From the therapy room
to something bigger.
For more than a decade, I worked as a licensed psychotherapist, sitting with people through some of the hardest, weirdest, most human parts of life.
And there was one thing I kept seeing over and over:
People weren’t just struggling with problems. They were struggling with connection.
Come Get Unlonely
Why this exists
People wanted deeper friendships. They wanted to feel more comfortable around other people. They wanted someone to call on a random Tuesday. They wanted relationships where they could stop performing and actually be themselves. They wanted to feel known.
And I became fascinated by that.
Because connection isn’t just something that happens when we’re lucky enough to stumble across the right people. There are skills involved.
Vulnerability.
Curiosity.
Listening
Initiating.
Following up.
Letting yourself be known.
Having uncomfortable conversations.
Learning how to make other people feel known.
Figuring out who your people actually are.
And having the courage to keep putting yourself out there until you find them.
Those are things we can get better at.
My background
I’ve spent years studying humans — professionally and otherwise. My professional life has given me a front-row seat to how humans develop, communicate, struggle, relate, and connect.
I’ve worked as a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist, owned a private practice, taught Human Development at the college level, and served in military mental-health leadership.
But Unlonely Together isn’t another therapy practice. And I don’t want to turn everyday human loneliness into a diagnosis. I’m interested in what happens outside the therapy room.
How do we make friends as adults?
How do we have conversations that actually go somewhere?
How do we become more vulnerable without feeling like we’re emotionally streaking through the neighborhood?
How do we turn acquaintances into friends?
How do we create community?
How do we let ourselves be known?
How do we become the kind of people who make other humans feel like they belong?
That’s the stuff I want to explore here.
Why Unlonely Together
So I created Unlonely Together. A platform dedicated to helping humans become better at connecting with other humans.
Through courses, conversations, practical tools, community, events, and whatever else this thing grows into, I want to create a place where we can learn about connection and actually experience it.
Because talking about loneliness isn’t enough. At some point, we have to start bringing people together.
That’s the part I’m most excited about.
One important thing:
Unlonely Together is an educational and community platform, not therapy or mental-health treatment. While my professional background absolutely informs the work I create here, participating in Unlonely Together does not establish a therapist-client relationship. If you’re looking for mental-health treatment, I encourage you to connect with a licensed provider who can give you the care you need. Around here, we’re focused on something beautifully ordinary: humans learning how to connect with humans.
Okay, enough about me.
There are approximately eight billion other humans out there.
Let’s go get better at knowing some of them.
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