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Additional Reading for Loneliness and Friendship
Books

These are "Oldies," but are still great

Loneliness

Conquer  Loneliness:  Understand Your  Loneliness-And  Banish It Forever!  (Life's  Little  Keys  -  Self-Help  Strategies  for a Healthier, Happier You) by Frank Joe Bruno
Part of a series by a respected psychotherapist, this small  book lays-out  a step-by-step program for conquering  that universal feeling of loneliness. Easy and quick to read.

Letting  Go  of Loneliness: a Positive Approach by  Gina  Levete.
Though  most  of us experience loneliness, even when we are not alone,  most  of  us are embarrassed to admit  this  loneliness. Levete helps us discover the causes of loneliness, then shows  us how  to transform loneliness into a positive  experience  through interaction, communication, and being open to change. It is not a book on where and how to meet people. Rather, it concentrates  on work that  needs to be done before external solutions for  loneliness are sought.

Healing  Your Aloneness: Finding Love and Wholeness Through  Your Inner Child by Erika J. Chopich, Margaret Paul
Chopich  and Paul show how to reconnect with your inner child  to short-circuit  self-destructive  patterns,  banish  fears,  heal loneliness,  resolve  conflicts, and build  satisfying  relationships.

Overcoming Loneliness in Everyday Life by Jacqueline Olds,  Richard Schwartz, Harriet Webste
Chronic  loneliness is a universal experience that  affects  millions  of  individuals, both married and single.  By  drawing  on their  own experience as psychotherapists, the  authors  describe the causes and effects of loneliness, then explain how to  overcome it with fulfilling relationships, often those that  revolve around shared tasks.

Friendship

Friendship  Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care For by Alan Loy McGinnis
This  older book on friendship shares the secret of how  to  love and  be loved, and how to get close and stay close to the  important people in your life. McGinnis opines that friendship is the model  for all intimate relationships, including a good  marriage as well as a good parent-child relationship. This author  writes, "The best relationships are built up, like a fine lacquer finish, with the accumulated layers of many acts of kindness."

Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives by Jan Yager
Sociologist  Jan  Yager's  book gets its title from  a  word  she coined,  which  refers to the way friendships change as  we  move through life's stages. The author shows you how to recognize  the difference  between  healthy and  destructive  friendships,  then shows you how to develop and maintain those friendships that will contribute to a longer, happier, and  less lonely life.

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