Have you ever been curious if couples counseling could improve your relationship?  Do you want outside help to create a better relationship or to end your relationship amicably? Whether you’re in a high-conflict or conflict-avoidant relationship, whether you’re interested in rebuilding trust, communicating more effectively, or deepening vulnerability and intimacy with your partner(s), couples counseling with the right therapist and the right conditions, can be very effective.

​In the past several weeks, multiple victims of sexual violence have highlighted the prevalence of their experiences in the entertainment industry as well as in politics.  Too often the media has focused on the perpetrators of these acts, their denials, their minimizations, and their lack of responding with an adequate apology.
 
— But what about the victims?  

Aging can bring with it fear of invisibility, rejection and physical decline.  For gay men aging, these concerns can be heightened because of the extra pressures placed on us to look forever young — especially in Los Angeles.  We might protect ourselves from this by busying our lives, denying the inevitable and spending an inordinate amount of time or money on looking young.  Fortunately, there can be positive experiences with aging too.

Imagine a gay couple whose age difference is greater than 10 years.  What’s your first un-censored response when you imagine them?  Do you judge, cringe, or assume what’s going on between them?  Are you in a relationship with a much older/younger person but still have internalized shame about this?

​Gay men’s relationships have faced an onslaught of repeated attacks by society-at-large.  Is gay marriage one of them?

How will marriage equality impact gay relationships?  How will gay marriages redefine the social construct of marriage?

1984.  Cyndi Lauper’s, “Time after Time,” becomes a top 40’s hit.  Michael Jackson’s hair gets burned in a Pepsi commercial accident.  Apple unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer.  Vanessa Williams surrenders her crown after her Penthouse magazine nude photos are discovered.  Ronald Reagan still hasn’t uttered the word “AIDS” publicly and doesn’t do so until 1987 at the end of his second term.