Sinopsis
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!
Episodios
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Episode 45: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 2 - Techniques
16/03/2020 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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".
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Episode 30: A Secular Appreciation of Christmas
17/12/2019 Duración: 21minKen Howard, LCSW, a gay men's specialist therapist/coach for over 27 years, gives perspectives on how even the non-religious the world over can enjoy the Christmas holiday season.
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Episode 29: The Gym/Fitness Connection in Gay Men's Mental Health
05/12/2019 Duración: 22minKen Howard, LCSW, gay men's specialist therapist, discusses the connection between the gym/fitness and mental health for gay men, based on inspirational fitness leaders.
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Episode 28: Gay Men at Thanksgiving - Living in Gratitude
26/11/2019 Duración: 16minKen Howard, LCSW, discusses the role of Thanksgiving for gay men's family of origin, and family of choice.
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Episode 27: Gay Men and Appearance Privilege
21/11/2019 Duración: 32minGay men's specialist therapist and coach Ken Howard, LCSW, discusses ""Gay Men and Appearance Privilege: What It Is, What To Do About It"
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Episode 26: Gay Men's Relationships - Reconciling the Living Room with the Bedroom
14/11/2019 Duración: 31minKen Howard, LCSW, guides gay male couples on how to achieve relationship satisfaction non-sexually ("the living room") and sexually ("the bedroom").