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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST — 213 episodes

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Gay Men and Self-Abandonment: The Quiet Ways We Leave Ourselves Behind

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Why Trump Feels So Powerful: The Psychology of Authoritarian Certainty

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Why Can't I Stay Hard Anymore? A Gay Man's Guide to Erectile Dysfunction

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Why Successful Gay Male Professionals Still Feel Off — And What Actually Changes It

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Beyond Insight (Part 2): What Gay Men Can Do to Finally Create Real Change

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Beyond Insight (Part 1): Why Gay Men Stay Stuck Even After Therapy and Self-Help

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Gay Men and How to Build Real Friendships in Adulthood

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When a Gay Man's Career Feels at Risk: False Accusations & Workplace Anxiety

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Gay Couples in Business Together: Power, Competition, and the Hidden Cost to Intimacy

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Why So Many Gay Men Lose Their Drive in Midlife (No One Talks About This)

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Why So Many Successful Gay Men Feel Unsettled in Midlife

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Gay Men and Immediate Coping Tips for a Breakup

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Why So Many Gay Men Feel On Edge Right Now—and What Actually Helps

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Gay Men and Practical Tips for Ed

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Gay Men on the Autism Spectrum: Dating, Intimacy, and Being Understood

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The Hidden Stages of a Gay Man's Career

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Heated Rivalry: A Gay Therapist's Take on Romance, Fetishization & Visibility

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It's OK to Hate the Holidays: Coping Skills for Gay Men

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Gay Men and Non-Monetary Wealth: Redefining What It Means to Feel Rich

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Why Gay Men Can't Stop Scrolling: The Real Reasons Behind Compulsive Phone Use

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Gay Men and Wicked: For Good

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Gay Men and Psychiatric Medications: Functions, Fears, and Facts

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Why Mid-Life Gay Men Still Use Hookup Apps — and What That Really Means

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Are All Marines Gay Bottoms? Military Myths in Gay Culture

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Gay Men and Post-Nut Clarity: What It Really Means

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Yom Kippur and Gay Men: Finding Meaning in Reflection, Atonement, and Renewal

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Toxic Gay Currencies: How to Avoid the Attention, Sex, and Status Traps

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From Obama to Trump: Understanding the Whiplash in American Politics Through the Lens of Minority Stress and Gay Men's Mental Health

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Gay Men Healing from Trauma: Why Substance Matters More Than Hype

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When "Non-Affirming" Therapists Keep LGBTQ+ Clients for the Money: An Ethical Failure with Real Consequences

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Gay Men and The Cinderella Syndrome: From Outcast to Adonis

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Gay Men as Adult Children of Alcoholics - How the Past Talks in the Present

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Gay Widowers: Navigating Loss, Identity, and Rebirth

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Radical Erotic Aging: Gay Men, Desire, and the Audacity to Stay Sexy

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Gilligan's Island & The Seven Deadly Sins: What a 60s Sitcom Can Teach Gay Men

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Gay Men Overcoming Unconscious Barriers to Success

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Gay Men and Understanding Personality Traits: The OCEAN Model

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Flash vs. Substance: Pop Psychology Gurus vs. Real Clinicians

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Gay Men and Coping with the Forms of Betrayal

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Positive Masculinity for Gay Men in a Changing World

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The Success Principles for Gay Men: What We Can Learn from Jack Canfield

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White Lotus and Gay Men's Fantasies - The Teasing Taboo of Pop Culture

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The Healthcare Hustle: What Gay Men Need to Know

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Legal Essentials for Gay Men: Protecting Your Future

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When You Know You're Ugly: A Guide for Gay Men Coping with Physical Unattractiveness

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Gay Men and Therapy Support for a Legal Case

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Interview of Host Ken Howard, LCSW, CST on the History of Gay Men's Therapy and His Career

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Gay Executive Coaching and The Dark Side of Ambition: Navigating Toxic Competition in the Workplace

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Gay Men and the Lessons Learned from 'Wicked'

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Therapy, Coaching, Psychiatry, and Medicine - Let's Stop the Misinformation, Shall We?

