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GayTherapyLA is a private practice for psychotherapy and coaching services, with Ken Howard, LCSW, as its founder and director, with over 27 years experience providing services for gay men, as individuals and couples, with offices in Los Angeles and serving others nationwide in the U.S. or guys all over the world via phone or webcam sessions. Ken and his associates provide help for gay men to achieve their optimum quality of life in both their personal lives and careers. While a podcast cann ...
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Episode 75: Gay Men's Relationship Vocabulary: Partner? Husband? Hookup?
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Ken discusses the terms we use in gay male relationships to describe functions and roles, about what you are -- and what you want to be.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 74: Gay Men’s Dilemmas: Falling in Love with Straight or Unavailable Men
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Ken discusses gay men who fall in love with straight or unavailable men.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 73: Gay Relationships and the ‘Sexual Thaw’: Restoring Sex After a Long Stalemate
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Ken Howard, LCSW, gives tips to gay male couples who no longer have sex, and practical ways to "thaw" the stalemate and restore sex.
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Episode 72: Gay Men, COVID-19, and Avoiding the Pitfalls: Substances, Lethargy, and Despair
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GayTherapyLA founder, Ken Howard, LCSW gives tips on dealing with the stress of COVID-19, how to avoid pitfalls, and ultimately prepare for recovery.
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Episode 71: Gay Male Couples and the Decision to Have Kids
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Ken gives tips to prospective gay dads on questions to ask yourselves and each other about the option of having kids in a gay male relationship.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 70: Gay Men and Sex During COVID-19
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Ken gives tips for gay men on how to approach sex in the new era of COVID-19, from a Harm Reduction approach.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 69: Gay Men's Relationship Advice: How to Succeed in an Age-Difference Relationship
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Ken gives tips on how gay men who have a much younger or a much older partner can make their relationship thrive for the long term.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 68: Gay Men's Relationship Advice: How to Have a Successful Gay Long Distance Relationship
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Ken Howard, LCSW, a specialist in gay men's relationship advice, gay couples therapy, and gay sex therapy, gives tips on how to manage a gay long-distance relationship.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 67: Gay Men and the Need for Safe Spaces of Our Own
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Ken discusses the need for gay men to have bars, clubs, and other social "safe spaces" of their own, which are being increasingly threatened during COVID-19 and social changes.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 66: The Mental Health Chapter from "Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!" Book
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Ken shares the Mental Health chapter from his book, "Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!" and its application to gay men.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 65: Two Tops, Two Bottoms: A Gay Men's Relationship Dilemma - Now What?
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Ken gives case examples of how gay couples face the dilemma of being two "tops" or two "bottoms", and how couples therapy and sex therapy can help.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 64: Gay Men's Strengths: Making the Most of Your Culture
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Ken Howard, LCSW describes how our culture of origin can help gay men build resilience in tough times, and celebrate who we are, and where we came from.
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Episode 63: Gay Men and Discipline: The Secret Weapon to Achieving Your Goals
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Ken gives tips on how developing self-discipline can help you achieve what you want to do, be, or have, offering solutions to the things that get in your way.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 62: Gay Male Creative Professionals: Celebrating Success, Managing Challenges
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Ken gives a list of essential mental health coping skills for success for actors, writers, designers, and other creative professionals.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 61: Must-Have Money Conversations for Every Gay Relationship
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Ken discusses an article by Elyssa Kirkham on the 7 must-have money conversations to have before cohabitation or marriage, but from a gay male perspective.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 60: Gay Men and Alcohol: The Relationship with the Bottle
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Ken asks you to reflect on your "relationship" with alcohol and drugs. What's the quality of this relationship? What changes need to be made for your best life? How does one get help?By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 59: Why Nerds Make the Best Boyfriends for Gay Men
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Ken discusses why nerds make the best boyfriends for gay men and other tips for gay men's dating.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 58: Gay Men and the Big Five Personality Traits
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Ken discusses how the classic "Big Five" personality traits of Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism apply to understanding gay men.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 57: Gay Men Coping with Stress: Start at the Source
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Ken describes how using Problem-Solving Therapy can help reduce overwhelm/stress in the midst of COVID-19 and police brutality.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 56: Problem-Solving in Gay Men's Open Relationships
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Ken gives tips on how gay open relationships can overcome jealousy, STI risk, privacy, and other challenges.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 55: Gay Men Making the Most of Your Past, Present, & Future
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Ken discusses how to reach your life goals by making the most of your past, present, and future.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 54: Coping with COVID-19 for Gay Men: What Type Are You?
