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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST — 219 episodes
Aging Without a Blueprint: Gay Men, Retirement, and What Comes Next
The Quiet Ambivalence of Open Relationships in Long-Term Gay Couples
Five Love Languages Reimagined for Gay Men, Part 2: Gifts, Touch & Attachment
Five Love Languages for Gay Men: What They Really Mean (Part 1)
Why High-Achieving Gay Men Struggle to Feel Loved
Why Am I Never Invited? The Hidden Psychology of Social Exclusion Among Gay Men
Gay Men and Self-Abandonment: The Quiet Ways We Leave Ourselves Behind
Why Trump Feels So Powerful: The Psychology of Authoritarian Certainty
Why Can't I Stay Hard Anymore? A Gay Man's Guide to Erectile Dysfunction
Why Successful Gay Male Professionals Still Feel Off — And What Actually Changes It
Beyond Insight (Part 2): What Gay Men Can Do to Finally Create Real Change
Beyond Insight (Part 1): Why Gay Men Stay Stuck Even After Therapy and Self-Help
Gay Men and How to Build Real Friendships in Adulthood
When a Gay Man's Career Feels at Risk: False Accusations & Workplace Anxiety
Gay Couples in Business Together: Power, Competition, and the Hidden Cost to Intimacy
Why So Many Gay Men Lose Their Drive in Midlife (No One Talks About This)
Why So Many Successful Gay Men Feel Unsettled in Midlife
Gay Men and Immediate Coping Tips for a Breakup
Why So Many Gay Men Feel On Edge Right Now—and What Actually Helps
Gay Men and Practical Tips for Ed
Gay Men on the Autism Spectrum: Dating, Intimacy, and Being Understood
The Hidden Stages of a Gay Man's Career
Heated Rivalry: A Gay Therapist's Take on Romance, Fetishization & Visibility
It's OK to Hate the Holidays: Coping Skills for Gay Men
Gay Men and Non-Monetary Wealth: Redefining What It Means to Feel Rich
Why Gay Men Can't Stop Scrolling: The Real Reasons Behind Compulsive Phone Use
Gay Men and Wicked: For Good
Gay Men and Psychiatric Medications: Functions, Fears, and Facts
Why Mid-Life Gay Men Still Use Hookup Apps — and What That Really Means
Are All Marines Gay Bottoms? Military Myths in Gay Culture
Gay Men and Post-Nut Clarity: What It Really Means
Yom Kippur and Gay Men: Finding Meaning in Reflection, Atonement, and Renewal
Toxic Gay Currencies: How to Avoid the Attention, Sex, and Status Traps
From Obama to Trump: Understanding the Whiplash in American Politics Through the Lens of Minority Stress and Gay Men's Mental Health
Gay Men Healing from Trauma: Why Substance Matters More Than Hype
When "Non-Affirming" Therapists Keep LGBTQ+ Clients for the Money: An Ethical Failure with Real Consequences
Gay Men and The Cinderella Syndrome: From Outcast to Adonis
Gay Men as Adult Children of Alcoholics - How the Past Talks in the Present
Gay Widowers: Navigating Loss, Identity, and Rebirth
Radical Erotic Aging: Gay Men, Desire, and the Audacity to Stay Sexy
Gilligan's Island & The Seven Deadly Sins: What a 60s Sitcom Can Teach Gay Men
Gay Men Overcoming Unconscious Barriers to Success
Gay Men and Understanding Personality Traits: The OCEAN Model
Flash vs. Substance: Pop Psychology Gurus vs. Real Clinicians
Gay Men and Coping with the Forms of Betrayal
Positive Masculinity for Gay Men in a Changing World
The Success Principles for Gay Men: What We Can Learn from Jack Canfield
White Lotus and Gay Men's Fantasies - The Teasing Taboo of Pop Culture
The Healthcare Hustle: What Gay Men Need to Know
Legal Essentials for Gay Men: Protecting Your Future
When You Know You're Ugly: A Guide for Gay Men Coping with Physical Unattractiveness
Gay Men and Therapy Support for a Legal Case
Interview of Host Ken Howard, LCSW, CST on the History of Gay Men's Therapy and His Career
Gay Executive Coaching and The Dark Side of Ambition: Navigating Toxic Competition in the Workplace
Gay Men and the Lessons Learned from 'Wicked'
Therapy, Coaching, Psychiatry, and Medicine - Let's Stop the Misinformation, Shall We?
