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	Arenson, Gloria (2003). Born To Spend. Brockart Books.
	Baker, Adrienne. (2000). Serious Shopping: Essays in Psychotherapy and Consumerism. London: Free Association Books.

Bee-Gates, Donna. (2006). I Want it Now: Navigating Childhood in a Materialistic World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Benson, April Lane, ed. (2000). I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and The Search for Self. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc.

Boss, Shira. (2006). Green with Envy: Why Keeping Up with the Joneses Is Keeping Us in Debt. New York: Warner Business Books.

Boundy, D. (1993). When Money is the Drug: Understanding and Changing Self-Defeating Money Patterns. Woodstock, NY: Maverick Media Resources.

Carlomagno, Mary. (2006). Give It Up! My Year of Learning to Live Better with Less. New York: William Morrow.

Catalano, E.M. & Sonenberg, N. (1993). Consuming Passions: Help for Compulsive Shoppers. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Damon, J. (1988). Shopaholics: An 8 Week Program to Control Compulsive Spending New York: Avon Books.

Debtors Anonymous. (1999). A Currency of Hope. Brainerd, MN: Bang Printing.

Dittmar, Helga. (2007). Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being: The Search for the ‘Good Life’ and the ‘Body Perfect’. New York: Psychology Press.

Easterbrook, G. (2003). The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse New York: Random House

Eliot, E. (2003). Attention Shoppers!: The Woman’s Guide to Enlightenment Through Shopping. Deerfield Beach, Fl: Health Communications, Inc.

Ford, Amanda (2002). Retail Therapy: Life Lessons Learned While Shopping. York Beach, Maine: Conari Press.

Houlder, Kulananda and Dominic. (2002). Mindfulness and Money: The Buddhist Path of Abundance. New York: Broadway Books.

Kasser, Tim and Kanner, Allen D. (2004). Psychology and Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic World. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Kasser, Tim (2002). The High Price of Materialism Boston, Mass.: MIT Press.

Kaza, Stephanie, ed. (2005). Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume. Boston, Mass.: Shambhala Publications.

Kilbourne, J. (1999). Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising. New York: The Free Press.

Klontz, T., Kahler, R., and Klontz, B.(2006). The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge : 5 Principles to Transform Your Relationship with Money Deerfield Beach, Fl.: Health Communications, Inc.

Klontz, T., Kahler, R, and Klontz, B. (2008) Facilitating Financial Health: Financial Tools for Financial Planners, Financial Coaches, and Financial Therapists National Underwriter Company; 1st edition

Kottler, J. (1999). Exploring and Treating Acquisitive Desire: Living in the Material World Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, Inc.

Lee, M. (2003). Fashion Victim: Our Love-Hate Relationship With Dressing, Shopping, and the Cost of Style. New York: Broadway Books.

Levine, J. (2006).Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping New York: Free Press.

Mellan, O. (1994). Money Harmony: Resolving Money Conflicts in Your Life and Relationships. New York: Walker.

Mellan, O. (1995). Overcoming Overspending: A Winning Plan for Spenders and Their Partners. New York: Walker and Company.

Mundis, J. (1988). How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt & Live Prosperously. New York: Bantam Books.

O’Connor, Karen. (2005) Addicted to Shopping…and Other Issues Women Have with Money. Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House.

Schor, J. (1998). The Overspent American. New York: Basic Books.

Schwartz, Barry. (2004). The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. New York: EccoPress.

Twist, Lynne. (2003). The Soul of Money: Transforming your Relationship with Money and Life. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Tolin, D., Frost, R., and Steketee, G. (2007) Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding. New York: Oxford University Press

Wesson, C. (1990). Women Who Shop Too Much. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

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