For Meeting New People
BumbleBFF
“Meet your new best friend, partner in crime, wing woman, workout partner, or anything else that strikes your fancy.” For both men and women.
Meetup
“Find Meetups so you can do more of what matters to you. Or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.”
Huddle
“Huddle makes it easy for anyone looking for support to talk openly, ask questions, and give or receive guidance.
• Join conversations and groups that matter to you most
• Make new friends and support others in your situation
• Be inspired by motivational posts
• Post your stories as anonymously as you'd like
• Be a meaningful part of a community that promotes positivity”
We3
“We3 enables you to meet friends near you that fit your lifestyle, have lots of common interests and share your beliefs and values. Instead of matching 2 users who “swiped right” on each other’s profiles, We3 automatically matches you in groups of 3 highly compatible users of the same gender […] by using an algorithm that considers over 150 individual characteristics when deciding who to connect.”
Patook
“Patook is the strictly platonic friend making app. Make friends with amazing people nearby who share your interests.”
Reddit
“There’s a subreddit about everything, for anyone and everyone to post, share, vote and discuss.
Just about every topic and subject imaginable. Feeling chatty? Strike up a convo using their new chat feature. Share and discuss posts with other redditors.”
Relevant subreddits:
• https://www.reddit.com/r/LondonSocialClub/
Peanut
“Peanut is the app for mothers. We make it easy to connect and learn from like-minded women because let’s face it, the more women in your life, the better it becomes.
- Connect with mamas like you, near you
- Chat and create meetups
- Share experiences across meaningful topics”
For Peer Support
Pacifica
“Stress, anxiety, and depression can get in the way of you living your life. Pacifica gives you psychologist-designed tools to address them based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness meditation, relaxation, and mood/health tracking. Share stories, advice and more with Pacifica’s peer-support community.”
Reddit
“There’s a subreddit about everything, for anyone and everyone to post, share, vote and discuss.
Just about every topic and subject imaginable. Feeling chatty? Strike up a convo using their new chat feature. Share and discuss posts with other redditors.”
Relevant subreddits:
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxietyhelp/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/socialanxiety/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Stress/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/depression_help/
7cups
“Feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed? Having relationship problems?
Whether you’re stressed at work, having problems at home, or just in the middle of a bad day, sometimes you need to vent. But scheduling a therapist is time-consuming and expensive, and sometimes you can’t completely open up to friends, family, or coworkers.
Now you can get confidential emotional support anytime, anywhere with 7 Cups of Tea. Free. This app gives you the support you need in a way that fits your lifestyle.
Get free anonymous emotional support and counselling on-demand from trained active listeners and therapists.”
Mumsnet
Mumsnet makes parents' lives easier by pooling knowledge, advice and support on everything from conception to childbirth, from babies to teenagers. They believe that pooling knowledge and wisdom helps make parents' lives easier, and the site features lively active discussion groups.
For Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
Harley Therapy Relationships: A Help Guide to Relating Better with Others
Harley Therapy’s website features a wide range of useful, practical articles to help you learn about healthy relationships and develop interpersonal effectiveness skills.
How to Make Friends – Gemma Scopes’s blog How To Make Friends covers three areas:
1. How to make friends
2. How to stop feeling lonely
3. How to solve problems with friends
Gemma explains, “By my mid-twenties I had ditched a lot of 'fake' non-fulfilling friends and was ready to find new friends but had no idea where to start. I decided to take myself on a journey through a friend project. Throughout my project and my honesty of talking to others, it turns out I wasn’t alone. A lot of other women by their mid-twenties were ready for a friend overhaul and just weren’t sure how to go about it. Howtomakefriends.co.uk was born.”
Miriam Kirmayer – Miriam is a therapist, writer, speaker, and Ph.D candidate in clinical psychology. She specialises in young adult and adult friendships. Head to her website to access numerous articles full of insights and practical tips.
Wise Mushroom – This site features a comprehensive guide on how to overcome emotional dependency—the tendency to rely too much on another person or people and to end up in unhealthy relationship situations.
Meetings and Support Groups
Bibliotherapy
Podcasts
Project Love
“A podcast dedicated to love and relationships, self-love, real love stories, life design, finding a career you love and women who follow their hearts.”
We recommend:
Episode 2: The Art of Loving
Episode 24: How to Set Healthy Boundaries and Learn the Art of Saying No
Episode 30: The Art of Intuitive Eating, Listening to Your Body
Episode 23: Imposter Syndrome
Episode 19: How to Love Without Losing Yourself
Episode 38: The Power of Self-Love When It Comes to Finding Love and Making Love Last
Helplines
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