March/April 2024: Where Are All Our Friends?: Therapists Confront the Loneliness Epidemic

This issue looks at the subject of friendship and how it’s necessary for our growth and well-being, with a particular focus on the consequences of loneliness and the “friendship recession.” Articles include a look at the specific challenges facing men’s friendships, navigating the discomfort of making new friends, making accommodations for socially anxious kids, the elements of friendship that inherently reside within the therapeutic relationship, and sense of sisterhood between Black women. Other pieces examine how therapists can help disfigured clients build skills to navigate being avoided and judged, holistic healing techniques for treating trauma stored in the body, helping divorced women work through feelings of guilt, and an interview with speech coach Samara Bay.