Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST

Nov 14 2024 161 ep. 29 mins 25
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GayTherapyLA is a private practice for psychotherapy (California) and coaching services (worldwide), with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, as its founder and director, with over 32 years experience providing services for gay men, as individuals, couples, and polycules, from his office in Los Angeles and serving gay men all over the world via phone or webcam sessions. Ken provides help for gay men to maximize their 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! (copyright 2024 by Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, all rights reserved).

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Gay Men as Caregivers for Aging Parents

Nov 14 2024 19 mins  
Ken gives tips when gay men act as caregivers for aging parents, discussing navigating family history, conflicts, work/life balance, emotional ambivalence, cultural issues, and how therapy or coaching can help you get through it.

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

Oct 29 2024 18 mins  
In this re-reading of his November 2, 2016 blog article, Ken revisits an analysis of the Modern American Conservative, Republican/Trump Supporters, on the eve of the 2024 election, and how the 2016 warning is a lesson for today.

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

Oct 29 2024 34 mins  
Ken discusses gay men and the need for attention; healthy vs. unhealthy narcissism; inclusion and exclusion from gay groups; and practical tips for meeting guys in gay social settings.

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

Oct 14 2024 39 mins  
Ken teaches about the TFID (Type, Frequency, Intensity, Duration) model for managing mental health challenges for gay men such as depression, anxiety, and others, with practical exercises to bring symptom relief.

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

Sep 22 2024 50 mins  
Ken discusses Netflix's "Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" and its themes of notoriety, abuse, and healing, and applies these in the context of gay male adult sexual trauma and abuse survivors.

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

Sep 19 2024 21 mins  
Ken provides education on how gay male relationships (couples or polycules) can establish ground rules agreements for Consensual Non-Monogamy using the Who What When Where Why structure.

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

Sep 03 2024 34 mins  
Ken teaches about supporting gay men leaving religion and reclaiming their identity with secular alternatives, free of religious abuse and embracing secular solace or an affirmative tradition that works for them.

How to Survive Election Season 2024: Coping with Election Anxiety

Aug 08 2024 55 mins  
Ken gives tips and "modules" for coping with election anxiety in this 2024 election season, and how to cope with anxiety symptoms, increase self-empowerment, and practice compassionate self-support.

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

Jul 21 2024 31 mins  
Ken describes how IFS, Internal Family Systems, a model of evidence-based psychotherapy, can apply to gay men to help you integrate the different parts of you into a cohesive, confident sense of Self.

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

Jul 03 2024 33 mins  
Ken gives tips for gay men's dating on what gay men complain about their dates to their therapist or their friends, and what to do about them.