Oct 20, 2021
Thayer Cheatham Willis is an internationally acclaimed author, educator, speaker, and leading authority in wealth counseling. Thayer shares insight on how her background helped inform the career she chose to pursue and the importance of wealth counseling.We chat about the importance of exemplifying values and how children will learn from what they see, rather than what they hear. Tune in as Thayer dives into how wealthy families react to stress, mental health, and substance use.
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BIO:
Thayer Cheatham Willis is an internationally
acclaimed author, educator, speaker, and leading authority in the
area of wealth counseling. She has been a licensed, practicing
psychotherapist since 1990, and her primary focus is on
facilitating inheritors and their families as they cope with the
psychological challenges of wealth. A child of wealth herself, born
into the founding family of the multinational Georgia-Pacific
Corporation, she brings to her field a unique insider’s perspective
on contending with family dynamics as they relate to the mental and
emotional challenges of wealth. Accredited with an M.A. from the
University of Oregon and an M.S.W. from Portland State University,
Thayer is a licensed clinical social worker (L.C.S.W.) specializing
in wealth-related issues. Thayer offers thirty years of experience
in a field she helped pioneer and dominates as one of its most
prominent, foremost authorities. Working privately with a global
client-base, she has helped over 10,000 inheritors and their
families in eight countries and four continents resolve
wealth-related family conflicts.
Thayer is the author of Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life
Guide for Inheritors, an invaluable introduction for families on
the difficult journey to freedom beyond wealth, and Beyond Gold:
True Wealth for Inheritors, which focuses on how individuals can be
responsible with the financial wealth in their lives, keep it in
perspective, and be free to take on the tough, rewarding task of
enhancing relationships. Thayer wrote a column for Worth Magazine
for several years, has had many articles published in additional
national magazines and writes a quarterly newsletter, available on
her website. She also has been interviewed for top financial
publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
Financial Times, The Business Journal, and Time Magazine.