Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST

Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST


Latest Episodes

Episode 48: Gay Men's Mental Health During COVID-19: Next to Normal
April 08, 2020

Ken discusses how to cope with the mental health aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by a Broadway show song.

Episode 47: Gay Men and the Mental Health Aspects of Working from Home
April 01, 2020

Ken gives tips on working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, with an emphasis on gay men and mental health considerations. 

Episode 46: Gay Men Conquering Anxiety with Probability
March 24, 2020

Feeling anxious?  Ken gives tips on how to manage and anxiety, prevent it, and cope with it. 

Episode 45: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 2 - Techniques
March 16, 2020

In the second part of the gay men and resilience discussion, Ken lists specific techniques that can help. 

Episode 44: How Gay Men Can Develop Resilience - Part 1 - Traits
March 16, 2020

Ken gives tips on how gay men can cultivate resilience to face any crisis/challenge, by adapting certain cognitive/behavioral traits. 

Episode 43: Gay Men and Coronavirus/COVID-19: A Special Kind of Coping
March 12, 2020

Ken 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. 

Episode 42: Ten Ways Gay Men Can Handle Hard Conflict
March 10, 2020

Gay men's specialist therapist and coach, Ken Howard, LCSW, gives 10 ways gay men can cope with interpersonal conflicts that every life has.  

Episode 41: Gay Men's Dating Skills -Avoiding the Pitfalls of Cash, Connections, C--k
February 29, 2020

Ken 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. 

Episode 40: Positive Thoughts for Fabulous Living at Every Age for Gay Men
February 24, 2020

Ken gives tips on how to manage negative thoughts about yourself, the world, and your future, and how to use positive affirmations. 

Episode 39: Beyond Crystal Meth Recovery: Meth Prevention for Gay Men
February 17, 2020

Ken 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.