Combines counseling and money advice to help people overcome stress, fear or bad habits around money.
You meet a client who hides credit card bills from her spouse, talk through where the anxiety comes from and build small weekly money goals together.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Often a licensed therapist (master's) plus financial training; FTI certification.
Ways in: Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Counseling, Psychology, Financial Planning.
Growing faster than average. A new and growing field.
Low risk for 10 years. AI budgeting apps help, but working through fear, shame and family money conflict needs a trained, trusted human.
Classes: Psychology, Personal finance, Sociology, AP English Language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1013.
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