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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - September 25, 2021 02:11 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives guidance for gay male relationships who want to be Consensual Non-Monogamous (CNM) early in a new relationship. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - September 04, 2021 21:49 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives ten tips on how to ruin a friendship -- and how to address them. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - August 25, 2021 03:24 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, discusses the contributing factors in erectile dysfunction (ED) in gay men, the emotional, physical, interpersonal, and cultural. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - August 03, 2021 18:10 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses how gay men make the decision to relocate to a different town, city, state, or country and the reasons why.  

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - July 11, 2021 02:45 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses gay men's approach to gay smartphone apps like Grindr and Scruff, and getting your sexual and emotional needs met with a clear perspective. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - June 25, 2021 19:31 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses the umbrella term "LGBT" and the consideration of the specific needs of gay men, and their political and social implications. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - June 18, 2021 17:13 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses the "gym crush" phenomenon and how our perceptions of fantasies versus reality support our well-being as gay men.

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - June 01, 2021 01:14 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken describes how the end of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in many regions can mean recovering from a traumatic experience, with the symptoms and phases of recovery in a gay male context. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - May 15, 2021 22:19 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses Armine Asatryan, LMFT's 7 unhealthy traits in a relationship and their solutions, as applied to gay men. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - May 11, 2021 00:33 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST discusses improving gay men's relationships by meeting three needs: emotional, sexual, and interpersonal. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - April 27, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, offers three ways for gay men to improve their sex lives: communication, negotiation, and experimentation. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - April 12, 2021 21:57 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, applies the Braun-Harvey and Vigorito "Six Principles of Sexual Health" specifically to gay men. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - March 30, 2021 01:18 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken shares some of the research of Dr. John Gottman, who identified the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" in relationship demise as Defensiveness, Criticism, Stonewalling, and Contempt, applied to gay men's relationships. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - March 17, 2021 01:04 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Host Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, welcomes David Ley, Ph.D., CST-S, author of "The Myth of Sex Addiction" and other books, to revisit the idea of "sex addiction" or "porn addiction" in gay men. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - March 07, 2021 01:24 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, gay men's specialist therapist and coach, gives tips on money management for gay men. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - February 23, 2021 23:23 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives tips on how to deal with your "ex" in what's called the "post-relationship relationship," and how to succeed in moving on. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - February 10, 2021 01:44 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, gives guidance on how sex therapy for gay men helps your quality of sex life with yourself, partner(s), or others in affirming ways. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - January 26, 2021 22:53 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives practical tips for success for 2021, in many areas of your life, including emotionally, physically, financially, relationally, and professionally. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - January 12, 2021 02:37 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses the terms we use in gay male relationships to describe functions and roles, about what you are -- and what you want to be. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - December 29, 2020 05:38 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses gay men who fall 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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - December 09, 2020 03:33 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, gives tips to gay male couples who no longer have sex, and practical ways to "thaw" the stalemate and restore sex. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - November 25, 2020 01:56 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
GayTherapyLA founder, Ken Howard, LCSW gives tips on dealing with the stress of COVID-19, how to avoid pitfalls, and ultimately prepare for recovery. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - November 13, 2020 04:41 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives tips to prospective gay dads on questions to ask yourselves and each other about the option of having kids in a gay male relationship. 

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Episode 70: Gay Men and Sex During COVID-19

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - October 30, 2020 03:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives tips for gay men on how to approach sex in the new era of COVID-19, from a Harm Reduction approach. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - October 12, 2020 23:23 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives tips on how gay men who have a much younger or a much older partner can make their relationship thrive for the long term. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - September 22, 2020 01:14 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW, a specialist in gay men's relationship advice, gay couples therapy, and gay sex therapy, gives tips on how to manage a gay long-distance relationship. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - September 12, 2020 19:58 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken discusses the need for gay men to have bars, clubs, and other social "safe spaces" of their own, which are being increasingly threatened during COVID-19 and social changes. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - September 02, 2020 01:58 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken shares the Mental Health chapter from his book, "Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!" and its application to gay men. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - August 25, 2020 23:52 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken gives case examples of how gay couples face the dilemma of being two "tops" or two "bottoms", and how couples therapy and sex therapy can help. 

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

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - August 15, 2020 19:16 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
Ken Howard, LCSW describes how our culture of origin can help gay men build resilience in tough times, and celebrate who we are, and where we came from.

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