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Ken describes 4 main emotional reactions to COVID-19, and the 5 "coping types" among gay men observed in clinical practice.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 53: Gay Men in Common Crisis Situations & Steps to Handle Them
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Ken discusses crisis situations gay men can face like discrimination, financial, health, and personal losses, and how to cope with them.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 52: Why White Gay Men Should Support Black Lives Matter
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Ken discusses why gay White men and other LGBT should be supporting #BlackLivesMatter as a collaboration of minority groups to fight social injustice with activism.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 51: Gay Men Coping with Single Life: Tips and Tricks
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Ken gives 12 tips on coping with life as a single gay man, based on case examples from clinical practice for being at your best.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 50: Three Types of Erectile Dysfunction and their Interventions
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Gay men's specialist therapist and sex therapist, Ken Howard, LCSW, discusses erectile dysfunction at three "stages" and how to cope with them, balancing both the medical and the psychological aspects of gay men's sex.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 49: The New COVID-19 Coping: Balancing “Toxic Positivity” with “Adaptive Coping”
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Ken Howard, LCSW discusses how to validate both positive and negative feelings during the COVID-19 crisis and find coping strategies that work for each of us.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 48: Gay Men's Mental Health During COVID-19: Next to Normal
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Ken discusses how to cope with the mental health aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by a Broadway show song.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 47: Gay Men and the Mental Health Aspects of Working from Home
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Ken gives tips on working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, with an emphasis on gay men and mental health considerations.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 46: Gay Men Conquering Anxiety with Probability
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Feeling anxious? Ken gives tips on how to manage and anxiety, prevent it, and cope with it.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 45: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 2 - Techniques
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In the second part of the gay men and resilience discussion, Ken lists specific techniques that can help.By Ken Howard, LCSW
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Episode 44: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 1 - Traits
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Ken gives tips on how gay men can cultivate resilience to face any crisis/challenge, by adapting certain cognitive/behavioral traits.
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Episode 43: Gay Men and Coronavirus/COVID-19: A Special Kind of Coping
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Episode 42: Ten Ways Gay Men Can Handle Hard Conflict
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Episode 41: Gay Men's Dating Skills -Avoiding the Pitfalls of Cash, Connections, C--k
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Episode 40: Positive Thoughts for Fabulous Living at Every Age for Gay Men
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Episode 39: Beyond Crystal Meth Recovery: Meth Prevention for Gay Men
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Episode 38: Valentines Day for Single Gay Men: Coping with Hope
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Episode 37: Gay Men and the Serenity of Acceptance, Courage, Wisdom
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Episode 36: Avoiding Four Big Risks of Gay Relationship Breakup
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Episode 35: Gay Men's Birthdays, Self-Esteem, and The Meaning of Life
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Episode 33: The Golden Boys - Gay Men at Midlife
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Episode 32: Breaking the Ice - Gay Men Overcoming Shyness
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Episode 31: Beyond New Year's Resolutions: Making Real Life Changes
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Episode 30: A Secular Appreciation of Christmas
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Episode 29: The Gym/Fitness Connection in Gay Men's Mental Health
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Episode 28: Gay Men at Thanksgiving - Living in Gratitude
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Episode 27: Gay Men and Appearance Privilege
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Episode 26: Gay Men's Relationships - Reconciling the Living Room with the Bedroom
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