In this book contributors address the inner sense of loneliness - that is feeling alone even in the company of others - by drawing on different aspects of loneliness and longing. Topics covered include:

• loneliness in the consulting room
• the relationship between loneliness and love
• the effects of social networking and the internet
• how loneliness changes throughout the life-cycle
• healing the analyst's loneliness.

Loneliness and Longing draws on both theory and practice to discuss ways to help people to understand and cope with this important emotional state, encouraging them to make loneliness and longing less pervasive in their lives. This will be ideal reading for analysts, psychotherapists, and related practitioners facing the challenges of loneliness in their consulting rooms.