Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST

Ken discusses how gay men can reclaim their right to spirituality even after abuse by religious institutions. 

Ken gives tips on how to start each day with a strong mental health to give inspiration and focus to meet our goals as gay men.  (To support the show, visit glow.fm/gaytherapylawithkenhowardlcswcst)

Ken describes the Top 10 reasons gay male couples break up, as observed in over 30 years of practice as a gay specialist therapist, and offers a coping strategy to prevent each one. 

Ken describes his role offering Executive Coaching for gay men and its many purposes and functions. 

Ken reviews the most common complaints and challenges from single gay male clients in dating, and how to adaptively cope with each of them. 

Ken discusses lessons learned in writing his full-length, LGBT-themed musical play, "On the Boulevard," its concept album, and its themes for gay men's self-acceptance. 

Ken gives tips for gay male relationships managing the economics of time, energy, money, convenience, space, control, and sex. 

Gay men's specialist psychotherapist, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, and coach Ken Howard, LCSW, CST provides a self-reflection exercise to know your own sexuality in more depth; your background, hopes, fears, best, and worst experiences to re-empower your sexual self at every phase of life. 

Ken announces that the audio file for "Episode 129: Gay Men and Superheroes as Role Models" has been corrected due to a previous incomplete audio file, and now listeners can enjoy the complete episode.   

(NOTE: This episode was corrected from an earlier recording that was cut off early.) Ken discusses classic superhero characters from comics and movies, who they are, what they mean for gay men, and what we can learn from them. 

Ken discusses traumatic experiences such as child abuse, illness, accidents, crime, and interpersonal betrayals and the long-term coping in life for each of these. 

Ken discusses areas of gay men's relationships that can feel out of balance, and how to re-establish fairness and equality in those areas for the long term. 

Ken discusses some unusual and unique considerations for gay men when discovering a partner has "cheated" or broken an agreement, with tips on how to understand layers of nuances for healing. 

Ken reviews the top six factors for gay men in breaking a monogamy agreement in gay male relationships, and what the "fix" for each one is. 

Ken discusses the history of LGBT civil rights activism and how we can all contribute in our own ways to the movement. 

Ken gives tips on how to navigate mixing a new boyfriend with your existing group of friends or family, and how to cope with the most common challenges. 

Ken discusses the functions and purposes that casual hookups for gay men can be, and the importance of affirming our own sexual self-empowerment. 

Ken gives tips on the life lessons gay men can learn from actors in the entertainment industry, about character, sex, and telling our stories.

Ken discusses how to cope when our mentors have flaws: parents, teachers, professors, bosses, work mentors, and therapist/coaches, and how to cope when they disappoint us. 

Ken discusses how to make positive changes in the new year in how you approach your sex life in your mind, heart, and body. 

Ken attended the 2022 CLAW (Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend) Conference in Los Angeles, and gives tips from the kink education seminars for gay men he attended there. 

Ken discusses how gay men can cope with the frustrations of being single when you want a partner, and how we can rally our internal and external resources to be at our best. 

Ken discusses gay men overcoming specific traumas related to the workplace, family of origin, political, and social/peer areas, and tips for how to cope with them triumphantly. 

Ken discusses gay men overcoming specific traumatic experiences that can be medical, legal, academic, or criminal, and tips for coping triumphantly with each of them. 

Ken discusses the rewards and challenges for gay men with pets, and some cognitive/behavioral coping strategies for each of them.