The Special Needs Family Hour Presents: Allen Giese, Author of When Mental Illness Strikes: Crisis Intervention for the Financial Plan!

Allen Giese is the founding partner and President of Northstar Financial Planners, Inc., in Plantation, Florida. He is also the father of an adult son who has a mental illness. Allen knows firsthand the impact that a loved one’s mental illness can have on a family’s finances. He has made it his mission to help other parents struggling with balancing their son or daughter’s needs and their family’s financial well-being. We discuss creating a financial plan for families with special needs, particularly mental illness.