“Helping families cope psychologically is essential for developing the
refined financial intelligence most clients are seeking today.”
–Eileen Gallo, Ph.D.
Eileen Gallo is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles, where she assists individuals and families with the psychological and emotional issues related to money, children and family wealth. Her doctoral dissertation examined the psychological issues of sudden wealth. Eileen also writes about the emotional and psychological issues of wealth as a regular columnist for the Journal of Financial Planning. She helped establish and co-chair the Committee on the Psychological and Emotional Issues of Estate Planning of the American Bar Association. Eileen currently co-chairs the sub-committee on Emerging Adulthood of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
“In today’s economy, navigating the complexities of estate management is
especially important.”
–Jon Gallo
Jon Gallo heads the Family Wealth Practice Group of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger, LLP, in Los Angeles. In 2007 and 2008, he was named one of the top one hundred attorneys in the country by Worth magazine. Jon is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law and certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law. He helped establish and co-chair the Committee on the Psychological and Emotional Issues of Estate Planning of the American Bar Association. Along with Eileen, he is a regular columnist for the Journal of Financial Planning and co-chairs the sub-committee on Emerging Adulthood of the AmericanCollege of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Together, our specialties have enabled us to work as a unique team, writing, presenting and consulting together on the psychological, emotional and legal issues of family wealth since 1987. We are also the co-authors of two books on families and money: Silver Spoon Kids: How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary 2001) and The Financially Intelligent Parent: 8 Steps to Raising Successful, Generous, Responsible Children (Penguin USA/New American Library 2005).