Synopsis
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 cannot substitute for therapy and is provided as educational information only, these episodes reflect the work done at GayTherapyLA with clients, daily. Your questions and comments are welcome!
Episodes
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Episode 50: Three Types of Erectile Dysfunction and their Interventions
20/04/2020 Duration: 20minGay 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.
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Episode 49: The New COVID-19 Coping: Balancing “Toxic Positivity” with “Adaptive Coping”
14/04/2020 Duration: 14minKen 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.
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Episode 48: Gay Men's Mental Health During COVID-19: Next to Normal
08/04/2020 Duration: 15minKen discusses how to cope with the mental health aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by a Broadway show song.
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Episode 47: Gay Men and the Mental Health Aspects of Working from Home
01/04/2020 Duration: 35minKen gives tips on working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, with an emphasis on gay men and mental health considerations.
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Episode 46: Gay Men Conquering Anxiety with Probability
25/03/2020 Duration: 08minFeeling anxious? Ken gives tips on how to manage and anxiety, prevent it, and cope with it.
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Episode 45: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 2 - Techniques
16/03/2020 Duration: 17minIn the second part of the gay men and resilience discussion, Ken lists specific techniques that can help.
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Episode 44: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 1 - Traits
16/03/2020 Duration: 15minKen 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
12/03/2020 Duration: 11minKen gives tips for gay men for coping with the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, and takes to task Republican leadership for bungling handling of COVID-19, just like their early mishandling of the AIDS crisis.
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Episode 42: Ten Ways Gay Men Can Handle Hard Conflict
10/03/2020 Duration: 22minGay men's specialist therapist and coach, Ken Howard, LCSW, gives 10 ways gay men can cope with interpersonal conflicts that every life has.
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Episode 41: Gay Men's Dating Skills -Avoiding the Pitfalls of Cash, Connections, C--k
29/02/2020 Duration: 16minKen gives tips on how to improve your chances of finding a partner by avoiding the gay men's dating mistakes of emphasizing the wrong things, like his cash, connections, or c--k.
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Episode 40: Positive Thoughts for Fabulous Living at Every Age for Gay Men
24/02/2020 Duration: 17minKen gives tips on how to manage negative thoughts about yourself, the world, and your future, and how to use positive affirmations.
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Episode 39: Beyond Crystal Meth Recovery: Meth Prevention for Gay Men
17/02/2020 Duration: 19minKen discusses how to not only recover from crystal meth abuse, but how gay men can avoid being ensnared by it in the first place, through sex-positive individual and collective public health efforts.
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Episode 38: Valentines Day for Single Gay Men: Coping with Hope
11/02/2020 Duration: 13minKen gives guidance on how single gay men can cope with loneliness and frustration on Valentine's Day.
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Episode 37: Gay Men and the Serenity of Acceptance, Courage, Wisdom
11/02/2020 Duration: 18minKen reviews how gay men can change their lives for the better, with the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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Episode 36: Avoiding Four Big Risks of Gay Relationship Breakup
03/02/2020 Duration: 16minKen discusses Gottman's "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" for the risks of relationship breakup, and tips for avoiding them.
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Episode 35: Gay Men's Birthdays, Self-Esteem, and The Meaning of Life
27/01/2020 Duration: 11minKen gives tips on how birthdays are an especially poignant time for gay men, and relates them to self-esteem.
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Episode 34: Hotter Monogamy for Gay Men
20/01/2020 Duration: 28minKen describes how gay male couples who choose monogamy can have a hotter sex life without necessarily opening their relationship.
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Episode 33: The Golden Boys - Gay Men at Midlife
13/01/2020 Duration: 25minKen gives a list of tips on how gay men can make the best of the midlife years.
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Episode 32: Breaking the Ice - Gay Men Overcoming Shyness
06/01/2020 Duration: 18minKen gives tips on overcoming shyness and social anxiety in gay men, with practical tips on starting, continuing, and ending new conversations in social settings.
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Episode 31: Beyond New Year's Resolutions: Making Real Life Changes
30/12/2019 Duration: 16minGay men's specialist therapist and coach (27 years) Ken Howard, LCSW, teaches how to make and sustain desired life changes and meet goals in ways that go beyond just "resolutions".