About Dr. Lami
Global Expert in Generational Wealth Psychology™ | Founder of The Legacy ReCode™ and The Wealth ReCode™ Method
A multi award-winning wealth psychologist, a globally recognized authority and the pioneer of Generational Wealth Psychology™
“Dr. Lami has profound insight and wisdom that is beyond textbook knowledge. She possesses a gift for understanding people and their inner workings. She is gifted with intuition and insight that is unique. Her work has caused us to understand ourselves better, find solutions to our challenges and take actions to resolve whatever was needed.”
S. S. Business Owner, Los Angeles, CA, USA
With over 20 years of experience spanning the U.S., U.K., Europe, Australia and the Middle East, Dr. Lami is renowned for her deep, long-term engagements with ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals, families. Including, family offices, family businesses, institutions and multigenerational enterprises. Those who want to go beyond financial planning to protect the relationships, values, and emotional fabric that hold legacy together.
Born into a family business, Dr Lami has lived the very challenges her clients face, succession struggles, wealth-based identity tension, emotional distance, and power dynamics. Her personal experience shaped her life’s work: helping the world’s wealthiest families not only preserve their fortune but evolve and thrive through it.
A multi award-winning professional, Dr. Lami holds a Ph.D and MSc in psychology. She is a board member and a licensed clinical psychologist in the US, an APA Member (American Psychological Association), and a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society.
Dr Lami as featured in
Wealth Psychology: Philosophy and Approach
She is the creator of The Wealth ReCode™ Method and The Legacy ReCode™ Method, proprietary frameworks designed to catalyze lasting transformation within ultra-high-net-worth families across generations.
This is not therapy. It is high-level architectural work for the family system, strategic, relational, and profoundly human.
Dr. Lami helps clients navigate the silent, often unspoken dynamics that accompany affluence, uncovering the emotional, relational, and systemic complexities that wealth brings. Her work fosters sustainable transformation from the inside out—preserving not just the fortune, but the family behind it.
Clients describe Dr. Lami as a “heart-and-mind alchemist” with a rare ability to hold emotional complexity with clarity. Her work is grounded in trust, discretion, and a deep belief that when we change our perception about things, we change everything.
Dr. Lami’s Contribution to Wealth Psychology
Dr. Ronit Lami is a leading expert recognized by Spears 500 as one of the top recommended experts in wealth psychology. A widely published thought leader, Dr. Lami has made significant contributions to literature on the psychology of wealth and relationships through numerous articles, a regular column.
Dr. Ronit Lami has been featured in global media outlets including CNN, BBC, Forbes, the Financial Times, The New York Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, and Bloomberg, to name only few, for her unique expertise on the psychological dimensions of wealth. A sought-after speaker, she has presented on stages worldwide—from private family forums to leading international conferences. She is the designer and former lecturer of the Executive MBA course “The Psychology of Wealth” at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, developed in collaboration with the Swiss IMD Business School. She also created and taught this course for the Executive MBA Program in Asset and Wealth Management at Carnegie Mellon.
Dr Lami speaking engagements
Dr. Lami frequently serves as a keynote speaker and expert witness in legal proceedings. Which involve the psychological impact of wealth. Including legal cases related to affluenza, child support, and family conflict.
She also offers accredited continuing education programs for private bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, CPAs, mental health professionals, and others working in wealth management—equipping them to navigate the emotional and non-financial complexities of wealth and intergenerational transfer.
Through her research and clinical work, Dr. Lami developed the Pillars for Wealth Parenting© program. Which is a transformative framework designed to help parents, and their children cultivate the awareness, values, and relational skills needed to build a healthy, purpose-driven legacy and be successful stewards of their wealth.
As well as the abundance of practical experience that Dr. Lami brings to her work, she holds:
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- A Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
- An MSc in Industrial Psychology
- A license as a Clinical Psychologist with the California Board of Psychology
- A license as a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
- A license as a Clinical Hypnotherapist.
- A Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
