Ken Howard, MSW, LCSW, CST has been a psychotherapist specializing in gay men’s mental health (individuals and couples) for over 32 years, and is one of the most experienced gay men’s specialist psychotherapists and coaches in the United States today. He is the founder/director of www.GayTherapyLA.com and GayCoachingLA.com, his full-time private practice in therapy and coaching from his home in Los Angeles/West Hollywood. He is a Certified Sex Therapist from the Sexual Health Alliance (SHA). He is a Certified Psychiatric Social Worker and California Clinical Supervisor. He is a graduate of UCLA and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work (where he was Adjunct Associate Professor, teaching courses in LGBT Social Work Practice, Couples Therapy, and Evidence-Based Treatment Models). He was formerly the Clinical Director of two LA-based HIV/AIDS social service agencies. He is author of the books Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!, and Positive Outlook: Collected Essays for Living Successfully with HIV Today. He is the host of the popular “Gay Therapy LA” podcast with over 200 episodes and a blog on GayTherapyLA.com/blog with over 400 articles on gay men’s mental health and well-being. He and his husband of 24 years live in West Hollywood, California, among the first 18,000 same-sex couples married in California in 2008.