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Because this course is unique. It’s the first online course written/presented by a gay men’s specialist therapist and coach who has run his own six-figure business for over 26 years, and includes not only business operations information, but also psychological mind-set support and “real life” personal/professional examples most other instructors are reluctant to disclose. It also contains and covers more material than most of the similar courses I’ve seen. And, it’s designed for maximum value and results, not just an overview without action to follow it up. It’s meant to be a course that will motivate you to put the information into practice.

Because with any kind of professional (psychotherapist, physician, attorney, consultant, coach, professor, etc.), you’re not just paying for the time it takes to meet with you live, or the time it takes to record the (hours of) videos for the course. Professionals bring years of education and experience that go into what they say during that time, and there is no substitute for putting in all that work over all those years. In this course, I’m providing hours of video instruction, but I’m also drawing on over eight years of formal higher education past high school, over 3,200 hours of supervised psychotherapy practice before taking and passing two state licensing exams, dozens of hours of coaching training, dozens of hours (9 per year for over 30 years) of continuing education courses to renew that license, over ten years of full-time professional experience that predates opening my business, and coaching thousands of (gay male) clients in my practice on their professional career growth and development, including opening and sustaining their own business, in my full-time private practice of over 20 years. There is at least some of all that education, information, and lived experience that informs the course video material in every lesson.

No ethical therapist, coach, or course instructor can guarantee that a course (especially not alone) would be all you need to succeed in your business. Variables such as the business you’re in, the location you’re in, the level of your own motivation and efforts, aptitude, stamina, resilience, consumer behavior, market and economic forces, cultural issues, social issues, and just plain luck also factor in. But the course can inform what has worked for me, and many others (such as my clients, or possibly friends or relatives or colleagues as well), over decades of experience.

Yes, with some adjustments. The national marketplace, market forces, economic trends, resources, cultural and social issues, currency, laws, and tax issues would all be variables to consider in your local country. The specific laws might differ, but many/most of the general concepts of the course would apply, wherever you live.

Yes; this course would also be valuable for many other demographics. I include specific focus on gay male business owners because my professional life, as both a psychotherapist and a coach, has been on LGBT issues in general and gay men’s issues in particular in my GayTherapyLA and GayCoachingLA brands. But many other groups could benefit from the course.

After the course, you should consider how to take action and implement it to apply to your own business, situation, and personality. If you like the material in the course, you might want to consider becoming a client for individual coaching services (one time, or ongoing) for consultation ([email protected], or phone/WhatsApp at 310-339-5778). You can have as many, or as few, consultation sessions as you wish; there no minimum commitments, but coaching clients (just like therapy clients) tend to get the most out of those services with a once per week schedule, but I try to accommodate many different client schedules and budgets. For clients outside California or the United States, we just calculate your local time zone for my office hours (generally Monday through Friday, from the early afternoon to the mid-evening). My team and I might also develop some kind of group support services (such as an online coaching group on Zoom) if the cohort of students for the course grows and wants that.

Because with the global success of my free blog (GayTherapyLA.com/blog) and my free podcast show (“The Gay Therapy LA Podcast with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST), I realized that many readers/listeners wanted more material, but might not be able to afford or have the time to schedule live sessions with me. I wanted to provide a professional service that might be more accessible to more people, worldwide, where they could access my expertise but at their own pace.