She has been seeing a very good LDS counselor for post partum depression and anxiety. She has always had a spending problem on and off over ten years. We have had many arguments about this, resulting in short periods of financial stability. I went to her last counseling session after discovering she spent $1600 in one week and ran our credit cards up to $9k. In the session she admitted she had secret credit cards for a total of $12k.
Due to obvious trust issues, I removed her entirely from our bank account and cancelled all of the cards but one. She is on a limited cash only allowance now, and the counselor agreed with this. It's not what I want, i want us to be equal partners, but this is how it has to be. I blocked all of the (common) shopping web sites she visits. I did not know our finances were so bad because I work two jobs to pay the bills so she can stay at home and I am gone at work long hours (basically 2 jobs). She had control of the bills because that's how we split the workload, and I trusted her and gave her too many chances.
We are ruined financially and our marriage is on the rocks. Like I said, her spending has always been excessive, but this mostly happened in the last 3-4 months. I can't explain it. The counselor (psychotherapist) said she has an addiction to shopping.