Gay Men and Trump 2.0 - Coping with Anxiety
Gay Men as Caregivers for Aging Parents
Special Bonus Episode: In Defense of Hate: Understanding the Modern American Conservative
Gay Men and the Need for Attention: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Narcissism
Managing Symptoms in Gay Men's Mental Health: A Path to Empowerment
Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" – Gay Psychotherapist on Healing for Gay Male Survivors of Sexual Trauma
Gay Men Open Relationship Ground Rules: Who What When Where Why
Support for Gay Men Leaving Religion: Reclaiming Your Identity with Secular Alternatives
How to Survive Election Season 2024: Coping with Election Anxiety
Episode 152: Gay Men and Internal Family Systems: The Different Parts of You
Episode 151: Gay Men's Dating: What Your Dates Aren't Telling You
Episode 150: Gay Men's Relationships: When You Want Kids and He Doesn't
Episode 149: Confronting Religious Moralism in Therapy for Gay Men
Episode 148: How to Get Your Financial Life Together: A Guide for Gay Men
Episode 147: Gay Men and How to Recover from a Breakup
Episode 146: Gay Men and Starting Your Own Business
Episode 145: Gay Men and How to Be a Better Lover
Episode 144: Gay Men and Wealth: Coping with Rewards and Challenges
Episode 143: Seven Ways to Enhance a Gay Men's Relationship for Satisfaction and Longevity
Episode 142: Gay Men and the Emotional Benefits of Kink Play
Episode 141: Gay Men and Gender Role Enforcement Rage
Episode 140: Gay Men, the Holiday Season, and the Five Senses
Episode 139: Gay Men and Santa Daddy
Episode 138: Gay Men and How To Reach Your Full Potential
Episode 137: Gay Men and Spirituality: Reclaiming Your Rights
Episode 136: What Is Daily Mental Health for Gay Men?
Episode 135: Top 10 Reasons Gay Couples Break Up and How to Prevent Them
Episode 134: The Gay Male Executive: Coaching for Success
Episode 133: Gay Men, Dating Challenges, and How to Cope with Them
Episode 132: Lessons for Gay Men from the 'On the Boulevard' Musical
Episode 131: The Economics of Gay Male Relationships: Time, Energy, Money
Episode 130: Gay Men and Knowing Your Sexual Self
Episode 129: Correction Announcement for Audio File
Episode 129: Gay Men and Superheroes as Role Models
Episode 128: Gay Men and Moving On in Life After Trauma
Episode 127: Balance and Reciprocity in Gay Men's Dating and Relationships
Episode 126: Gay Men and Coping with Cheating
Episode 15: How Can I Prevent My Gay Male Partner from Cheating? The Six Main Reasons and Their Fixes
Episode 125: Gay Men, Activism, and Social Conscience
Episode 124: Gay Men and Mixing Your Boyfriend with Your Friends
Episode 123: Gay Men and the Function/Purpose of Casual Hookups
Episode 122: Gay Men and Life Lessons We Can Learn from Actors
Episode 121: Gay Men and When Our Mentors Have Flaws
Episode 120: Gay Men and New Year, New Sex: Mind, Heart, Body
Episode 119: Gay Men and Kink Sexual Health: Notes from the 2022 CLAW Conference
Episode 118: Gay Men Who Have Given Up On Finding a Relationship
Episode 117: Gay Men Overcoming Specific Traumas - PART TWO
Episode 116: Gay Men Overcoming Specific Traumas - PART ONE
Episode 115: Gay Men and Pets: Challenges and Rewards
Episode 114: PART TWO - Gay Men's Dating Situations That Are "No-Go" – And Their Alternatives
Episode 113: Gay Men's Dating Situations That Are "No-Go" – And Their Alternatives – PART ONE
Episode 112: Gay Men and the Mental Health Aspects of Monkey Pox
Episode 111: Gay Men and Trauma Recovery: Reclaiming Your Life
Episode 110: PART TWO: Gay Men and Kink: Sensory Enhancements to Sex
Episode 109: Gay Men and Kink: Sensory Enhancements to Sex - An Overview (Part One)
Episode 108: Gay Men, Pride Season, and Summer Lovin'
Episode 107: Gay Men and Reconciling Your Religious Beliefs with Your Sexuality
Episode 106: Gay Men and Mismatched Libidos: Navigating Difference
Episode 105: Gay Men's Sexuality: Focus on the Five Senses for Better Functionality
Episode 104: Gay Men and How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Dating
Episode 103: Mental Health Aspects of Sexual Health for Gay Men
Episode 102: Gay Male Relationships: What are the Boundaries Between Partners?
