Title: GOLDEN MEN: The Power of Gay Midlife (2022)
Author: Harold Kooden Ph.D.
Publisher: TBA
ISBN: 979-8218071196
Pages: 605
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting / Psychology & Counseling / Psychotherapy, TA & NLP
Synopsis
The coming-out process has taught a gay man many lessons that are useful throughout his life. This book details the depth and range of these lessons which in combination with many of the unique life experiences, the gay man is actually well-prepared to successfully deal with his entrance into middle age and beyond. The sequential exercises facilitate a focused path for successful aging in comparison with other books on this topic. This book is unique in its exploration of the coming-out process and its relevance for a lifetime of successful aging. Though originally written and published in 2000 for gay men, the subsequent public response has shown that the exercises and the principles of aging are applicable to all people.
About the Author
Harold Kooden, Ph.D., is an openly gay, White clinical psychologist in private practice and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). In the APA, he was chair of the Task Force on the Study of Lesbian and Gay Psychologists and founder and board member of APA division on LGBTQ issues. He was a founder and board member of the National Gay and Lesbian Education Foundation, board member of the New York State Martin Luther Kind, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence and founding member and community activist of Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE). He was also the North American Male Representative of the International Gay and Lesbian Organization. Besides having authored many articles on gay psychology, in 2000 he published Golden Men: The Power of Gay Midlife (Avon) and in 2017, he co-edited Different Paths Towards Becoming a Psychoanalyst and Psychotherapist (Routledge Press).
