Author: Lorie A. L. Nicholas, Ph.D., CFEI, AFC

Author

Lorie A. L. Nicholas, Ph.D., CFEI, AFC

Lorie A. L. Nicholas holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is the founder of The Financial Recovery Doctor. She specializes in the intersection of financial stress, mental health, and community well-being. Through culturally responsive financial education programs, she helps individuals and communities strengthen resilience, self-determination, and financial well-being.

Breaking Invisible Chains: Financial Trauma, Mental Health, and the Liberation of the African Spirit

by Lorie A. L. Nicholas, Ph.D., CFEI, AFC August 31, 2026 0

THE CHAINS WE CANNOT SEE Our ancestors endured chains that could be seen. Today, some of the chains affecting Black families are harder to see. Financial stress.... Read more.