Chicago Tribune:
According to Susan Zimmerman...there is yet another source of money conflicts. "I'm amazed at how often people's problems with money go back to the Great Depression...feelings get passed on to their children. Some children grow up with a fear that they'll run out of money. Others will be the opposite; they'll be spendthrifts."
Bankrate.com: You need to see (your monthly statements) and watch them grow to b3e able to embrace what that's doing for you now and see that you have some positives in your financial life...It's an absolute psychological benefit.Minneapolis Star Tribune:
The best way to gauge a person's financial 411 is just to ask, experts say. "Investigating someone without even talking to that person first is not the best way to start off a relationship that is supposed to be based on trust," said Susan Zimmerman, a Minneapolis-based marriage and family therapist and a chartered financial consultant.
Growing Wealth Magazine:
"The trick to knowing when to let [emotions] lead the way is to look for distortions , all-or-nothing thoughts. If the belief behind the emotion stems from a thought that contains words such as never or always, then it is probably too extreme."
AVENUE, NY:
In fact, Zimmerman decided to get her therapist's license after a psychiatrist started sending her couples who warred so dramatically over money that their therapists gave up. "If there are established ground rules," she says, "then conflicts can be avoided."
Cape Cod Times:
These tests force you to think about what you want out of money, the importance you assign it and how best to achieve your goals.
Investment News:
NEW YORK - Few financial planners deny that their service to clients, especially querulous couples, involves some sort of therapy...The key to success when working with couples, according to the Zimmermans, is to respect both partners' different approaches to money and then find out if they really want help inchanging their contrasting styles to work more harmoniously together.
St. Paul Pioneer Press:
Susan Zimmerman, who along with her credentials as a financial planner is a licensed family and marriage therapist, has identified eight personality traits called "money rascals" to help figure out how people think about money..."The trick is to get them balanced and not have one dominate at any one time," said Susan Zimmerman...it's simply helped us to know what deeper questions to ask - and to help put couples at ease. I was never ok with it just being about the numbers."
CBSmarketwatch.com:
Men and women often bring unrealistic career and financial expectations to the union without realizing the damage they can wreak, said Susan Zimmerman, a chartered financial consultant and licensed marriage counselor in Minneapolis. "When it isn't what they expected, all they know is they're displeased and unsure of how to chisel away at that displeasure," she said.