Can financial therapy untangle our relationship with money?

This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.

To deal with (something/ someone)

Properly

A struggle

An issue

Beneficial 

Rather than

For instance 

Regardless

A great deal (of something)

To stumble upon (something) 

An aspect (of something)

To embrace (something/ someone)

A trigger/ To trigger (something)

Promising 

Daunting 

To factor (something) in

Freelance 

An upside

To untangle (something)

The pursuit (of something/ someone)

To resemble (something/ someone)

To lay the groundwork (for something)

Underlying 

To play out

To quell (something)

15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.

1. What do you know about Anna Davies?

2. What does Brendan Burchell say about money-related stress and how to deal with it?

3. What is CBT and what does Carrie Rattle say about it?

4. What do you know about Lindsay Bryan-Podvin?

5. ‘I know somebody who needs a financial therapist.’ Is this true for you?

6. ‘I would be a great financial therapist.’ Is this true for you?

7. ‘My attitude to money has changed over the course of my life.’ Is this true for you?

8. ‘It’s difficult to be happy if you are extremely poor or extremely rich.’ Do you agree?

9. ‘I have a reputation for being a stingy person.’ Is this true for you?

10. ‘Spending money on other people always makes me happy.’ Is this true for you?

11. ‘Spending money on material things doesn’t make anyone happy.’ Do you agree?

12. ‘I don’t regret any of the purchases that I have made.’ Is this true for you?

13. ‘Everybody should be paid the same.’ Do you agree?

14. ‘There are certain areas of my life where I really ought to cut down my spending.’ Is this true for you?

15. ‘Greed is good.’ Do you agree?