Ken Howard, LCSW, CST

Welcome! I am Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, the founder of GayTherapyLA.com. I have over 30 years of experience as gay men's specialist therapist, but I also serve the broader LGBT community and others. According to research, I am now the most experienced gay men's specialist therapist and coach (individuals and couples) in the United States. I am an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, and I am poly/kink affirmative. I am also certified as a Psychiatric Social Worker, including training in helping those with chronic disorders such as Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADD/ADHD, and Panic Disorder. I live in the same community I work in, among gay men in the Los Angeles/West Hollywood area in California, but I provide therapy to local clients in an office and all over California (via Telehealth) and coaching services to clients in other states and abroad. I am a graduate of both UCLA (BA) and USC (MSW), and I'm an Adjunct Associate Professor at USC, teaching courses in evidence-based psychotherapy, Couples Therapy, and LGBT issues. I am the author of the books "Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!" and "Positive Outlook: Collected Essays for Living Successfully with HIV" (as I have, for 30 years in 2020), as well as hundreds of blog articles at GayTherapyLA.com/blog and podcasts ("The Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST", "Have The Life You Want," and "Get Gayme." All sessions are conducted via Telehealth on the Zoom platform.