Do you experience loneliness as a parent‪?‬ Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Becoming a parent brings enormous responsibility and a new sense of identity, but does it also bring a sense of loneliness?  As early year staples like play dates end and your child becomes more independent, what can be done to offset the feeling of no longer being needed?   
To discuss further we spoke to Leslie Shoemaker is a counselling psychologist and lecturer in TU Dublin.