Loneliness isn’t always about being alone.
It can be there in a crowd, in a conversation, even in a relationship.
Sometimes it shows up as a quiet ache — a feeling of being on the outside of things, or of not quite being reached. Sometimes it’s sharper: the sense that something essential is missing, or that no one really sees what life feels like from the inside.
It can be hard to talk about. Loneliness often carries a sense of shame or failure, even though it’s a deeply human experience. It doesn’t always come from isolation; it can also come from disconnection — from others, or even from oneself.
In therapy, there’s room to speak from within that space. To put words to what has felt unspeakable. Not to fill the silence, but to begin to understand it. Sometimes, just having a place where one can speak and be heard without expectation makes something else possible.
