Money issues? The financial psychotherapist will see you now

Vicky Reynal: ‘We can’t all afford therapy. But opening up that curiosity can be enough: why am I buying this thing?’ Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/ Rory Mulvey/The Observer

I am surprised that Vicky Reynal, a financial psychotherapist, is soft and reaffirming when I meet her. Perhaps I shouldn’t be – she is a therapist, after all. But something about her line of work, helping people untangle their issues with money, had primed me to expect someone more brisk, more clinical.

I think of how many business executives she meets with, how prohibitively expensive her time must be, and how strong her boundaries probably are. I even panic at the thought of logging into our Zoom meeting one minute late, because time, after all, is money.