Books

	To Buy or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop and How to Stop April Lane Benson, PhD (December 30, 2008) Trumpeter Books
	I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self April Lane Benson, PhD

	To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World? Lucy Siegle
	AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip  Jean Chatzky
	The Year of Less: How I stopped Overshopping, Gave Away my Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You can Buy in a Store. Cait Flanders, January 16, 20018
	Over-Dressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion Elizabeth L. Cline (August 27, 2013)Portfolio
	Getting Out From Going Under: Daily Reader For Compulsive Debtors and Spenders Susan B. (April 25, 2015) Getting Out From Going Under Publishing
	Addicted to Shopping…and Other Issues Women Have with Money. O’Connor, Karen. (2005) Eugene, Oregon Harvest House
	Spent: Exposing Our Complicated Relationship with Shopping Kerry Cohen (September 23, 2014) Seal Press
	Mind What You Wear: The Psychology of Fashion Karen J. Pine (May 13, 2014) Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
	Unshopping: Recovery Solutions from an Ex-Shopaholic Debbie Roes (May 24, 2014) Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
	Attention Shoppers!: The Woman’s Guide to Enlightenment Through Shopping Eliot, E. (2003). Deerfield Beach, Fl Health Communications, Inc.
	A Currency of Hope Debtors Anonymous. (1999). Brainerd, MN Bang Printing
	Bought Out and Spent! Recovery from Compulsive Shopping & Spending Infinity Publishing (April 18, 2008)
	Bringing Money into the Conversation: A Quick Start for Therapists Amanda Mills and Syble Solomon (2012)
	Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding Tolin, D., Frost, R., and Steketee, G. (2007) New York: Oxford University Press
	Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being The Search for the ‘Good Life’ and the ‘Body Perfect’ Dittmar, Helga. (2007). New York Psychology Press
	Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole Barber, Benjamin (2008). W. W. Norton & Company
	Consuming Passions: Help for Compulsive Shoppers Catalano, E.M. & Sonenberg, N. (1993). Oakland, CA New Harbinger
	Crazy About Money: How Emotions Confuse Our Money Choices and What To Do About It Baker, Maggie. (2011). Indianapolis, IN. Holistic Wealth Press
	Exploring and Treating Acquisitive Desire: Living in the Material World Kottler, J. (1999). Thousand Oaks, California Sage Publications, Inc.
	Facilitating Financial Health: Financial Tools for Financial Planners, Financial Coaches, and Financial Therapists Klontz, T., Kahler, R, and Klontz, B. (2008) National Underwriter Company, 1st edition
	Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume Kaza, Stephanie, ed. (2005). Boston, Mass. Shambhala Publications.
	How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt & Live Prosperously Mundis, J. (1988). New York Bantam Books
	How to Give Up Shopping (Or at Least Cut Down): The Journey Back to Conscious Spending Tisaj, N Hardie Grant Books (February 1, 2009)
	I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and The Search for Self Benson, April Lane, ed. (2000). Northvale, New Jersey Jason Aronson Inc.
	I Want it Now: Navigating Childhood in a Materialistic World Bee-Gates, Donna. (2006). New York Palgrave Macmillan
	In the Red: Diary of a Recovering Shopaholic Hall, A., Icon Books Ltd 2nd Revised edition edition (January 1, 2009)
	It’s not about the money Kessel, Brent HarperOne (April 1, 2008)
	Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations About Food and Money by Geneen Roth (2011 Viking)
	Mind Over Money Klontz, B., Klontz, T. (2009) Broadway Business
	Mindfulness and Money: The Buddhist Path of Abundance Houlder, Kulananda and Dominic. (2002).New York Broadway Books
	Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash Perle, Liz. (2006) Picador
	Money Harmony: Resolving Money Conflicts in Your Life and Relationships Mellan, O. (1994). New York Walke
	Money Magic: Unleashing Your True Potential for Prosperity and Fulfillment by Deborah L. Price
	Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping Levine, J. (2006). New York Free Press
	Overcoming Overspending: A Winning Plan for Spenders and Their Partners Mellan, O. (1995). New York Walker and Company
	Overcoming Underearning(R): A Five-Step Plan to a Richer Life Stanny, Barbara Harper Paperbacks (November 20, 2007)
	Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion Elizabeth Cline (2012)
	Psychology and Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic World Kasser, Tim and Kanner, Allen D. (2004). Washington, DC American Psychological Association
	Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction: Your Self-Treatment Guide to Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders, Gambling, Hoarding, Smoking, Sex, and Porn by Christopher Kennedy Lawford (2012 BenBella)
	Retail Therapy: Life Lessons Learned While Shopping Ford, Amanda (2002). York Beach, Maine Conari Press
	Save Karyn: One Shopaholic’s Journey to Debt and Back Harper Paperbacks (September 2, 2003)
	Self-Worth to Net Worth: 12 Keys to Creating Wealth Inside and Out by Cia Ricco and Belinda Rosenblum (2012)
	Serious Shopping: Essays in Psychotherapy and Consumerism Baker, Adrienne. (2000). London Free Association Books
	Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy James A. Roberts (Novermber 8, 2011) HarperOne
	Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What Eisenberg, L. (2009) Free Press
	Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict Little, Brown and Company (May 14, 2010)
	Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior Miller, Geoffrey (May 14, 2009)
	Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things Frost, R., Steketee, G. (2010) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
	Thanks!: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier Robert Emmons, Mariner Books Reprint edition (November 6, 2008)
	The Difference: How Anyone Can Prosper in Even The Toughest Times Crown Business; 1 edition (March 2, 2010)
	The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge: 5 Principles to Transform Your Relationship with Money Klontz, T., Kahler, R., and Klontz, B.(2006). Deerfield Beach, Fl. Health Communications, Inc.
	The High Price of Materialism Kasser, Tim (2002). Boston, Mass. MIT Press
	The Overspent American Schor, J. (1998). New York Basic Books
	The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less Schwartz, Barry. (2004). New York EccoPress
	The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse Easterbrook, G. (2003). New York Random House
	The Secret Language of Money: How to Make Smarter Financial Decisions and Live a Richer Life by David Krueger and John David Mann
	The Smartest Way to Save: Why You Can’t Hang on to Money and What to Do About It Clingen, Heidi, Freshman, Samuel. (2008). BookSurge Publishing
	The Soul of Money: Transforming your Relationship with Money and Life Twist, Lynne. (2003). New York W.W. Norton & Company
	When Money is the Drug: Understanding and Changing Self-Defeating Money Patterns Boundy, D. (1993). Woodstock, NY Maverick Media Resources
	Women Who Shop Too Much Wesson, C. (1990). New York St. Martin’s Press
	Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom 2nd Edition Advantage World Press; 2 edition (October 15, 2008)

