New Book Explores Unique Area of Financial Planning Practice: Client Psychology

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The CFP Board Center for Financial Planning announced today that Client Psychology, a new book featuring groundbreaking research on a client-centered approach to financial planning, is now available. Edited by the Center's Director of Academic Initiatives, Charles Chaffin, Ed.D., it is available in bookstores and through major online retailers. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWA and JWB), the book is the second in a series for faculty, students, practitioners, and researchers who work within the profession or discipline of financial planning.

"Client Psychology marries multiple academic disciplines to define a path forward for new client research and most importantly, helping financial planning practice become more client-centered," said Dr. Chaffin. "Client Psychology defines an entirely new area of research and practice, builds upon the financial planning body of knowledge, and is a practical resource for students and practitioners."

The 336-page book explores the biases, behaviors, and perceptions that impact client decision-making and overall financial well-being. Informed by research from practitioners, it outlines the theory behind many of these areas while also explicitly stating how they directly impact financial planning practice.

This book is the second in a series. Over the next four years, the series will include a number of content areas within and beyond financial planning, helping to expand the body of knowledge for practitioners while fueling research and preparing the next generation of financial planners to serve the public.

ABOUT CFP BOARD

The mission of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. is to benefit the public by granting the CFP® certification and upholding it as the recognized standard of excellence for competent and ethical personal financial planning. The Board of Directors, in furthering CFP Board's mission, acts on behalf of the public, CFP® professionals and other stakeholders. CFP Board owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERtm, CFP® (with plaque design) and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements. CFP Board currently authorizes nearly 80,000 individuals to use these marks in the U.S.

ABOUT the CFP BOARD CENTER FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING

The CFP Board Center for Financial Planning seeks to create a more diverse and sustainable financial planning profession so that every American has access to competent and ethical financial planning advice. The Center brings together CFP® professionals, firms, educators, researchers and experts to address profession-wide challenges in the areas of diversity and workforce development, and to build an academic home that offers opportunities for conducting and publishing new research that adds to the financial planning body of knowledge. More about the Center and its initiatives can be found at www.CenterforFinancialPlanning.org.

ABOUT WILEY

Wiley is a global provider of knowledge and knowledge-enabled services that improve outcomes in areas of research, professional practice and education. Through the Research segment, the Company provides digital and print scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, reference works, books, database services, and advertising. The Professional Development segment provides digital and print books, online assessment and training services, and test prep and certification. In Education, Wiley provides education solutions including online program management services for higher education institutions and course management tools for instructors and students, as well as print and digital content. For additional information visit www.wiley.com.

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