Therapy for Financial Trauma and Unhealthy Money Behavior In Columbus, OH
Untangling the emotional roots of your relationship with money
When your relationship with money feels tangled in fear, guilt, or overwhelm, the roots often reach far deeper than financial habits alone.
At The Purple Tree, we help adults explore how early experiences, attachment wounds, and emotional pain have shaped their money beliefs and behaviors. Whether you’re stuck in patterns of avoidance, compulsive spending, deprivation, or attempts to control money as a way to manage anxiety—therapy offers a space to understand the “why” behind it all.
This work goes beyond budgeting, together we are restoring a sense of safety, agency, and trust in your relationship with money.
This work is especially helpful for adults who feel stuck in the same money patterns despite their best efforts to change.
What Might Bring You Here
• Emotional spending, secrecy, or chronic debt
• Gambling, compulsive investing, or financial risk-taking
• Financial enmeshment, where money takes the place of emotional closeness, safety, or control in relationships.
• Persistent under-earning or patterns of self-denial
• Shame, fear, or a constant sense that there is “never enough”
You’ll begin to identify your money scripts, attachment history, and the emotional triggers that fuel unhealthy financial behavior, challenging the patterns that no longer serve you.
Our integrative approach draws from CBT, somatic therapies, family-of-origin work, and attachment-based interventions. We tailor the process to help you build financial self-trust and make choices that reflect your values, not your past.
When you embrace the process and stop judging the behavior, the story beneath reveals itself—and that is where healing begins.
This work is supported by Jessica’s advanced training as a Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist (CMAT) and grounded in a structured approach that meets you where you are.
If you’re ready to untangle the roots of your financial story and build a healthier relationship with money, we’re here to support your next step.
Schedule your first appointment below or reach out through the contact form if you have questions. We’re here to help.