Gary Wolf, MA, LPC, CFT™
Therapy for Men | Financial Therapy | Couples and Family Financial Therapy | Family Business Therapy | Executive Counseling
Integrating Your Mental Health, Finances, and Relationships
Are you overwhelmed by work?
Fighting with your partner and family about money?
Facing mounting pressure to be both a good parent and the major breadwinner?
Struggling to balance all things, personal and professional?
I can help.
Money is a Leading Cause of Emotional Pain and Family Conflict.
It is also the leading cause of stress in the US and takes courage to address because it usually triggers underlying issues. In a changing cultural environment, managing these issues can seem overwhelming and isolating, particularly for men.
As a licensed psychotherapist and certified financial therapist, shaped by an extensive career in finance, I offer a unique set of technical skills to help clients change unhealthy and destructive thoughts, behaviors, and communication patterns that stem from money and family life — and bring relief to the table.
I get it. Experience equips me to help you.
If you’re reading this, you’ve taken the first —and often hardest— step on the road to resolution. Welcome.
Together, we will set achievable goals to relieve your distress, boost your confidence in life and work, and empower your Mental Wealth.
“The best investment you can make is in yourself.”
- Warren Buffet
Therapy for Men
We all experience situations that overwhelm and isolate us: feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression we can’t quite control. Left untreated, these can worsen, greatly affecting our daily lives, careers, and relationships.
Seeking the support of a trained therapist shouldn’t be the last resort, rather it’s a natural and necessary part of a balanced, healthy life—much like routine and preventative healthcare.
Individual therapy can help us learn how to tap into ourselves to understand what’s troubling us, confidently express our needs, and relieve our pain without overwhelm and/or feeling stuck, which is something most men are not traditionally taught to do.
Suffering in silence can lead to poor decisions. You don’t need to do this alone.
Financial Therapy
Money is complex and emotional, and our relationship with it often connects to how we were raised. Many families hardly talk about money. Some don’t ever talk about it because it can feel so uncomfortable.
In tough times and even with relative abundance, money brings many challenges to our lives and relationships.
Left unaddressed, these can cause irreparable damage to our marriages, families, and the financial health and legacies we work so hard to build.
How can YOUR relationship with money and family life be improved before they reach a boiling point?
Couples and Family Financial Therapy
Financial conflict is the #2 cause of divorce and family strife. From income discrepancies between partners to defining values around money, to intractable sibling conflict when affording care for sick parents and loved ones, finances are often a point of contention.
In fact, family businesses often fail after the first generation and many families suffer irreparable rifts over budgeting, spending, and estate planning decisions. Decisions ranging from who has control over the purse strings today to how much to give the children after we’re gone can paralyze us, waste opportunities and destroy legacies.
We often give so much power to money at the peril of our most precious relationships.
But there is hope for resolution. When you and your family are ready to face your money and relationship issues head-on, let’s talk. Therapy provides a neutral, secure environment to explore and address the underlying causes of your family’s issues before they get out of hand.
Family Business Therapy
and Executive Counseling
Building your own business or becoming a leader in one is an incredible feat. However, along with the rewards and successes, there can also be mounting emotional costs. It often feels isolated and lonely at the top, with little camaraderie to share the weight. The intense stressors associated with managing a business can lead to feelings of anxiety, depression and difficulty managing professional and personal relationships.
All of this can take a toll on your mental and physical health, ability to lead, and most importantly, family. As you age and consider the future of your family business, conflicts around succession planning and estate planning may arise. If you are considering resigning your executive position, it can be a difficult decision to make without causing familial stress or strife.
Executive Counseling and Family Business Therapy can help you and your family navigate these challenges, reduce stress within your family dynamic, and ensure either the future success of your business or the sustainability of your executive position.
Hoping it all falls into place is not a good strategy. You need to be proactive in managing your and your family's future.
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Finding a Good Therapeutic Fit
I believe finding the right psychotherapist is essential to your healing and improvement. Are you considering working with a therapist but are unsure if I'm the right fit for you? Read about my approach to see if it aligns with your values and needs.
From my clinical training to my professional experience, I'm uniquely equipped to provide you with skills and treatment on money-related and career problems, men’s issues, and couples and family financial challenges.
Together, we can establish achievable goals, empower you to change, and find relief.
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