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  Keynote Address Association for Financial Counseling, Planning & Education > 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

Could reinvention solve your shopping addiction? A recent article on BBC took a very interesting perspective on the fashion industry and overconsumption. This is the first time I’d ever read about fashion companies—even really big names, like H&M and Zara—that were trying to find a model where they could promote sustainability by creating blends of… Continue reading Could reinvention solve your shopping addiction?

You’re cordially invited to a free teleseminar that I will be giving with Marcela Torres, LCSW, Clinical Coordinator of Stopping Overshopping, LLC, Jeannie Elder, LMHC, NCC on Thursday, March 2nd at 9pm Eastern / 8pm Central / 7pm Mountain / 6pm Pacific. The teleseminar will last 45 minutes. This teleseminar is titled: “Have You Tried To Stop Overshopping, But Failed, Over and Over Again?” During this free… Continue reading Have You Tried To Stop Overshopping, But Failed, Over and Over Again?

To see if you or a loved one needs help with a shopping or spending issue, we invite you to download our free self-assessment. This report contains three self-tests that will help you gauge whether there is cause for concern and, if there is, whether self-help, group coaching or individual coaching might be best for you… Continue reading Free Self-Assessment

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