Jen talks to psychiatrist Ken Howard - founder of Gay Therapy LA about his thirty years in working with gay men and their mental health. Ken talks about how to cope with "birthday anxiety", and he illuminates the different therapy approaches he uses with patients from working on trauma, or using a positive psychology coaching approach, or some good old fashioned cognitive behavioral therapy around anxiety in all stages of life. To find out more about Ken's podcast, public speaking, and his life's work go here: https://gaytherapyla.com/biography-of-ken-howard-lcsw/ For more information on Jen Kirkman, the host of Anxiety Bites, please go here: https://jenkirkman.bio.link and to get the takeaways for this episode please visit: http://www.jenkirkman.com/anxietybitespodcast To send an email to the show write to anxietybitesweekly at gmail dot com. Follow Jen on Twitter @jenkirkman or Instagram @jenkirkman Anxiety Bites is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and co-produced by Dylan Fagan and JJ Posway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.