 Related Videos

• Affluenza, 56 minutes. Bullfrog Films, Oley, PennyslvniaThis videotape takes both a lighthearted and a serious look at “affluenza”, our modern-day plague of overconsumption and materialism, and explores its personal, familial, societal and environmental impact. To purchase, click here: Affluenza
• Escape from Affluenza, 56 minutes. Bullfrog Films, Oley, PennyslvniaThis sequel to Affluenza presents humorous and thought provoking vignettes to show how people from many walks of life are escaping from “affluenza”, reducing their consumption, simplifying their lives, and feeling more satisfaction. To purchase, click here: Escape From Affluenza
• A Family Shopping Addiction, Run’s House (Season 5, Ep. 10), 3 minutes.Sep 7, 2008 … Watch the full length A Family Shopping Addiction music video for free on MTV.com.
• The High Price of Materialism

Watch this short YouTube clip, The High Price of Materialism, to hear Psychologist Tim Kasser discuss how America’s culture of consumerism is undermining our well-being.

• The Secret History of the Credit Card, 1 hour. In “Secret History of the Credit Card, “FRONTLINE® and The New York Times join forces to investigate an industry few Americans fully understand. Correspondent Lowell Bergman uncovers the techniques used by the industry to earn record profits and get consumers to take on more debt. You can watch the whole video online. Home videos of Secret History of the Credit Card are available through ShopPBS in DVD format.
• Shop ‘Til You Drop: The Crisis of Consumerism The Media Education Foundation’s film Shop ‘Til You Drop: The Crisis of Consumerism is a refreshingly contemporary and interdisciplinary peek into the machinery of American consumerism and advertising. Shop ‘Til You Drop is more than a useful tool for the overshopper; it’s a much-needed wake-up call for all of us. The film encourages us to see that the habit of “keeping up with the Joneses”—whether they live next door or in the fantasy world of television and other media—misuses our lives and our planet. It offers us some perspective and invites us to step back and reassess our values and goals. For details, click here
• SPENT! “SPENT! is a touching drama that will take you on Cheryl Johnson’s breathtaking journey. Pretty, poised, articulate and fashionable, Cheryl (Tracey Costello) seems to have it all, but she also holds a secret. Cheryl has fallen prey to the American Girl “Shop ‘till you drop” syndrome. She is consumed by consumption. Her co-workers have no idea that Cheryl has a shopping problem, which has quickly gotten out of hand. ” For details, go to www.spentthefilm.com
• The Story of Stuff, “From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.”
• What Would Jesus Buy?, 90 minutes Produced by Morgan Spurlock and directed by Rob Van Alkemade, What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir singing their way across the country in December 2005, preaching their anti-consumerist message at the Mall of America, Wal-Mart headquarters, and on Main Street in Disneyland on Christmas Day. Entertaining and eye-opening, it’s a sharp poke at holiday consumerism. To purchase, click here: What Would Jesus Buy?