This chapter presents a comprehensive, gender-responsive model of financial therapy that addresses the emotional, behavioral, and systemic factors shaping men’s financial lives. It introduces the FORGED Model—a six-domain framework grounded in trauma-informed care, somatic therapy, and financial psychology. Central to this model is the recognition of financial trauma, the lasting impact of distressing financial experiences, and money dysmorphia, a distorted sense of financial adequacy driven by shame, social comparison, and internalized ideals. The chapter explores how masculine socialization often reinforces emotional suppression, self-reliance, and identity fusion with financial performance, leading to patterns of over-functioning, avoidance, and silent suffering. Through narrative case studies and clinical tools, the FORGED Model guides men through six therapeutic domains, each supporting the integration of emotional literacy, nervous system regulation, values-based financial planning, and legacy work. The chapter also incorporates an intersectional lens, addressing the compounded financial burdens faced by men from marginalized racial, cultural, and sexual identity backgrounds. By bridging psychological insight with practical financial strategies, this model offers a transformative path toward financial agency, emotional resilience, and identity repair. Financial therapy, in this context, becomes a healing process that reclaims money as a source of connection, meaning, and self-trust.

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Toward a Comprehensive Model of Financial Therapy for Men

  • Alex Melkumian

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This chapter presents a comprehensive, gender-responsive model of financial therapy that addresses the emotional, behavioral, and systemic factors shaping men’s financial lives. It introduces the FORGED Model—a six-domain framework grounded in trauma-informed care, somatic therapy, and financial psychology. Central to this model is the recognition of financial trauma, the lasting impact of distressing financial experiences, and money dysmorphia, a distorted sense of financial adequacy driven by shame, social comparison, and internalized ideals. The chapter explores how masculine socialization often reinforces emotional suppression, self-reliance, and identity fusion with financial performance, leading to patterns of over-functioning, avoidance, and silent suffering. Through narrative case studies and clinical tools, the FORGED Model guides men through six therapeutic domains, each supporting the integration of emotional literacy, nervous system regulation, values-based financial planning, and legacy work. The chapter also incorporates an intersectional lens, addressing the compounded financial burdens faced by men from marginalized racial, cultural, and sexual identity backgrounds. By bridging psychological insight with practical financial strategies, this model offers a transformative path toward financial agency, emotional resilience, and identity repair. Financial therapy, in this context, becomes a healing process that reclaims money as a source of connection, meaning, and self-trust.