LONELINESS RESOURCES

 

Note: When in doubt about your own or another’s loneliness, always check it out through competent counselors.

 

ORGANIZATIONS

 

StopLoneliness.com  This site provides brief descriptions of loneliness and depression at several developmental stages: children. teens, college students, singles, married couples, and senior citizens. It describes how parents, communities, volunteers, even pets can support the lonely and depressed.

 

 

Cambridge University Counseling Service You will find out why loneliness is common at a university, when and how it feels to be lonely, and what you can do about loneliness.  

 

University of Florida Counseling Center The University of Florida staff developed this helpful information from materials produced by the University of Texas at Austin. It describes how loneliness is different than just being alone, how we contribute to our own sense of loneliness, and practical ways of changing feelings of loneliness.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

 

 

ARTICLES

 

Anderson, Kerby, “Loneliness

,” excellent, thoughtful article, Probe Ministries. 29 Apr05.

 

 

Anderson, Herbert, “The Lonely Male.” The Lutheran. 29Apr05  Men should start here.

BOOKS

Copeland, Mary Ellen (1997) The Loneliness Workbook: A Guide to Developing and Maintaining Lasting Connections, New Harbinger Publications. This workbook is based on workshops that have helped many.

 

Day, Dorothy (1997) The Long Loneliness, HarperSanFrancisco, 304 pp. Those turning here for quick answers for loneliness will be disappointed. It is rather an inspiring autobiography of a woman considered a modern day Catholic saint. It begins in the security of a family and moves through quest to a kind of self-giving life that sustains loneliness and deals with some of its systemic aspects.

 

Elliot, Elizabeth (1991) How to Overcome Loneliness, NavPress.  This great woman, popular speaker/author who has experienced loss and lonely struggles in her own life provides a challenge, based solidly on biblical values, to consider loneliness as a gift. This is something many will not be able to accept, but it is a good basis for challenging thoughts and group discussion.

 

 

Elliot, Elizabeth (2001) The Path of Loneliness: Finding Your Way Through the Wilderness to God, Vine Books, 196 pp. This book is a complement to Elliot’s previous book and challenges further thought.

 

 

Hutchinson, Gloria (2004) Be Comforted: Healing in Times of Loss, Anger, Anxiety, Loneliness, Sickness, Death, St. Anthony Messenger Press and Franciscan, 123 pp. A comforting and encouraging book especially for those whose loneliness comes from significant losses.