage investments, insurance, taxes, estate planning, retirement, etc. People typically meet with their Financial Advisor once a year to to review their investing strategy and to plan for their future goals.

Kate Dorman is a Certified Financial Therapist, Certified Financial Social Worker, and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Seattle, WA.

Financial Therapists

Due to their professional training and credentials, Financial Therapists (LICSW, CFT) can legally provide individual and couples therapy with an emphasis on personal finances. Financial Therapists recognize that finances are deeply personal and emotional and assist clients in analyzing their money scripts and beliefs, improving their communication with their partner about money, and reducing feelings of guilt, shame, overwhelm, etc. People typically meet with their Financial Therapist weekly or biweekly to improve their financial and mental health.

Mental health therapist working with her client to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, etc. and to improve overall mental health and wellbeing.

Mental Health Therapists

Due to their professional training and credentials, Mental Health Therapists (LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, etc.) can legally assess, diagnose, and treat mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression, mood disorders, etc. Mental Health Therapists use a variety of modalities, such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, etc., when working with their clients. People typically meet with their Mental Health Therapist weekly or biweekly to reduce symptoms and increase overall health and wellbeing.

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