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So Money with Farnoosh Torabi · Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Financial Therapy Addresses Emotional Drivers of Money Decisions

Bobby Rebell explained that financial therapy focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects of money, which often drive decisions. She noted that clients frequently express embarrassment or shame about financial mistakes, but these behaviors can stem from events beyond their control.

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But with the financial therapy, it's much more about the emotional and psychological aspects of money.
Bobby Rebell
People will come to me and they will say, I'm so embarrassed, I made this mistake. Or they'll say, I'm so ashamed, I did this. But when you get down to it and again, you let them keep talking and do your exquisite listening, as we say, it comes out that in fact it wasn't a choice. It was something that happened to them.
Bobby Rebell
Heard on So Money with Farnoosh Torabi — “2006: Inside Financial Therapy: How to Heal Your Relationship with Money, published Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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