10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives
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by Joe Kort

Los Angeles, CA—Many gay men's efforts to achieve happy, healthy, and satisfying lives are thwarted by clinging to self-defeating behavioral patterns. Try as they might, they keep making the same mistakes; their lives become frustrating, and often they give up working towards change altogether. The only way to move beyond this point of stagnation is to isolate these behaviors and begin the process of consciously moving in the opposite direction.

Openly gay therapist Joe Kort brings 16 years of experience working with hundreds of gay men in individual and group settings as well as workshops and retreats to his book, 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives (Alyson Publications, August 2003) which provides 10 powerful and positive steps gay men can take to achieve a healthier, more rewarding life.

They Are:

1. Take Responsibility for Your Own Life
2. Affirm Yourself by Coming Out
3. Resolve Issues With Your Family 
4. Graduate From Eternal Adolescence
5. Avoid (or Overcome) Sexual Addiction
6. Learn from People Whose Lives Are Working Well
7. Take Advantage of Therapy "Workouts"
8. Maintain Rewarding Relationships
9. Understand the Stages of Loves
10. Commit to a Partner

These solid and reliable "Top 10" life steps that have been most helpful to Joe Kort's clients 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.

About the Author

Joe Kort, MA, MSW, ACSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Royal Oak, a suburb of Detroit. He is a certified Imago therapist and 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. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, and the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity. His articles on gay and lesbian issues appear regularly in Between the Lines newspaper and the Detroit Free Press.

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10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives by Joe Kort
ISBN: 1-55583-782-4 • $14.95 • Self-Help • Paperback Original
August 2003
Alyson Publications • WWW.ALYSON.COM