Money Therapist · Zurich
Zurich’s Money Therapist for High-Achieving Women Who Earn Well — But Still Don’t Feel Safe With Money
If you live or work in Zurich and find yourself anxious about money despite a strong income, replaying inherited money patterns you never chose, or making financial decisions from fear rather than clarity — you are not alone, and this is exactly the work.
Ilana Jankowitz is a Zurich-based Money Therapist and Certified Money & Mindset Coach (CMC) who works with high-achieving women in Zurich, across Switzerland, and globally online. Using the Inside-Out Money Therapy Method — a therapy-informed, non-clinical coaching approach — she helps women move from chronic money stress to felt safety, confident decisions, and a financial life that finally feels like theirs.
Why Working With a Zurich-Based Money Therapist Matters
Zurich is one of the world’s great financial capitals. It is also a city where high-earning professionals — many of them women, many of them expats — carry enormous financial pressure in near-total silence. The culture here rewards performance, discretion, and self-sufficiency. There is rarely a safe space to say: I earn more than I ever imagined, and I still feel terrified about money.
That silence is exactly what Money Therapy and Money Coaching are designed to break — gently, practically, and without judgment.
Serving Both Zurich Locals and the International Community
Ilana works with Swiss women who have grown up inside inherited family money patterns they are only now beginning to question, and with expat women navigating the particular complexity of managing money across currencies, tax systems, and cultures — all while building a life in a new country.
- In-person sessions available in Zurich for clients who prefer face-to-face work in a private, confidential setting.
- Online sessions available globally — meaning Zurich-based clients with travel-heavy schedules never need to lose continuity in their work.
- English and German spoken — so the language of your money story is always your choice.
Whether you are a Swiss national, a relocating professional, or an expat who has been in Zurich for years, the underlying question is often the same: Why doesn’t having more money make me feel safer? That question has an answer — and it starts on the inside.
Credentials & Qualifications
When you work with a Money Therapist and Certified Money & Mindset Coach in Zurich, the depth of their training matters. Here is what Ilana brings to every session.
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Money Therapist
Therapy-informed, non-clinical practitioner of the Inside-Out Money Therapy Method — focused on the emotional, psychological, and behavioural roots of money patterns. This is not psychological treatment; it is coaching that goes deeper than numbers. -
Certified Money & Mindset Coach (CMC)
Formally certified in money and mindset coaching, with a specialisation in helping high-achieving women rewrite the inherited patterns driving their financial behaviour. -
NLP Practitioner
Trained in Neuro-Linguistic Programming — a body of tools that supports fast, lasting shifts in how clients relate to money, worthiness, and self-trust. -
Inside-Out Money Therapy Method — 10+ Years in Practice
A proprietary five-pillar method built on Feeling Safe, Worthiness, Receiving, Autonomy, and Alignment. More than a decade of refinement with real clients in real financial lives. -
Featured Speaker — Google & IAPC&M
Invited to speak at Google and at the International Authority of Professional Coaching & Mentoring, bringing the conversation about money, emotions, and inherited patterns to professional and corporate audiences.
Languages: English & German
Your money story was written in a language. The words your parents used about money, the silences, the arguments, the values passed down at the kitchen table — all of it carries a language and a culture. Being able to do this work in your first language, or your working language, makes a meaningful difference.
- English — Primary working language. All sessions, materials, and written reflections are available in English.
- German — Sessions available in German for Swiss and German-speaking clients who prefer to explore their money story in their mother tongue.
This bilingual practice reflects the reality of Zurich: a city where professional life is often multilingual, and where the language you feel safest in should never be a barrier to doing important work.
Practical Information
- Format
- In-person in Zurich & online worldwide
- Session Length
- 60 – 90 minutes
- Investment
- From CHF 200 per session
- Booking
- Online booking widget — choose your date and time instantly
- Languages
- English & German
- First Step
- A Breakthrough Call — a short introductory conversation to explore whether this is the right fit
The Inside-Out Money Therapy Method: What the Work Actually Looks Like
This is not budgeting coaching. It is not financial planning. It is not regulated financial advice covering investments, tax, pensions, or insurance. And it is not psychological treatment.
