Respark Blogs

Getting to Know Respark Therapist, Zanna Haney Stevanovic

You know that book, 1000 Places to See Before you Die? Our Austin Sex Therapist at Respark, Zanna Haney Stevanovic, has several of those places in ming. Before Zanna dies she wants to take a cross country road trip with a large group of friends in a van or an RV and travel across the…

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The Four Horsemen that Predict Divorce

In 2012, John Gottman made an appearance on the Anderson Cooper show. For those who don’t know, John Gottman and his wife Julie Gottman are psychological researchers who have done decades of work around divorce and marital stability. Although we don’t endorse their views on sexual health, the research on relationships can help anyone in…

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Getting to Know Respark Therapist, Katie Green!

Katie Green is one of our Austin clinicians, and specializes in emotional and sexual satisfaction, men’s identity and sexuality issues, grief and loss, body image issues, gender identity issues, and queer and transgender individuals. Katie’s counseling style is compassionate, collaborative, curious and playful! She is sex-positive and has a particular gift at asking thought-provoking questions…

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The Respark Foundation

CONTACT: Heather McPherson, LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST intake@resparkfoundation.org www.resparkfoundation.org   The Respark Foundation Provides the Next Step of All-inclusive, Holistic and Educational Care to Survivors of Sexual Harm   AUSTIN, TX & DENVER, CO 4/6/2020 – Respark Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing sliding scale, trauma-informed care that offers the next step in recovery from…

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Dismantling the Myths of Teletherapy

By: Zanna Haney Stevanovic M.A., LPC-Intern, Supervised by Heather McPherson M.A, LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST This is a time when everything is moving to online platforms and digital media. This is something that we are accustomed to in other areas of our life, especially in the era of social media. However, it’s not something that many…

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Sex on the Decline Among Teens and Young Adults

  By Zanna Haney Stevanovic Sex is everywhere around us, but why are we having so little of it?   The statistics seem to show that sex is on the decline for teens and young adults in the United States. The CDC published “Trends in the Prevalence of Sexual Behaviors and HIV Testing” ranging from…

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Burnout: The Hidden Reason Behind Your Decrease in Sexual Arousal

  By Zanna Haney Stevanovic, Respark Therapist & Coach We all know the feeling of being overworked, overwhelmed, and just down-right exhausted. So many of us live in this state day after day and only have a short time, if we’re lucky, to decompress on the weekend. It’s when this occurs for weeks, months, and…

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