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Feeling alone is more common than it looks
Browse therapists who list isolation or loneliness among the things they work with. Each profile shows, in plain words, how they work and what else they help with.
Where are you right now?
Loneliness tends to arrive with a change, or quietly with none at all. Every therapist here lists isolation or loneliness among their focus areas; pick the card that sounds most like you.
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Somewhere new
After a move to a new town, city or country, or a fresh start at college or work, before anywhere feels like home.
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After a loss
When someone has died, a relationship has ended, or friendships have drifted, and the days feel quieter than they used to.
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Working from home, or on your own
When work, caring for someone or a long stretch at home means whole days pass without much real conversation.
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Later in life
After retirement, an illness or a change in health, or when the people around you are fewer than they were.
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Lonely among people
When you have people around you but still feel unseen, out of step, or unsure how to let anyone in.
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For no clear reason
You do not need a story or the right word for it. Feeling cut off is reason enough to talk to someone.
Some of the people you could talk to
Every profile sets out credentials, experience, focus areas and way of working.
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Debra Bryant
Therapist in Illinois
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John Hammond
Therapist in California
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Donna Johnson
Therapist in New York
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David Norton
Therapist in Connecticut
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Angela McGrath
Therapist / counsellor in the United Kingdom
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Angela Jakovac
Therapist / counsellor in Australia
A few honest things
What talk therapy can be
- A regular time to talk with someone who is there to listen, without judging you.
- A place to notice what keeps you apart from people, and what helps you reach out.
- Support with what often comes with loneliness, such as low mood, worry or a knock to your confidence.
What it is not
- It is not a social, befriending or companionship service, and a therapist is not a friend.
- No one can promise that loneliness will go away, or how quickly things will change.
- Listing a focus area is not, by itself, evidence of specialist training. If that matters, ask.
Where you live
Sessions are online, so where someone is listed mostly tells you how their credentials work. Choose the country or US state shown on each profile.
United States 2,991 therapists
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
United Kingdom 704 therapists
Therapists and counsellors who list membership of a professional body such as the BACP or NCPS.
Browse the United KingdomAustralia 104 therapists
Therapists and counsellors who list membership of a professional body such as ACA, PACFA or AASW.
Browse AustraliaEvery topic, A to Z
Loneliness rarely comes on its own. Choose whatever seems closest; each topic page lists the therapists who name it.
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and Geriatric Issues
- Anger
- Attachment Issues
- Autism
- Avoidant Personality
- Career
- Caregiver Issues and Stress
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Communication Problems
- Compassion Fatigue
- Coping with Life Changes
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Family
- Family of Origin Issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and Shame
- Hospice and End-of-Life Counseling
- Immigration Issues
- Intimacy Issues
- Isolation / Loneliness
- LGBT
- Life Purpose
- Men's Issues
- Midlife Crisis
- Mood Disorders
- Multicultural Concerns
- Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks
- Parenting
- Post-Traumatic Stress
- Relationship
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self Esteem
- Self-Love
- Separation
- Social Anxiety and Phobia
- Stress & Anxiety
- Trauma and Abuse
- Veterans
- Women's Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Young Adult Issues
The light is on whenever you are ready.
Reading a profile asks nothing of you. Look at a few, keep the names that feel right, and come back when it suits you.
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