Do Eating and Money Disorders Share Commonalties? FinancialPsychologyCeus.com Explores Possible Connections

FinancialPsychologyCeus.com course for mental health professionals studies common ground between weight and wealth

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Weight and Wealth: When Food and Finance Become Disordered is the topic for the newest continuing education course offered by FinancialPsychologyCeus.com. The course, designed for mental health professionals, investigates eating disorders and money disorders, uncovers common ground between the two, explores underlying causes of both, and reviews treatment and recovery strategies.

“Societal pressures to look good at all costs are causing staggering damage to people’s mental and physical health”

Many mental health professionals specializing in treating eating disorders report a high incidence of problematic money disorders and poor financial self-care in their clients. “Yet very few of these professionals have been trained to deal with their clients’ money related issues, said Dr. Joe Lowrance, president and founder of FinancialPsychologyCeus.com. “In Weight and Wealth, we review literature, research treatment, and recovery strategies. Also, as this course unfolds, remarkably common themes emerge between Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD) and eating disorders.”

“Societal pressures to look good at all costs are causing staggering damage to people’s mental and physical health,” said Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, course developer and CEO of KBK Wealth Connection. “Disordered money behaviors - such as overspending, compulsive buying, hoarding, financial dependency, and underspending - are all too common in people with eating disorders. As with food, many use money to manage life stressors and to distract from their real underlying problems.”

While much research remains to be done to better understand any connections between eating disorders and disordered money behaviors, emerging literature supports the anecdotal evidence, particularly the relationship between eating disorders and CBD, she added.

Course developer Kingsbury is a unique mental health professional having expertise working with both eating disorders and financial psychology. She co-authored the internationally published book Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns and recently published Creating Wealth from the Inside Out. The founder of Massachusetts’ South Shore Eating Disorders Collaborative, Kingsbury is an adjunct professor at Bentley University, teaching graduate courses on wealth and financial psychology.

www.FinancialPsychologyCeus.com is the leading continuing education website designed to aid mental health professionals develop a fundamental understanding of financial psychology and position them to better serve their clients’ money related struggles. FinancialPsychologyCeus.com is an approved sponsor of CE by the American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers, National Board for Certified Counselors, NAADAC – Association for Additional Professionals, and Board of Registered Nursing.