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Gay Men and Trump 2.0 - Coping with Anxiety

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Gay Men as Caregivers for Aging Parents

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Special Bonus Episode: In Defense of Hate: Understanding the Modern American Conservative

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Gay Men and the Need for Attention: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Narcissism

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Managing Symptoms in Gay Men's Mental Health: A Path to Empowerment

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Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" – Gay Psychotherapist on Healing for Gay Male Survivors of Sexual Trauma

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Gay Men Open Relationship Ground Rules: Who What When Where Why

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Support for Gay Men Leaving Religion: Reclaiming Your Identity with Secular Alternatives

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How to Survive Election Season 2024: Coping with Election Anxiety

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Episode 152: Gay Men and Internal Family Systems: The Different Parts of You

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Episode 151: Gay Men's Dating: What Your Dates Aren't Telling You

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Episode 150: Gay Men's Relationships: When You Want Kids and He Doesn't

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Episode 149: Confronting Religious Moralism in Therapy for Gay Men

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Episode 148: How to Get Your Financial Life Together: A Guide for Gay Men

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Episode 147: Gay Men and How to Recover from a Breakup

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Episode 146: Gay Men and Starting Your Own Business

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Episode 145: Gay Men and How to Be a Better Lover

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Episode 144: Gay Men and Wealth: Coping with Rewards and Challenges

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Episode 143: Seven Ways to Enhance a Gay Men's Relationship for Satisfaction and Longevity

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Episode 142: Gay Men and the Emotional Benefits of Kink Play

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Episode 141: Gay Men and Gender Role Enforcement Rage

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Episode 140: Gay Men, the Holiday Season, and the Five Senses

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Episode 139: Gay Men and Santa Daddy

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Episode 138: Gay Men and How To Reach Your Full Potential

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Episode 137: Gay Men and Spirituality: Reclaiming Your Rights

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Episode 136: What Is Daily Mental Health for Gay Men?

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Episode 135: Top 10 Reasons Gay Couples Break Up and How to Prevent Them

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Episode 134: The Gay Male Executive: Coaching for Success

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Episode 133: Gay Men, Dating Challenges, and How to Cope with Them

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Episode 132: Lessons for Gay Men from the 'On the Boulevard' Musical

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Episode 131: The Economics of Gay Male Relationships: Time, Energy, Money

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Episode 130: Gay Men and Knowing Your Sexual Self

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Episode 129: Correction Announcement for Audio File

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Episode 129: Gay Men and Superheroes as Role Models

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Episode 128: Gay Men and Moving On in Life After Trauma

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Episode 127: Balance and Reciprocity in Gay Men's Dating and Relationships

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Episode 126: Gay Men and Coping with Cheating

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Episode 15: How Can I Prevent My Gay Male Partner from Cheating? The Six Main Reasons and Their Fixes

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Episode 125: Gay Men, Activism, and Social Conscience

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Episode 124: Gay Men and Mixing Your Boyfriend with Your Friends

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Episode 123: Gay Men and the Function/Purpose of Casual Hookups

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Episode 122: Gay Men and Life Lessons We Can Learn from Actors

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Episode 121: Gay Men and When Our Mentors Have Flaws

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Episode 120: Gay Men and New Year, New Sex: Mind, Heart, Body

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Episode 119: Gay Men and Kink Sexual Health: Notes from the 2022 CLAW Conference

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Episode 118: Gay Men Who Have Given Up On Finding a Relationship

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Episode 117: Gay Men Overcoming Specific Traumas - PART TWO

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Episode 116: Gay Men Overcoming Specific Traumas - PART ONE

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Episode 115: Gay Men and Pets: Challenges and Rewards

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Episode 114: PART TWO - Gay Men's Dating Situations That Are "No-Go" – And Their Alternatives

