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	<description>Ken Howard, LCSW - Counseling Psychotherapy Coaching for Gay Men</description>
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		<title>Gay Men in Search of a Partner:  Avoiding the Pitfalls of ‘Cash, Connections, and C—k&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my private practice in counseling and coaching gay men in West Hollywood, my clients who are single often mention a desire to find a permanent partner.  This is only natural; most people (male/female/gay/straight) have an urge to find a partner/spouse to share life with, but this is by no means everyone – it’s also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jealousy/Insecurity in Gay Men&#8217;s Relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently someone emailed me a question, and I decided to write more about the topic of jealousy/insecurity in gay men&#8217;s relationships.  See below: Q: What do you suggest to people when they constantly compare themselves to others or don&#8217;t feel &#8220;good enough&#8221;, which leads to a fear of your partner leaving a romantic relationships? Competition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrink at the Movies: &#8220;Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close&#8221; (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” (2011) I went into “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” (2011), directed by Stephen Daldry, fully intending to hate it for being cloying and pretentious – just based on the title and concept, not based on reading any reviews (although after reading some reviews, others have asserted after seeing it  that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrink at the Movies: &#8220;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8221; (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The King’s Speech” (2010) Criticize, if you must, the cultural and technological juggernaut that is all things Facebook.  But I, for one, am very grateful that this phenomenon exists.  For many reasons, but one of my favorites is the opportunity to connect with people from My Past that I had lost touch with.  One such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrink at the Movies: &#8220;The Artist&#8221; (2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Artist” (SPOILER ALERT: CONTAINS PLOT POINTS) Seeing “The Artist” this past weekend was a delight.  I primarily identify as a psychotherapist, which is how I make my living in a full-time private practice in West Hollywood (part of Los Angeles County and home to many in the entertainment business), but my avocational identity as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrink at the Movies: &#8220;Tootsie&#8221; (1982)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Tootsie” (1982) [SPOILER ALERT: CONTAINS PLOT POINTS] While it’s not technically the 30th anniversary quite yet of one of the most successful film comedies of all time (that comes December 17, 2012), I love this film so much that I’m going to celebrate its milestone anniversary early. And why not? Its stars are still relevant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Your Relationship Work on Many Levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my psychotherapy practice recently, I have worked with a number of clients on issues of how to strengthen their relationships with a partner.  In my experience and observation over 20 years of doing couples therapy, and individual therapy with clients who are working on relationship issues, I think managing a relationship comes down to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 12, 2011: Build Your Confidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common themes I see in my office doing counseling, psychotherapy, and coaching with gay male individuals and gay couples is that of low self-esteem and low self-confidence.  It’s not surprising; as little gay boys, we get exposed to anti-gay messages outright, or at least to the “invisibility” that comes with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Focus and Hope in Your Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In psychotherapy and coaching sessions with my gay male clients every day, I’ve noticed lately that a frequent focus is about work issues.  This makes sense, given that the news and current events atmosphere has focused on a volatile political and economic climate: we get bombarded with news daily, from everything from Facebook to newspaper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Men&#8217;s Mental Health in the Current Political Climate:  A Lesson in Hope and Resilience</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the first activities in the 2012 election season begin with events like the recent Republican Iowa Straw Poll, I have noticed an increase in reported stress in my daily practice of therapy with gay men.  It seems that the rhetoric in the news daily is an irritant to the men I work with in [...]]]></description>
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