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Gift Cards are free money aren’t they? They’re the easy yet thoughtful gift that burns a hole in our wallet until we use it.  After all, if we didn’t use it, it would be like flushing money down the toilet.  But sometimes Gift Cards aren’t really a gift.  Sometimes they become an anchor that encourages… Continue reading 2 Reasons Gift Cards Destroy Your Spending Plan

“No surprises” is the mantra I highly recommend for any two people wanting to buy a home together. It may be your next home after outgrowing the one you’re in. It might be your first home now that you’re newly married. Maybe you’re just trying out this couple thing and are willing to share an… Continue reading 4 Things to Honestly Talk About Before You Buy a Home Together

Have you been watching a loved one struggle with overshopping or overspending for some time? Do you feel helpless and wish you could help them change this behavior for the better? Are you concerned about his or her behavior affecting your own financial health? Perhaps your loved one has looked into coaching or psychotherapy before, but hasn’t been… Continue reading Do you have an overshopper or overspender in your life? Unique holiday gift idea!

Journal_of_Financial_Therapy_Vol_5_Issue_2_Part_II Carrie RattleCarrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20+ years and hopes to inspire women to better prepare themselves for financial independence. Read More

Costs of Online Shopping Carrie RattleCarrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20+ years and hopes to inspire women to better prepare themselves for financial independence. Read More

Click here to listen to Debbie Roes’ tips on online shopping. Online Shopping Tips Carrie RattleCarrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20+ years and hopes to inspire women to better prepare themselves for financial independence.… Continue reading Debbie’s Online Shopping Tips

A piece for Paradigm magazine by April Lane Benson. Click here to access the complete issue online.  Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop. Shopping makes for easy jokes. This post-it version hints at shopping as panacea, a magical elixir that promises more than it could ever deliver. Retailers seize… Continue reading Let’s Stop Smiling at the Smiled-Upon Addiction

Free Report: 3 Assessment Tools for Therapists Does Your Client Buy Compulsively? No?  Are You Sure?   Our clients come to therapy for all sorts of reasons.  Their presenting issues may be depression, anxiety, or relationship struggles.  But just as most couples don’t offer sex as a focus area in marriage counseling until they’re asked,… Continue reading Free Report

2013 Media Coverage of Compulsive Buying CBS News (December 15th, 2013) How a great sale affects your brain CNBC (December 6th, 2013) Shop Under the Influence at Clothing Store Bars Huffington Post (December 2nd, 2013) 15 Signs You are Hopelessly Addicted to Online Shopping Reader’s Digest (November 23rd, 2013) Top Psychology Tricks to Spend Less… Continue reading Related Blogs / Articles / 2013

You’re cordially invited to a free teleseminar that Marcela Torres, LCSW, Clinical Coordinator of Stopping Overshopping, LLC, Jeannie Elder, LMHC, NCC, and I will be giving on March 2, 2017 at 9 p.m., Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. During this free teleseminar, we will discuss: 1. How to determine if you really have a shopping problem. 2.… Continue reading Free Teleseminar: Have You Tried To Stop Overshopping, But Failed, Over and Over Again?