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Abstract / Summary

Human beings are social by nature and need human interaction and connectedness. When people experience adequate levels of human interaction and connectedness, they feel a sense of satisfaction. On the other hand, when people are experiencing inadequate levels of interaction and connectedness, they feel lonely – something’s missing.In our society filled with people who communicate primarily with a wide variety of technology, face-to-face social interaction has become less common, feelings of connectedness are rare, and people are lonelier than ever before. Technology can provide a false sense of being connected twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. This feeling of virtual connection, however, may be deceiving, and people benefit with social face-to-face connections with other people. Negative feelings of loneliness can lead to a variety of other health-related concerns and stress-related conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke. In addition, is often related to addiction, various forms of anti-social behavior, disrupted sleep patterns and various mental-health conditions. People experiencing long-term (chronic) form of loneliness are more susceptible to experiencing these wider effects of loneliness. If your participants are experiencing any of these effects, suggest they see a medical professional.In order to deal successfully with all of the types of loneliness, people must find creative ways of coping. The Coping with Loneliness Workbook provides assessments and self-guided activities to help participants learn useful skills for coping creatively with the various types of loneliness. Many choices of self-exploration activities are provided for participants to determine which best suit their unique needs.The four chapters include: Level of Loneliness, Personal Characteristics, Coping with Loneliness, Alone Time

Field of Interest

Counseling & Therapy

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2015 Whole Person Associates. All rights reserved.

Content Type

Book

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Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2014

Page Count

98

Publication Year

2014

Publisher

Whole Person Associates

Place Published / Released

Duluth, MN

Subject

Counseling & Therapy, Psychology & Counseling, Health Sciences, Theoretical Approaches to Counseling, Family and relationships, Psychological issues, Theory, Alienation, Relationships, Loneliness, Depression (emotion), Sadness

Presenting Condition

Depression (emotion), Sadness

Clinician

John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010