Episode 101: Gay Men and Coping with 'Bad Luck'
Episode 100: Gay Male Relationships and the ADD/OCD Syndrome
Episode 99: Gay Men and Food: A Dynamic Relationship at Any Age
Episode 98: The Greeks' Eight Types of Love as Applied to Gay Men
Episode 97: A Secular Appreciation of Christmas for Gay Men
Episode 96: Gay Men and When It's Time to Break Up a Relationship
Episode 95: Coping with Sudden Crisis: A Personal Story
Episode 94: Gay Men Who Live Together Too Early
Episode 93: Gay Men and Consensual Non-Monogamy Early in Relationships
Episode 92: Gay Men and How to Ruin a Friendship: Ten Tips
Episode 91: Gay Men Coping with ED: The Emotional, Physical, and Interpersonal
Episode 90: For a Job, For a Guy, For a Change: Gay Men and the Decision to Relocate
Episode 89: Gay Men Using Apps: The Dilemma of Dating Versus Hookups
Episode 88: The Needs of Gay Men in the Volatile "LGBT" Era
Episode 87: Gay Men and Gym Crushes: Cherish Your Romantic Notions
Episode 86: COVID's End as Trauma Recovery in Gay Men
Episode 85: Healthy Relationships Don't Do That: A Guide for Gay Men's Dating and More
Episode 84: Improving Gay Men's Relationships: Meeting Three Needs
Episode 83: Three Ways to Improve Your Sex Life for Gay Men
Episode 82: The Six Principles of Sexual Health As Applied to Gay Men
Episode 81: How to Avoid a Gay Relationship Breakup - The Four Risks
Episode 80: Revisiting Sex Addiction and Porn Addiction with Guest David Ley, Ph.D.
Episode 79: Gay Men and Money Management: How to Empower Yourself
Episode 78: Gay Men's Relationships: How to Deal with Your Ex
Episode 77: Gay Therapist on Sexual Mental Health: The Triumvirate of Self, Partner, Others
Episode 76: Gay Men's Goals: How Do You Define Success in the New Year?
Episode 75: Gay Men's Relationship Vocabulary: Partner? Husband? Hookup?
Episode 74: Gay Men's Dilemmas: Falling in Love with Straight or Unavailable Men
Episode 73: Gay Relationships and the 'Sexual Thaw': Restoring Sex After a Long Stalemate
Episode 72: Gay Men, COVID-19, and Avoiding the Pitfalls: Substances, Lethargy, and Despair
Episode 71: Gay Male Couples and the Decision to Have Kids
Episode 70: Gay Men and Sex During COVID-19
Episode 69: Gay Men's Relationship Advice: How to Succeed in an Age-Difference Relationship
Episode 68: Gay Men's Relationship Advice: How to Have a Successful Gay Long Distance Relationship
Episode 67: Gay Men and the Need for Safe Spaces of Our Own
Episode 66: The Mental Health Chapter from "Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!" Book
Episode 65: Two Tops, Two Bottoms: A Gay Men's Relationship Dilemma - Now What?
Episode 64: Gay Men's Strengths: Making the Most of Your Culture
Episode 63: Gay Men and Discipline: The Secret Weapon to Achieving Your Goals
Episode 62: Gay Male Creative Professionals: Celebrating Success, Managing Challenges
Episode 61: Must-Have Money Conversations for Every Gay Relationship
Episode 60: Gay Men and Alcohol: The Relationship with the Bottle
Episode 59: Why Nerds Make the Best Boyfriends for Gay Men
Episode 58: Gay Men and the Big Five Personality Traits
Episode 57: Gay Men Coping with Stress: Start at the Source
Episode 56: Problem-Solving in Gay Men's Open Relationships
Episode 55: Gay Men Making the Most of Your Past, Present, & Future
Episode 54: Coping with COVID-19 for Gay Men: What Type Are You?
