Background This blog focuses on techniques for overcoming the shame of feeling lonely and improving your satisfaction in your relationships In an earlier Blog in this series, I made suggestions on how to develop new skills, one small step at a time, to build resilience against loneliness. I made these … Read more
Making New Friends While Socially Distancing and a Project for Confined Children Anecdotes (stories) are the weakest form of scientific evidence. However, scientific evidence has established the value of storytelling on the molecular level in the brain. Stories can increase oxytocin, otherwise known as the “cuddle” hormone. https://www.livescience.com/42198-what-is-oxytocin.html. Oxytocin signals … Read more
Introduction Social Workers Use Many Creative and Resourceful Techniques to Combat Loneliness. These including daily reassurance calls; dance, yoga, art, and letter writing. Scientific literature is beginning to be published on the effectiveness of 19 techniques employed by social workers to alleviate loneliness that I list below. Many of the … Read more