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Episode 113: Gay Men's Dating Situations That Are "No-Go" – And Their Alternatives – PART ONE

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Episode 112: Gay Men and the Mental Health Aspects of Monkey Pox

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Episode 111: Gay Men and Trauma Recovery: Reclaiming Your Life

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Episode 110: PART TWO: Gay Men and Kink: Sensory Enhancements to Sex

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Episode 109: Gay Men and Kink: Sensory Enhancements to Sex - An Overview (Part One)

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Episode 108: Gay Men, Pride Season, and Summer Lovin'

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Episode 107: Gay Men and Reconciling Your Religious Beliefs with Your Sexuality

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Episode 106: Gay Men and Mismatched Libidos: Navigating Difference

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Episode 105: Gay Men's Sexuality: Focus on the Five Senses for Better Functionality

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Episode 104: Gay Men and How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Dating

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Episode 103: Mental Health Aspects of Sexual Health for Gay Men

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Episode 102: Gay Male Relationships: What are the Boundaries Between Partners?

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Episode 101: Gay Men and Coping with 'Bad Luck'

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Episode 100: Gay Male Relationships and the ADD/OCD Syndrome

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Episode 99: Gay Men and Food: A Dynamic Relationship at Any Age

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Episode 98: The Greeks' Eight Types of Love as Applied to Gay Men

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Episode 97: A Secular Appreciation of Christmas for Gay Men

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Episode 96: Gay Men and When It's Time to Break Up a Relationship

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Episode 95: Coping with Sudden Crisis: A Personal Story

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Episode 94: Gay Men Who Live Together Too Early

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Episode 93: Gay Men and Consensual Non-Monogamy Early in Relationships

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Episode 92: Gay Men and How to Ruin a Friendship: Ten Tips

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Episode 91: Gay Men Coping with ED: The Emotional, Physical, and Interpersonal

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Episode 90: For a Job, For a Guy, For a Change: Gay Men and the Decision to Relocate

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Episode 89: Gay Men Using Apps: The Dilemma of Dating Versus Hookups

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Episode 88: The Needs of Gay Men in the Volatile "LGBT" Era

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Episode 87: Gay Men and Gym Crushes: Cherish Your Romantic Notions

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Episode 86: COVID's End as Trauma Recovery in Gay Men

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Episode 85: Healthy Relationships Don't Do That: A Guide for Gay Men's Dating and More

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Episode 84: Improving Gay Men's Relationships: Meeting Three Needs

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Episode 83: Three Ways to Improve Your Sex Life for Gay Men

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Episode 82: The Six Principles of Sexual Health As Applied to Gay Men

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Episode 81: How to Avoid a Gay Relationship Breakup - The Four Risks

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Episode 80: Revisiting Sex Addiction and Porn Addiction with Guest David Ley, Ph.D.

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Episode 79: Gay Men and Money Management: How to Empower Yourself

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Episode 78: Gay Men's Relationships: How to Deal with Your Ex

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Episode 77: Gay Therapist on Sexual Mental Health: The Triumvirate of Self, Partner, Others

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Episode 76: Gay Men's Goals: How Do You Define Success in the New Year?

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Episode 75: Gay Men's Relationship Vocabulary: Partner? Husband? Hookup?

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Episode 74: Gay Men's Dilemmas: Falling in Love with Straight or Unavailable Men

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Episode 73: Gay Relationships and the 'Sexual Thaw': Restoring Sex After a Long Stalemate

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Episode 72: Gay Men, COVID-19, and Avoiding the Pitfalls: Substances, Lethargy, and Despair

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Episode 71: Gay Male Couples and the Decision to Have Kids

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Episode 70: Gay Men and Sex During COVID-19

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Episode 69: Gay Men's Relationship Advice: How to Succeed in an Age-Difference Relationship

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Episode 68: Gay Men's Relationship Advice: How to Have a Successful Gay Long Distance Relationship

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Episode 67: Gay Men and the Need for Safe Spaces of Our Own

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Episode 66: The Mental Health Chapter from "Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!" Book

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Episode 65: Two Tops, Two Bottoms: A Gay Men's Relationship Dilemma - Now What?

