Dr. April Lane Benson, a leading NYC psychologist who treats shopaholics, just reviewed our short Get Satisfied web course in her newsletter, excerpt below. Dr. Benson’s website is http://www.stoppingovershopping.com.
“To be a postconsumer is to evolve beyond the inevitable disappointments of consumerism, with its hyped-up treadmill of buy after buy, to the satisfaction of enough. Postconsumers.com seeks to foster this evolution in individual consumers through its Get Satisfied Interactive Handbook, a light-hearted albeit serious-minded online primer for the journey. Leavened with humor and very short—it can be diligently gone though in as little as a hour (or as slowly as you want)—the Handbook consists of a self-assessment section, a set of recommendations based on that assessment, and a very short selection of resources for further development.
The website gives us a quick and accessible introduction to the powerful dissatisfactions of American overconsumption, and, via its Interactive Handbook, offers an individualized prescription for growing out of them. Though serious overshoppers would do well to supplement this brief tour of key ideas with a more detailed text, the Handbook is an inexpensive and charming Cliff’s Notes on your consumption habits.”
