Ken Howard, LCSW, a specialist therapy for gay men for over 26 years, discs the importance of the new movie, "Love, Simon".
Contents:
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LOS ANGEL, CA
- LBIAN & GAY PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATN
- GAY THERAPY LA (KEN HOWARD, LCSW, CST)
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LOUISIANA
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LAFAYETTE, LA
- GAY THERAPIST DISCS “LOVE, SIMON” OM A GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE
- LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUPS LOS ANGEL, CA
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LOS ANGEL, CA
Mental health profsnals terted gay and lbian clients. LAGPA members are actively volved expandg the role of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and marriage, fay, and child unselors who serve the greater gay muny of Southern California. * gay therapist la *
gay, cisgenr man and enjoy workg wh the chronic pa and.
Lbian & Gay Psychotherapy Associatn Fd a Psychotherapistwho Provis a Safe Environment for Lbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgenr Clients the Greater Los Angel and Southern California areas.
LBIAN & GAY PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATN
Gay Therapy LA (Ken Howard, LCSW, CST), Clil Social Work/Therapist, Wt Hollywood, CA, 90069, (310) 905-8997, Workg together, I help you overe challeng, setbacks, barriers, and loss life, to heal and thrive aga. You n learn to overe challeng such as prsn, anxiety, trma, OCD, ADHD, job strs, reer planng, datg/relatnship skills, sexual dysfunctn, and substance issu, as well as buildg a better relatnship wh your partner. I am the most experienced gay men's specialist psychotherapist the Uned Stat, wh over 31 years experience. I'm also an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, retired Adjunct Profsor at USC, clil supervisor, and thor. Phone and webm sns available. * gay therapist la *
When I started my own therapy my 20s my belief that another gay man uld better empathize my experienc – and offer a kd of “shorthand” – proved to be rrect. Who better to help a gay twenty-somethg sift through emotnal bris than an experienced and ted gay man?
My specializatns for dividuals and upl are varied and clu negotiatg monogamy; anxiety and prsn; the pleasur and perils of social media; body image, perfectn-seekg and self-teem; tst and betrayal; recreatnal substance e/abe, addictn and revery; externalized and ternalized homophobia; sexually pulsive behavr; fay and reer strsors; and unaligned libidos wh upl. Addnally, I worked as the media director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), ensurg the fair and balanced portrayal of our muny film and televisn. I am the most experienced gay men's specialist psychotherapist the Uned Stat, wh over 31 years experience.
Unlike others, I am a long-term specialist workg wh gay men and other LGBT people. For a ee, 15-mute phone nsultatn, ll/text 310-339-5778 or email You might also like the dozens of blog articl available at, or the "Gay Therapy LA wh Ken Howard, LCSW, CST" podst show. Gay Therapy LA (Ken Howard, LCSW, CST).
GAY THERAPY LA (KEN HOWARD, LCSW, CST)
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST is the most experienced gay men's specialist therapist the Uned Stat today. * gay therapist la *
+ folks health related issu, g out, vlent experienc, ternalized homophobia/transphobia, transng, adverse ary experienc, & buildg rilience, etc. LGBTQ-affirmative therapists will be versed the negative effects of homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and heteronormativy (the assumptn that heterosexualy is “normal” and superr) and help clients navigate the challeng they prent—as well as relatnship problems, fay tensn, or other day-to-day ncerns for which a client might seek are the advantag of seeg an LGBTQ-iendly therapist? Even though any MD n prcribe meditns for psychiatric disorrs, I prefer to refer you to a tsted, gay or “gay-iendly” psychiatrist bee of their specialized expertise prcribg the right meditn at the right dosage for your suatn.
Psychologists also tradnally ntribute much to the amic lerature and body of rearch, and associatns such as the Amerin Psychologil Associatn have meangful gay-advocy programs. It was here that I started my specializatn workg wh gay men, gay male psychology, gay mental health, HIV mental health, and muny rearch and advocy.
While many well-meang, progrsive, heterosexual psychotherapists claim to work wh LGBT and/or HIV issu, or even gay male therapists who are not specialists, n provi valuable service, workg wh me giv you the add benef of workg wh someone who is a long-term specialist who actually liv wh the muni as a part of them.
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LOUISIANA
Ochsner is uniquely qualified to provi passnate, dividualized re to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng (LGBTQ+) patients. * gay therapist la *
I am gay and HIV-posive, 24/7, which means that I sometim draw on my profsnal trag the gay and poz areas of study, rearch, and expertise, and other tim I am drawg on my personal experienc and exampl to help you the areas. After over 32 years of livg succsfully wh HIV myself, and 38 years of livg as an “out” gay man Los Angel and Wt Hollywood, there is much “material” to draw on! – 30 years of ntuo profsnal experience providg psychotherapy, unselg, and achg specifilly to a gay men’s specialty, as well as sendary specialti helpg people livg wh HIV or psychiatric disorrs.
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LAFAYETTE, LA
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– Extensive experience workg wh gay men who have substance pennce or addictns, helpg hundreds of people overe dysfunctnal relatnships to crystal methamphetame, e, hero, marijuana, sex, gamblg, shopliftg, eatg, and work. – 38 years of faiary of workg, playg, and livg the Wt Hollywood gay muny as my home.
– Thoands of hours of experience helpg gay men wh very siar problems, and untls “succs stori” on how problems much like yours have been solved the past.
GAY THERAPIST DISCS “LOVE, SIMON” OM A GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE
– Dozens of publitns and speakg engagements given lolly and natnally, hundreds of blog articl, and over 100 podst episos of “Gay Therapy LA wh Ken Howard, LCSW, CST” heard by over 8, 000 per month over 40 untri of the world. – Contuo volvement ntributns to our gay and/or HIV muny through volunteer work, donatns, nsultg, and other ntributns. Shrk at the Movi: Lovg “Love, Simon” om a Gay Men’s Mental Health Perspective.
In my work as a licensed psychotherapist and life/bs ach specializg gay men and therapy for gay male upl for over 26 years, I blog equently on topics on LGBTQ+ mental health general, and gay men’s therapy particular, as the founr and director of GayTherapyLA, seeg clients my office Los Angel (Wt Hollywood) but also via phone or webm to gay male clients for therapy or achg California, all over the untry, or the world. “Love, Simon” chang that – and ’s a bellwether tt of whether mastream movi wh lead gay characters n “make ” the mastream Hollywood mercial film market.
At the (long) ncsn stand l, there was a mix of teens, olr adults, straight and gay patrons (many wh enuragg – and hot – public displays of affectn), gog to all the movi of the multiplex, but many streamg om the ncsn le to the dorium (the ma, largt one of the plex) where “Love, Simon” was butg. While “Brokeback Mounta” certaly broke ground as another mastream, big-stud, highly-publicized movie wh gay them and well-known stars, still had a b of the stigma that gay characters have had film history for a very long time – eher beg the butt of jok many s, or the “tragic figur” who end up ad or alone or unhappy due to circumstanc (as [SPOILER] “Brokeback Mounta” do).
LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUPS LOS ANGEL, CA
One of the many thgs that’s groundbreakg about “Love, Simon” is that ’s not tragic nor lghg at the gay characters; we are sympathetic wh them, whether ’s the genr-nformg gay Simon, or the genr non-nformg gay (man of lor) Ethan.