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Gay Men as Caregivers for Aging Parents
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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.
165 episodes
Manage episode 450209089 series 2610308
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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.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Gay Executive Coaching and The Dark Side of Ambition: Navigating Toxic Competition in the Workplace 41:35
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41:35This episode discusses the unique challenges gay men face in competitive professional environments. It explores how toxic competition, workplace biases, and generational tensions can undermine professional growth and mental health, and how executive coaching can foster resilience, authenticity, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills.…
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Gay Men and the Lessons Learned from 'Wicked' 44:38
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44:38Gay men's specialist therapist and life coach Ken Howard, LCSW, CST discusses the new musical movie, "Wicked," and the lessons gay men can learn from its themes, characters, and songs.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Therapy, Coaching, Psychiatry, and Medicine - Let's Stop the Misinformation, Shall We? 51:47
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51:47Ken exposes the myths around therapy, life coaching, psychiaty, and medicine, and how to understand and access these services.
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1 Gay Men and Trump 2.0 - Coping with Anxiety 28:40
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28:40Ken gives tips on how to cope with anxiety over the re-election of Trump and its implications for LGBT+ and gay rights, discussed in an historical context of the re-election of George W. Bush in 2004, and how to critically examine sources of anxiety.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
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.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Special Bonus Episode: In Defense of Hate: Understanding the Modern American Conservative 18:59
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18:59In 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.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Gay Men and the Need for Attention: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Narcissism 34:00
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34:00Ken 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.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Managing Symptoms in Gay Men’s Mental Health: A Path to Empowerment 39:24
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39:24Ken 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.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” – Gay Psychotherapist on Healing for Gay Male Survivors of Sexual Trauma 50:37
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50:37Ken 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.
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1 Gay Men Open Relationship Ground Rules: Who What When Where Why 21:04
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21:04Ken 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.
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1 Support for Gay Men Leaving Religion: Reclaiming Your Identity with Secular Alternatives 34:25
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34:25Ken 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.
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1 How to Survive Election Season 2024: Coping with Election Anxiety 55:57
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55:57Ken 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.
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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
1 Episode 152: Gay Men and Internal Family Systems: The Different Parts of You 31:24
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31:24Ken 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.
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1 Episode 151: Gay Men's Dating: What Your Dates Aren't Telling You 33:01
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33:01Ken 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.
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1 Episode 150: Gay Men's Relationships: When You Want Kids and He Doesn't 32:21
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32:21Ken gives guidance on how gay men in relationships can discuss whether to have kids, and their options for doing so.
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