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Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CSTA gay men's mental health, sex, and relationships podcastIf you've ever wished there were a therapy-informed podcast just for gay men, you're in the right place.I'm Ken Howard, LCSW, CST – a gay men's specialist psychotherapist, AASECT…
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The Psychology of 9/11: Perpetrator Motivations and Our Reactions (opens the original)
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Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, explores the psychology behind September 11 and its lasting aftermath—from absolutism and dehumanization to grief, survivor guilt, anniversary reactions, and resilience. Drawing on personal memories and his work with gay men, he considers how experiences of vulnerability and loss shape our sense of safety, while distinguishing trauma responses from PTSD.
Gay Men and Sides: Sexual Self-Empowerment Beyond Tops and Bottoms (opens the original)
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What if anal sex simply isn't part of the sex you want? In this episode, Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, explores "sides"—gay men who prefer sexual expression without anal intercourse—and credits psychologist and certified sex therapist Dr. Joe Kort for originating and developing the term. Ken reframes being a side not as an absence of sexuality, but as one valid choice within a broad erotic repertoire. He discusses consent, pleasure, sexual health, and the important difference between a genuine preferen
Aging Without a Blueprint: Gay Men, Retirement, and What Comes Next (opens the original)
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Many gay men prepare financially for retirement, yet still feel uncertain about what they are retiring into. Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, explores the "blueprint gap": reaching later life without an inherited picture of what a satisfying retirement should contain. Traditional retirement narratives often assume children, grandchildren, lifelong heterosexual marriage, and an extended family prepared to provide companionship and care—assumptions that may never have applied to gay men. This episode examin
The Quiet Ambivalence of Open Relationships in Long-Term Gay Couples (opens the original)
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What happens when a long-term gay couple is no longer fully monogamous—but neither partner feels entirely comfortable calling the relationship open? Ken Howard, LCSW, CST explores the emotional territory between monogamy and consensual non-monogamy: relationships that change gradually, sexual agreements that make sense intellectually but remain difficult emotionally, and the difference between genuine acceptance and reluctant permission. This episode examines erotic grief, aging, changing desire
Five Love Languages Reimagined for Gay Men, Part 2: Gifts, Touch & Attachment (opens the original)
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In Part 2 of Five Love Languages Reimagined for Gay Men , Ken Howard, LCSW, CST explores why receiving gifts and physical touch can mean far more than they seem. Gifts may communicate that your partner stayed in your mind; touch can offer comfort, safety, and belonging without needing to lead to sex. Ken connects these everyday moments to attachment, the histories gay men bring into relationships, and a central question for couples: does the way I'm loving you actually feel like love to you?
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