Episode 53: Gay Men in Common Crisis Situations & Steps to Handle Them
Episode 52: Why White Gay Men Should Support Black Lives Matter
Episode 51: Gay Men Coping with Single Life: Tips and Tricks
Episode 50: Three Types of Erectile Dysfunction and their Interventions
Episode 49: The New COVID-19 Coping: Balancing "Toxic Positivity" with "Adaptive Coping"
Episode 48: Gay Men's Mental Health During COVID-19: Next to Normal
Episode 47: Gay Men and the Mental Health Aspects of Working from Home
Episode 46: Gay Men Conquering Anxiety with Probability
Episode 45: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 2 - Techniques
Episode 44: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 1 - Traits
Episode 43: Gay Men and Coronavirus/COVID-19: A Special Kind of Coping
Episode 42: Ten Ways Gay Men Can Handle Hard Conflict
Episode 41: Gay Men's Dating Skills -Avoiding the Pitfalls of Cash, Connections, C--k
Episode 40: Positive Thoughts for Fabulous Living at Every Age for Gay Men
Episode 39: Beyond Crystal Meth Recovery: Meth Prevention for Gay Men
Episode 38: Valentines Day for Single Gay Men: Coping with Hope
Episode 37: Gay Men and the Serenity of Acceptance, Courage, Wisdom
Episode 36: Avoiding Four Big Risks of Gay Relationship Breakup
Episode 35: Gay Men's Birthdays, Self-Esteem, and The Meaning of Life
Episode 34: Hotter Monogamy for Gay Men
Episode 33: The Golden Boys - Gay Men at Midlife
Episode 32: Breaking the Ice - Gay Men Overcoming Shyness
Episode 31: Beyond New Year's Resolutions: Making Real Life Changes
Episode 30: A Secular Appreciation of Christmas for Gay Men
Episode 29: The Gym/Fitness Connection in Gay Men's Mental Health
Episode 28: Gay Men at Thanksgiving - Living in Gratitude
Episode 27: Gay Men and Appearance Privilege
Episode 26: Gay Men's Relationships - Reconciling the Living Room with the Bedroom
Episode 25: Beyond Crystal Meth Recovery - Meth Prevention for Gay Men
Episode 24: Confronting Our Fears at Halloween
Episode 23: How to Reach Your Goals: Approach/Avoidance
Episode 22: Managing Jealousy in a Gay Male Relationship
Episode 22: Managing Jealousy in a Gay Male Relationship
Episode 21: Coping with the Breakup of a Friendship
Episode 20: Best Predictors of Men's Well-Being
Episode 19: Finding Mr. Right in Gay Men's Dating: The Six Lights Theory
Episode 18: Gay Male Sexual Abuse, Incest, and Rape Survivors: Coping and Thriving
Episode 17: Toxic Busy: How Much Is Too Much for Gay Men?
Episode 16: How Gay and Straight Relationships Differ in 10 Ways
Episode 14: Advice for Young Gay Men - 12 Tips to Improve Your Life Now and Later
Episode 13: The Role and Value of a F--- Buddy for Gay Men
Episode 12: Gay Men and Erectile Dysfunction: Cognitive Causes and Cures
Episode 11: Conflict in Gay Relationships: My Partner Isn't Contributing Equally
Episode 10: Topics in Sex Therapy for Gay Men: Overcoming Fear of Topping
Episode 9: Topics in Sex Therapy for Gay Men: Overcoming Fear of Bottoming
Episode 8: Gay Men and Ghosting: Why We Do It, How We Cope
Episode 7 - Gay Men and Social Media with Matthew Allen APCC
Episode 6 - Religious Abuse of Gay Men and Its Healing - Brandon Malde-Zoradi
Episode 5: Why Gay Men Cheat and How to Prevent It
Episode 4: Gay Men and Depression: Four Strategies for Help
Episode 3 - Problem-Solving in Gay Men's Open Relationships
Episode 2 - Gay Men and Gay Relationships 2.0 - Should I Go Back to My Ex?
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