Rick Kahler

Rick Kahler, MSFP, CFP®, CFT-1™, CeFT®, CCIM, founder of Kahler Financial Group, is a life-long resident of Rapid City, SD. His firm, specializing in the integration of financial coaching, financial therapy, and traditional financial planning, attracts an international clientele. The company specializes in investment advising, financial planning, and financial therapy services for business owners, professionals, and retirees. He founded Kahler Financial Group in 1981 and became the first fee-only Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) in South Dakota in 1983. In 2020 he became one of the first Certified Financial Therapist-Level I (CFT-I™,) in the nation, a Certified Financial Transitionist (CeFT®), and in 2021 became a Certified IFS℠ Practitioner.

How IFS Helps Financial Planners Create Real Change

This episode continues my conversation with Joy Slabough, who as a certified financial planner as well as a certified Internal Family Systems therapist brings amazing depth to the field of financial therapy. Our previous conversation focused on trauma, and this time we talk about IFS and its place in financial therapy.  Joy describes IFS as

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The Financial Industry’s Blind Spot – Trauma – with Joy Slabough

My guest for this episode is Joy Slabough, who has an amazing combination of credentials uniquely suited to the field of financial therapy. She is a certified financial planner with a master’s in taxation from Villanova as well as a certified Internal Family Systems therapist with a master’s in counseling from Arcadia.  Our conversation begins

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The Emotional Wiring Behind Every Money Decision with Ed Coambs

My guest for this episode is Ed Coambs, who is what I call the gold standard of financial therapists. He is both a certified financial planner, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and a certified financial therapist. He’s also the author of The Healthy Love and Money Way: How the Four Attachment Styles Impact Your

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The Hard Truth Khara Croswaite Shares About Financial Therapy

My guest for this episode is Khara Croswaite Brindle, who is a financial therapist and a consultant to financial therapists. She also does clinical supervision and teaches continuing education courses, and she has authored several books. She came into this field in 2020 after working for around a decade as a mental health therapist.  One

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