Abstract
Loneliness accompanies creativity. It is necessary in that the creative person must differentiate him/herself from the conforming majority, discover unique purpose, and gather the strength of sensibilities needed to create. But the struggle with loneliness often leads to bitterness, stubbornness, pain, and despair. Further, primitive separation and abandonment issues gaft onto present struggles and intermingle with both creativity and personality. The therapeutic challenge is to help the creative client differentiate between loneliness and solitude, treat the loneliness while strengthening the solitude, differentiate and treat accordingly ordinary disorders and the unusual psychic phenomena necessary to creativity.