CBT

Keeping secrets is not necessarily financial infidelity, says Avigail Lev, founder and director at Bay Area CBT Center.

John waited several months for his first CBT appointment through the NHS and was given an initial six sessions.

John said CBT was the starting point of a longer journey that included coaching, training and self-reflection.

CBT might also address thought patterns that perpetuate loneliness, like a person’s expectation of rejection, or their tendency to fixate on negative social experiences from the past, says Anton Käll, a behavioral scientist at Linköping University.

Käll and colleagues found significant reductions in loneliness in two randomized trials of their online CBT intervention where participants complete assignments and correspond with a therapist who offers weekly feedback on their work.