ABOUT LOOSE CHANGE

Loose Change is where money and feelings meet! Loose Change is dedicated to helping people find financial clarity and sanity through financial therapy.

At Loose Change we try to provide a relaxing atmosphere. A big friendly Golden Retriever named Eloise will be present unless you specifically ask that she stay at home for the day. Everything you say will be kept strictly confidential.

Loose Change offers one-on-one counselling, couples counselling, financial support groups, and workshops. Please feel free to contact us directly for more information.
What happens in a financial therapy session?

The agenda we'll be following is yours, so think about what you want to work on. The agenda need be no more coherent than just - "help!" It's okay to let us know how you feel about your financial worries. Over the past twenty-five years Amanda has worked with entrepreneurs and organizations alike and her experience has taught her just how emotionally loaded the subject of money can be.

At Loose Change we are not your psychotherapist! We will help you to name the obstacles to your financial comfort and overcome them. If the issues that are raised are outside of our scope, we can continue to focus on your financial concerns, while we assist you to find the appropriate professional to help you explore these related questions.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

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• What happens in a financial therapy session?

  The agenda we'll be following is yours, so think about what you want to work on. The agenda need be no more coherent than just - "help!" It's okay to let us know how you feel about your financial worries. Over the past twenty-five years Amanda has worked with entrepreneurs and organizations alike and her experience has taught her just how emotionally loaded the subject of money can be.

  At Loose Change we are not your psychotherapist! We will help you to name the obstacles to your financial comfort and overcome them. If the issues that are raised are outside of our scope, we can continue to focus on your financial concerns, while we assist you to find the appropriate professional to help you explore these related questions.

• Does it all happen in the sessions?

  After each session, a client will leave with a list of suggestions and ideas that we hope will help them feel less stuck about their money. Action on these discussion points and/or follow up with further sessions is left to the client's own initiative.

• Is it just Amanda Mills in Loose Change Inc.?

  Amanda works with an administrative and marketing team in an office. In providing financial therapy, she works alone but within a network of professionals whom she may recommend clients follow up with, such as career coaches, psychotherapists, addictions counselors, bankruptcy trustees, accountants, and others. When providing workshops, Amanda will often co-facilitate with financial planners, educators, and other therapists.

  Amanda also founded a separate division within Loose Change Inc. called Artbooks, which offers income tax return preparation (by Amanda and others) for self-employed artists and creative entrepreneurs, as well as financial consultations for those in transition or who need advice about practical financial matters.

• I'm not sure whether financial therapy is for me... can you give me a better idea of what it would be like?

  Because financial therapy is still a new field and often a new idea to people, Amanda offers a free "Test Drive" consultation. This is a half hour session over the phone during which a potential client can get a sense of financial therapy, receive some support, and also decide if further services would be useful in their journey with money. For more information about booking a "Test Drive," please contact the office.