(Titles from Sonja Bar-Am’s Bookshelf; not a definitive guide but some really good titles.)

 SAFCA Reading List

Financial Counselling / Debt Management 

Australian Titles

Brading, R., Warburton, W., &  Weule, B. (2008) The Bankruptcy Handbook; 2nd Revised edition; Federation Press

Fallon Horgan, K.A. (1987) Financial counselling : a practical guide to everyday problems; Sydney, Allen Unwin.     (The only book on this list that I don’t have but I know it exists)

DVD: Lismore and District Financial Counselling Service (2006) Would You Credit It? Essential Information for Financial Counsellors, Consumers & Community Based Support Workers on Debt Issues. Lismore and District Financial Counselling Service Inc.

American/UK Titles

Debtors Anonymous (1999) A Currency of Hope. MA. Debtors Anonymous General Service Board Inc.

National Consumer Law Centre (1992). Surviving Debt. Counselling Families in Financial Trouble by America’s Experts on the Rights of Consumer Borrowers. Boston, National Consumer Law Centre

Lee, J.L., Pulvino, C.J., & Pulvino, C.A., (2002). Financial Counselling a Strategic Approach 2nd Edition. Wisconsin, Instructional Enterprises.

Lee, J.L., Pulvino, C.J., & Forman, C.E., (1987). Communicating with Clients: A Guide for Financial Professionals. NJ. Prentice Hall Information Series                     (Focus on Financial Consultants but the Communication Skills are Essential for ALL)

Wadell, F.E. (2007) Solution Focussed Financial Coaching, VA, Genesis Press.    (a really good workbook, I think better than the Wall one, I have contacted Wadell and we can bulk order copies directly)

Wall, R.W. (2002) Financial Counselling in Practice. A Guide to Leading Others to Financial Wellness. 5th Edition. Honolulu, Financial Wellness Associates        (the text currently used in the diploma)

Wilson, J.H., (2008) Let’s Talk About Money Before You Tie the Knot. A Guide to Premarital Financial Counseling. Oregon, Resource Publications.

Van Arsdale, M.G. (1998) A Guide to Family Financial Counselling. Credit and Money Management. VT. Van Arsdale Book Services     (old but comprehensive on the family counselling/systems aspect of negotiating with creditors)

Meaning of Money and the Function of Money in Relationships (relevant also for Counselling)

Benson, A.L. ED (2000) I Shop Therefore I Am. Compulsive Buying and the Search for the Self. Oxford, A Janson Aronson Book, Rowman & Litchfield Publishers

Gay, C.M. (2003). Cash Values. Money and the Erosion of Meaning in Today’s Society. Michigan, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

Kinder, G. (1999). Seven Stages of Money Maturity, Understanding the Spirit and Value of Money in your Life.  New York, Dell Publishing, Random House

Madanes, C., & Madanes , C., The Secret Meaning of Money How to Prevent Financial Problems from Destroying Our Most Intimate Relationships, Jossey-Bass Publishing   (Cloe Madanes is one of the worlds foremost relationship counsellor and family therapist – good read)

Mellen, O. (1994) Money Harmony. Resolving Money Conflicts in Your Life and Relationships. New York, Walter and Company.

Needleman, J., and other contributors; Toms, M., ED (1998). Money, Money, Money, The Search for Wealth and the Pursuit of Happiness. Carlsbad, CA. Hay House Inc. 

Rowe, D., (1997) The Real Meaning of Money. London, HaperCollins Publishers                                 (leading text on Money and Psychological affects in relationships/self – excellent read)

Sweet, C. (2000) Help Yourself. Stop Fighting about Money. How Money can Make or Break your Relationship. London, McGraw Hill

General Lay Person Titles in Debt Management/Personal Finance

McCall, K. (2000) Its Your Money. Achieving Financial Well-Being. A Guide and Journal. San Francisco. Chronicle Books

Minton, I. (2001) Financial Fitness for Women. Johannesburg, Financial Fitness and Profile Media

Ormond, A. (2006) How to Give Your Kids $1 Million Each (and it won’t cost you a cent). QLD, WrightBooks.

Decision Making & Behavioural Economics & a little on Investing/Personal Finance

De Botton, A., (2004) Status Anxiety. New York, Vintage International, Vintage Books.    (Irrepressible social commentator Alain de Botton, good reading)

James, O. ( 2007) Affluenza. London, Vermillion         (a pop-psychology book really, not great depth, but entertaining, lacks references to research quoted in the book)

Harris, R., and Hayes, S. (2008) The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living, Trumpeter Press , Reed Elsevier Inc.    (the very latest in Psychology and Self-Help using ACT (Acceptance Commitment Theory)

Frey, B.S. & Stutzer, A. (2007). Economics and Psychology. A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field. Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press                      (latest academic research, good)

Hamilton, C., & Denniss, R., (2005). Affluenza, When Too Much is Never Enough. NSW, Allen & Unwin (great Australian perspective, very good, better than the Oliver James Book on Affluenza)

Kiyosaki, K. (2006). Rich Woman. A Book on Investing for Women, Rich Press       (another American investment book – but nice focus on women)

Thaler, R. H., and Sunstein, C. R., (2009). Nudge, Improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness. London, Penguin Books.                                  (very good, latest thinking)

Zelizer, V.A. (2005) The Purchase of Intimacy. New Jersey, Princeton University Press.