Financial counseling : assessing the state of the art : the proceedings of a national conference sponsored by the Financial Counseling Project, held at ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 30-June 2, 1979

It is not surprising to find, in a materialistic society, a large number of people who have not discovered that basic satisfaction in life is related to what one is and what one does, rather than what one has. As a consequence, many Americans are caught up in a race to catch up to, keep up with or surpass the mythical "Joneses" by buying and owning the symbols of financial success. Thus, the number of individuals seeking financial counseling is increasing in this period of inflation and a shrinking economy. Never have we had such a great demand for our ·services.