The Inside-Out Money Therapy Method is a therapy-informed, non-clinical coaching process built around five interconnected pillars:
- Feeling Safe — Building a genuine, embodied sense of safety around money — not just intellectually knowing you are okay, but actually feeling it.
- Worthiness — Uncoupling your financial decisions from inherited beliefs about what you deserve, what is acceptable to want, and what women like you are allowed to have.
- Receiving — Dissolving the blocks — often invisible, often inherited — that make it hard to accept money, support, abundance, or recognition, even when it is right there.
- Autonomy — Reclaiming ownership of your financial life. Making decisions from your own values, not from fear, obligation, or someone else’s inherited script.
- Alignment — Creating a relationship with money that is coherent with who you actually are — not who you were taught to be.
Across these five pillars, clients in Zurich and beyond begin to see their money patterns clearly — where they came from, why they made sense once, and how to gently, permanently rewrite them. Learn more about the full approach on the Money Therapy page or explore the practical structure of sessions on the Money Coaching page.
For location-specific details, visit the dedicated Money Therapy Zurich landing page.
Who This Work Is For
This work is designed for high-achieving women — in Zurich, across Switzerland, and globally — who recognise themselves in one or more of the following:
- You have built a strong career and earn well, but money still feels like something to manage and fear, not something to feel good about.
- You watch your spending anxiously even when your account balance is healthy.
- You undercharge, over-deliver, or feel guilty about money you have clearly earned.
- You grew up in a household with a complicated relationship to money — scarcity, secrecy, conflict, or shame — and you can feel those patterns running in your own financial life today.
- You are an expat in Zurich, navigating financial complexity in a new country, and the uncertainty feels larger than the numbers justify.
- You make financial decisions reactively, impulsively, or from anxiety rather than from calm, grounded clarity.
- You know the practical steps — the spreadsheets, the savings plans — but something deeper keeps pulling you off track.
If this is you, the work is not about discipline or knowledge. It is about felt safety, worthiness, and rewriting the inherited patterns that are quietly running the show.
Frequently Asked Questions — Money Therapist Zurich
Where in Zurich do you practice?
In-person sessions take place at a private, professional location in Zurich. The exact address is shared upon booking confirmation, ensuring a discreet and comfortable setting for every client. If you would like to confirm the location before booking, you are welcome to reach out via the contact page ahead of your Breakthrough Call.
Do you speak German?
Yes. Sessions are available in both English and German. Many clients in Zurich choose to work in English as their professional language, while others find it more natural to explore their money story in German — particularly when that story is rooted in Swiss German-speaking family dynamics. Both are equally welcome, and sessions can also move between languages where that feels right.
Do you offer in-person sessions?
Yes. In-person sessions in Zurich are available for clients who value the depth and presence of face-to-face work. Online sessions are equally available for clients who are based outside Zurich, travel frequently, or simply prefer the flexibility of working from home. There is no difference in the quality or depth of the work between formats — many long-term clients use both, depending on the week.
Are sessions covered by Swiss health insurance (Krankenkasse)?
No — and this is worth understanding clearly. Money Therapy and Money Coaching with Ilana are non-clinical coaching services. This is not psychological treatment, and it does not fall under any category recognised by Swiss health insurance providers for reimbursement. Sessions are an out-of-pocket investment.
For many clients, this is actually experienced as a feature rather than a limitation. There is no insurance company involved in your process. No referral required. No gatekeeping, no diagnosis, no clinical record, and no third party with access to your sessions. You decide when you start, how often you work, and when you are done. The privacy and autonomy that comes with that structure are very much in keeping with the values at the heart of this work.
Ready to Feel Safe With Money — Right Here in Zurich?
You have worked hard to build the life you have. The next step is not another financial strategy. It is learning to feel safe inside the financial life you have already created — and making calm, confident decisions from that place.
The first conversation is a Breakthrough Call: a focused, no-pressure session to explore what is getting in the way and whether this work is the right fit for where you are right now.
In-person in Zurich. Online worldwide. In English or German.