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Episode 64: Gay Men's Strengths: Making the Most of Your Culture

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Episode 63: Gay Men and Discipline: The Secret Weapon to Achieving Your Goals

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Episode 62: Gay Male Creative Professionals: Celebrating Success, Managing Challenges

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Episode 61: Must-Have Money Conversations for Every Gay Relationship

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Episode 60: Gay Men and Alcohol: The Relationship with the Bottle

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Episode 59: Why Nerds Make the Best Boyfriends for Gay Men

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Episode 58: Gay Men and the Big Five Personality Traits

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Episode 57: Gay Men Coping with Stress: Start at the Source

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Episode 56: Problem-Solving in Gay Men's Open Relationships

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Episode 55: Gay Men Making the Most of Your Past, Present, & Future

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Episode 54: Coping with COVID-19 for Gay Men: What Type Are You?

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Episode 53: Gay Men in Common Crisis Situations & Steps to Handle Them

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Episode 52: Why White Gay Men Should Support Black Lives Matter

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Episode 51: Gay Men Coping with Single Life: Tips and Tricks

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Episode 50: Three Types of Erectile Dysfunction and their Interventions

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Episode 49: The New COVID-19 Coping: Balancing "Toxic Positivity" with "Adaptive Coping"

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Episode 48: Gay Men's Mental Health During COVID-19: Next to Normal

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Episode 47: Gay Men and the Mental Health Aspects of Working from Home

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Episode 46: Gay Men Conquering Anxiety with Probability

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Episode 45: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 2 - Techniques

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Episode 44: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 1 - 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 34: Hotter Monogamy for Gay Men

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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 for Gay Men

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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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Episode 25: Beyond Crystal Meth Recovery - Meth Prevention for Gay Men

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Episode 24: Confronting Our Fears at Halloween

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Episode 23: How to Reach Your Goals: Approach/Avoidance

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Episode 22: Managing Jealousy in a Gay Male Relationship

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Episode 22: Managing Jealousy in a Gay Male Relationship

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Episode 21: Coping with the Breakup of a Friendship

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Episode 20: Best Predictors of Men's Well-Being

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Episode 19: Finding Mr. Right in Gay Men's Dating: The Six Lights Theory

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Episode 18: Gay Male Sexual Abuse, Incest, and Rape Survivors: Coping and Thriving

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Episode 17: Toxic Busy: How Much Is Too Much for Gay Men?

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Episode 16: How Gay and Straight Relationships Differ in 10 Ways

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Episode 14: Advice for Young Gay Men - 12 Tips to Improve Your Life Now and Later

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Episode 13: The Role and Value of a F--- Buddy for Gay Men

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Episode 12: Gay Men and Erectile Dysfunction: Cognitive Causes and Cures

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Episode 11: Conflict in Gay Relationships: My Partner Isn't Contributing Equally

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Episode 10: Topics in Sex Therapy for Gay Men: Overcoming Fear of Topping

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Episode 9: Topics in Sex Therapy for Gay Men: Overcoming Fear of Bottoming

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Episode 8: Gay Men and Ghosting: Why We Do It, How We Cope

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Episode 7 - Gay Men and Social Media with Matthew Allen APCC

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Episode 6 - Religious Abuse of Gay Men and Its Healing - Brandon Malde-Zoradi

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Episode 5: Why Gay Men Cheat and How to Prevent It

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Episode 4: Gay Men and Depression: Four Strategies for Help

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Episode 3 - Problem-Solving in Gay Men's Open Relationships

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Episode 2 - Gay Men and Gay Relationships 2.0 - Should I Go Back to My Ex?

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