Topic: 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives

Openly gay therapist Joe Kort provides 10 powerful and positive steps gay men can take to isolate and overcome self-defeating behavior patterns, and move in healthier and more rewarding directions:

• Take Charge of Their Own Lives
• Affirm Themselves by Coming Out
• Resolve Differences With Parents and Relatives
• "Graduate" From Delayed Adolescence
• Avoid -- or Overcome -- Sexual Addiction
• Learn from Successful Mentors Who've Been There, Done That
• Take Advantage of "Therapy Workouts"
• Achieve -- and Maintain -- Rewarding Relationships
• Understand the Stages of Loves
• Commit to Their Partner

These solid and reliable "Top 10" life steps that have been most helpful to Joe Kort's clients in his 16 years of working with hundreds of gay men, are presented in an engaging and easy-to-understand manner and are supplemented by case histories from his practice. These are time-tested, practical decisions gay men can make in their search for emotional, sexual and personal fulfillment.

Guest: Joe Kort, MSW

Joe is a psychotherapist in private practice in a suburb of Detroit and a certified Imago therapist. He leads two workshop retreats: “Reclaiming the Man in the Mirror” which helps Gay men recover from being a stigmatized population, and “Getting the Love You Want Couples’ Weekend”, which helps couples communicate more effectively. His articles on gay and lesbian issues appear regularly in Between the Lines newspaper and the Detroit Free Press.