Loneliness Therapy · Online, in English

You don't have to feel invisible forever

Professional psychological support for loneliness, in English — even when you're surrounded by people. A space to understand why the emptiness stays, and to rebuild connections that actually hold you, without translating yourself first.

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Systemic Approach

When the emptiness stays

Loneliness isn't cured by more people. It's worked through by understanding your own map of connection.

You can have contacts, family, even a partner, and still feel an emptiness that doesn't fill. Loneliness isn't always about being physically alone: often it's not feeling truly seen, understood, or held, even with people around. For a lot of people living between two languages, that gap shows up in small, constant ways — being in a room where the jokes don't quite land, missing the holidays that everyone back home is celebrating while nobody around you even knows the date, or realizing the people closest to you here don't share the references that shaped you.

The people around you might not get it — «but you have so many people» — and that leaves you feeling even more alone. Therapy doesn't ask you to go out more or force connections. It helps you understand what's keeping you from the closeness you actually need, and to rebuild it from there.

Ricardo De Castro King — Clinical Psychologist

Who's with you

I'm Ricardo, and you won't be alone in this

I'm a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years of experience, trained in systemic family therapy. I'm Colombian, based in Barranquilla, and I see clients online. But before any title, I'm someone who understands what it's like to hold two languages and two worlds at once — and how quiet that particular kind of loneliness can be. You don't have to explain that part to me first.

Loneliness is easier to work through with someone next to you. If this feels like the moment, let's take the first step together — at your pace, no pressure.

Master's in Systemic Family Therapy

Universidad Simón Bolívar

Clinical Psychologist

15+ years of clinical experience

University Professor

16 years teaching and researching psychology

Systemic-Relational Approach

Evidence-based

Licensed Psychologist · Professional License 106127 (COLPSIC, Colombia)
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My approach

This is how I work with loneliness in therapy

I work from a systemic-relational approach: I don't see your loneliness as an isolated symptom, but as part of your history with relationships and how you learned to relate to people.

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Your real map of connection

We look together at who's in your life today, what kind of closeness you actually have with each person, and where the emptiness really is — not always where it seems.

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What keeps you at a distance

Sometimes it's learned patterns — mistrust, fear of rejection, expecting too much of yourself — that keep the distance in place. We work on that without blame, with curiosity.

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Rebuilding connections that hold

It's not about having more people around you. It's about building or recovering relationships where you can be truly seen.

How we start

A clear first step, no pressure

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You book your assessment session

Message me on WhatsApp or leave your details in the form. We'll set up a first 60-minute video-call session, at a reduced rate (50% off).

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We get to know your situation

In that first session I listen to your history with relationships, how and since when this loneliness settled in. No rushed diagnoses — just understanding, together, what you need.

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We shape the process together

You decide with real information, not blindly. If it feels right for you, we agree on a process built around you. If not, I'll still point you toward what you need.

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The goal isn't to fill every empty space. It's for you to feel accompanied again where it actually matters.

— Ricardo De Castro King · Psychologist

Your first step

Start with an assessment session

A first session to meet each other and shape your process. Reduced rate, so you decide with real information, not out of obligation.

US$25US$49.9950%

60 minutes · Video call · 100% confidential

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Want to explore first?

Want to understand your loneliness better?

If you want to learn more while you decide, you can start here. I put together free resources on loneliness — to help you map out your relationships — in English, to support you starting today.

Free resources on loneliness

This will take you to MomentoVital, my space for open resources.

Before you book

Frequently asked questions

Is it normal to feel lonely even if I have family and friends?

Yes. Emotional loneliness — not feeling truly seen or understood — is different from physical isolation, and it's far more common than it seems.

Does online therapy help with loneliness?

Yes, and it's often a good first step: it lets you start a trusting relationship without having to expose yourself to other relationships before you're ready.

How long does the process take?

It varies depending on your history with relationships and how deep-set the loneliness is. We define it together after the first session.

What if I don't have anyone to talk to about this right now?

Therapy itself can be that first safe space to talk about it, without having to wait until you have someone closer.

How much does the first session cost?

US$25 (50% off the regular price of US$49.99), 60 minutes by video call.

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Other processes I can walk with you through

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Prefer to talk first?

Message me and I'll answer personally

If you're not ready to book and would rather tell me a bit first, message me on WhatsApp or leave your details below. I answer personally within 24 hours, no obligation.

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If you're in emotional crisis or having thoughts of harming yourself, please seek help right away: in Colombia, call Line 106, or in the US call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or reach your local mental health line. You are not alone, and help is available right now.

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