Thayer Willis
Thayer Cheatham Willis is an internationally acclaimed author, educator, speaker, and leading authority in the area of wealth counseling. She has been a licensed, practicing psychotherapist since 1990, and her primary focus is on facilitating the work of inheritors and their families as they cope with the psychological challenges of wealth. A child of wealth herself, born into the founding family of the multinational Georgia-Pacific Corporation, she brings to her field a unique insider's perspective on contending with family dynamics as they relate to the mental and emotional challenges of wealth. Accredited with an M.A. from the University of Oregon and an M.S.W. from Portland State University, Thayer is a licensed clinical social worker (L.C.S.W.) specializing in wealth-related issues. Thayer offers twenty-eight years of experience in a field she helped pioneer and dominates as one of its most prominent, foremost authorities. Working privately with a global client-base, she has helped thousands of inheritors and their families in eight countries and four continents resolve wealth-related family conflicts.
Thayer is the author of "Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors", an invaluable introduction for families on the difficult journey to freedom beyond wealth, and "Beyond Gold: True Wealth for Inheritors", which focuses on how individuals can be responsible with the financial wealth in their lives, keep it in perspective, and be free to take on the tough, rewarding task of enhancing relationships. Thayer has written many articles for Worth Magazine and other publications and writes a quarterly newsletter, available on her website. She also has been interviewed for top financial publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Business Journal, and Time Magazine.
Speaking clients include:
• BMO Harris
• Morgan Stanley
• Northern Trust
• Presidio Bank
• Stanford Executive Education
• UMB Bank
• Wellspring Associates
Thayer Cheatham Willis is an internationally acclaimed author, educator, speaker, and leading authority in the area of wealth counseling. She has been a licensed, practicing psychotherapist since 1990, and her primary focus is on facilitating the work of inheritors and their families as they cope with the psychological challenges of wealth. A child of wealth herself, born into the founding family of the multinational Georgia-Pacific Corporation, she brings to her field a unique insider's perspective on contending with family dynamics as they relate to the mental and emotional challenges of wealth. Accredited with an M.A. from the University of Oregon and an M.S.W. from Portland State University, Thayer is a licensed clinical social worker (L.C.S.W.) specializing in wealth-related issues. Thayer offers twenty-eight years of experience in a field she helped pioneer and dominates as one of its most prominent, foremost authorities. Working privately with a global client-base, she has helped thousands of inheritors and their families in eight countries and four continents resolve wealth-related family conflicts.
Thayer is the author of "Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors", an invaluable introduction for families on the difficult journey to freedom beyond wealth, and "Beyond Gold: True Wealth for Inheritors", which focuses on how individuals can be responsible with the financial wealth in their lives, keep it in perspective, and be free to take on the tough, rewarding task of enhancing relationships. Thayer has written many articles for Worth Magazine and other publications and writes a quarterly newsletter, available on her website. She also has been interviewed for top financial publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Business Journal, and Time Magazine.
Speaking clients include:
• BMO Harris
• Morgan Stanley
• Northern Trust
• Presidio Bank
• Stanford Executive Education
• UMB Bank
• Wellspring Associates
