Upcoming Events & Training at the Financial Transitionist® Institute
FTI/SMI 23rd Annual Conference
Registration is now open for all CeFT® & non-members.
Conference will be held at the West Palm Beach Marriott.
November 6th thru 8th 2023
See you in beautiful sunny West Palm Beach, Florida
Early Early Bird Pricing!
REGISTER NOW!Become a CeFT®
Learn a universal, repeatable process and tools for managing the human dynamics of financial change with this advanced certification in life transitions.
Next Training Starts:
June 21st 2023
LEARN MORE...The Stakes Are High In Financial Transitions, When Decisions Shape Life.
We provide the mindset, tools and community to go beyond traditional training and life planning to become a Certified Financial Transitionist®.
Become a Certified Financial Transitionist®
We Believe There Are Two Sides of Money
The technical side and the personal side. Both sides are equally important and complex but it is the personal side that drives decision-making.
We know that you have spent significant time and money to develop your excellent technical skills.
And it’s frustrating to find that it's the personal side that gets results!
Does This Sound Like You?
➤ Do you feel like there is something missing from your training?
➤ Are you haunted by the feeling that you should know more and do more?
➤ Can you describe and consistently deliver a unique experience?
➤ Are you keeping up with your clients changing lives?
➤ Do you have credentials that sets you apart?
WE CAN HELP
CORE TRAINING
Learn the fundamentals of Financial Transitions Planning.
Core is shorthand for our yearlong Certified Financial Transitionist® training program. This includes skill building, tools, and experiential learning.
Learn MoreACCESS TRAINING
Learn the Foundations of Financial Transition
Access Training breaks our 12-month Core training program into three levels, allowing you to complete the full program at your own pace, 4 months at a time!
Learn MoreTake any training with us and you will find it goes beyond coursework with hands-on-practice of the material. You’ll get personal feedback from FTI trainers and become a part of a strong community of likeminded advisors from around the world.
Every Financial Advisor says they work with clients in transition.
What makes you different?
When looking for tools and processes to help clients with the personal side of money, I could think of no better training opportunity than that which is offered through the Financial Transitionist Institute. An important added benefit is the community and fellowship aspects of the training, too.
- Moira Somers, PhD, C.Psych
Author of ‘Advice that Sticks’
The CeFT training that not only I, but my colleagues at Omega have received helps us work more collaboratively together while bringing in the 21st century planners communication and relationship skills that clients are looking for and now the CFP Board recognizes are needed for the future
- Lisa A.K. Kirchenbauer, CFP®, RLP®, CeFT®
Founder & President of Omega Wealth Management
Like many advisors, I did not get the human side of training in becoming a CFP or CDFA, yet the skillset is critical for advisors to work with clients in difficult situations. The CeFT training is perfect to fill in the gap and definitely made me more confident, empathetic and effective in working with divorcees.
CeFT training provided me with a solid understanding of when someone is navigating a major life transition. Recognizing they are working with an advisor who is experienced and trained to help divorcees, my clients feel validated and relieved, they gain more clarity about what to do and what to expect, they can trust me as their thinking partner and voice of reasoning.
- Linda Cao CFP®, CeFT®
President of Silver Oak Wealth Advisors
Divorce planning is hard and important work. My CeFT training makes divorce planning easier and more productive for my clients and for me.
The CeFT training is valuable/invaluable when it comes to clients understanding their numbers, their options and making the decisions they need to make to get beyond their divorce to start their next life chapter.
- Carol Khouri, Wingate Wealth Advisors, CFP®, CDFA™ , CeFT®
The SMI training has given me greater insight to my clients’ transitions and allowed me to be more present as we move through life together.
- Roger A. Shake, CFP®, RLP®, CeFT®
The training had added the most needed ingredient in the financial planning process.
- Norm Politziner CFP®
President of NJP Associates
SMI training changed my client conversations. It provided me with confidence to address topics outside of technical financial planning and gave me tools how to carry the conversation. Being a (long-time) member makes sure I keep these skills sharp and continuously refreshed.
- Anja Luesink, CFP®, RLP®, CeFT®
Our divorcing clients say we make things so easy! There is so much less overwhelm, they feel taken care of, the trust created is such a bond. I speak their language and use so many one-pagers, not volumes of financial reports! I can say that this training has helped me be more confident, efficient, and human.
- Kristina George CFP®, CDFA™ CeFT®
Northstar Financial Planning
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