financial counselor
Fiscal planning expert
A financial counselor helps individuals manage money problems—typically debt, budgeting, or credit issues.
Unlike financial advisors or planners who focus on investments and wealth building, financial counselors often work with people in financial distress: The nonprofit assigned us a financial counselor to help negotiate with creditors.
Many work for nonprofits, credit counseling agencies, or social services.
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- budgetPlan for spending
- debtMoney owed another
- debt reliefReduction of obligations owed
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- credit union employeesteller, loan officer, branch manager, loan processor, credit analyst
- debtdebt, creditor, owe, debtor, lender
- therapiststherapist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychiatrist
- community helperssocial worker, community organizer, community liaison, volunteer coordinator, case manager
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Illegal high-interest moneylender
scam artist · con man · fraudster · swindler · payday lender
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One addicted to wagering
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