Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling on Money, Finances & Relationships, The
"Practical and easy to use. You'll come back to this resource over and over again in your work with couples and families."--Gary Chapman, Marriage & Family Life Consultants, Inc. and author ofThe 5 Love LanguagesNothing can slowly and imperceptibly poison a marriage like unresolved financial issues.The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling on Money, Finances & Relationshipsgives pastors, professional counselors, and lay helpers the information they need to help couples work through financial issues that affect their relationships. The many topics addressed include:budgeting and cash flowcompulsive spending or savingcredit cards, overspending, and debtplanning for large expendituresinvesting and retirementspecial concerns such as funding education, helping aging parents, and moreEach of the forty topics covered follows a helpful eight-part outline and identifies typical symptoms and patterns, definitions and key thoughts, questions to ask, directions for the conversation, action steps, biblical insights, prayer starters, and recommended resources.