Compulsive Buying: An Impulse-Control Disorder
Although not all compulsive buyers are particularly interested in such distinctions, there’s some uncertainty among the mental health profession about […]
Compulsive Buying
Compulsive Buying
Compulsive Buying, Money Psychology, Online Shopping Addiction
Have a Good-Not a Goods-Holiday: The good life comes from doing, not having
With the holiday season upon us (and retailers lathered up for it), I want to remind us all (as I
Compulsive Buying, Control Shopping
4 Session Interactive Telecourse for Therapists
To Buy or Not to Buy: Theory and Treatment of Compulsive Buying Disorder An interactive 4-session telecourse for mental health
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors
Shopping Support Buddies
A friend or family member is overshopping and this behavior is having serious negative consequences. Maybe you know what a
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors
The Curious Case of Parkinson’s Medication and Compulsive Behavior
A study in the recent Archives of Neurology documents the connection between certain Parkinson’s disease medications and a significant increase
Compulsive Buying
Compulsive Returners
A sometimes unrecognized (or unacknowledged) form of overshopping is compulsive returning. Here, the overshopper regularly attempts to undo her habit
Compulsive Buying, Money Psychology
U-Haul? She-Haul, Me-Haul: The Newest Shopping Temptation
I’m scratching my head about—and steeling myself for the potential fallout from—a new internet phenomenon, the “Haul Video,” examples of
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors
Weighing-In (Part 3)
Over the last two postings, we’ve been examining Weighing In, an important technique for sweeping away the financial fog most
Compulsive Buying, Money Behaviors, Money Psychology, Online Shopping Addiction
Weighing-In (Part 2)
We may think our wants equal our needs. In other words, that we just have to have a certain pair of
Compulsive Buying, Online Shopping Addiction
Weighin-In (Part 1)
“Passionately confused,” which nicely sums up our current national conversation about health care,image also characterizes the personal financial grasp of