Gay Therapy La With Ken Howard, Lcsw

Ken discusses how diagnosable (DSM-5) psychiatric disorders can affect mental health and sexual health for gay men and couples. 

Ken describes six areas of boundaries within a gay male relationship to discuss and reduce conflict. 

Ken gives examples of various incidents of bad luck in gay men's lives, with a corresponding coping strategy for each. 

Ken discusses the challenges in gay male relationships when one partner has traits of ADD/ADHD and the other has traits of OCD/OCPD, and how to create harmony. 

Ken discusses gay men's relationship to food, at any phase of life, with its rewards and challenges. 

Ken discusses the ancient Greeks' Eight Types of Love, and applies them to gay men for inspiration and quality of life. 

Ken offers a perspective on a non-religious, secular humanistic view of the themes of the Christmas season. 

Ken gives guidance for when you need to break up with a relationship partner. 

Ken describes a personal crisis being hospitalized with cellulitis, and the perspective learned from sudden severe illness. 

Ken gives guidance on how gay male couples can cope with living together too early in their relationship. 

Ken gives guidance for gay male relationships who want to be Consensual Non-Monogamous (CNM) early in a new relationship. 

Ken gives ten tips on how to ruin a friendship -- and how to address them. 

Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, discusses the contributing factors in erectile dysfunction (ED) in gay men, the emotional, physical, interpersonal, and cultural. 

Ken discusses how gay men make the decision to relocate to a different town, city, state, or country and the reasons why.  

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. 

Ken discusses the umbrella term "LGBT" and the consideration of the specific needs of gay men, and their political and social implications. 

Ken discusses the "gym crush" phenomenon and how our perceptions of fantasies versus reality support our well-being as gay men.

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. 

Ken discusses Armine Asatryan, LMFT's 7 unhealthy traits in a relationship and their solutions, as applied to gay men. 

Ken Howard, LCSW, CST discusses improving gay men's relationships by meeting three needs: emotional, sexual, and interpersonal.