Financial Planning and Counseling Scales (PDF)

Kristy L. Archuleta, Ph.D., LMFT, is an Assistant Professor in the Personal Financial Planning Program at Kansas State University, project coordinator of Women Managing the Farm, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in a private psychotherapy practice. Dr. Archuleta earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Certificate degree in Personal Financial Planning from Kansas State University. She received her B.S. degree in Family Relations and Child Development and minor in Business Management from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Archuleta works from a systems theory perspective and has experience working with individuals, couples, families, and business organizations. She specializes in working with rural and farm families and those experiencing financial distress. Dr. Archuleta's career objective is to bridge financial planning and relationship therapy, where financial planners and relationship therapists work together to provide comprehensive treatment for clients experiencing financial distress. Her research interests include rural and farm families, dyadic processes influencing financial satisfaction and marital satisfaction, empirical based treatment for couples experiencing financial difficulties, and theoretical development to understand the connections between financial planning and couple relationships and how to work with them.

R. Roudi Nazarinia is an adjunct instructor and Doctoral Candidate at Kansas State University in the School of Family Studies and Human Services. She received her B.A. in Psychology and a M.A. in Family Studies from the University of British Columbia. With experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods, her area of research interest is couples' relationship satisfaction and the transition to parenthood. Ms. Nazarinia also has experience in the social services field where she practiced as a Child and Youth Worker, Family Support Worker, and most recently as the coordinator of the Family Project: Children Who Witness Abuse Support Program in British Columbia, Canada. In that capacity, she facilitated groups for children ages three to 18 and for mothers who had experienced domestic violence; she also conducted community presentations and advocated for families.