Get To Know Respark Clinical Manager, Taylor Spaziani
My name is Taylor Spaziani and I am the intake coordinator and clinical manager here at Respark! I am currently a graduate student working on my degree in couples and family therapy at the University of Colorado Denver and am beginning to work on my sex therapy ceritifcation. I have wanted to be a sex…
Anxiety Help: The Struggle Switch by Dr. Russ Harris (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Dr. Russ Harris discusses this concept, “The Struggle Switch” describing a switch in our brain that occurs when an uncomfortable emotion, painful memory, or painful feeling comes up. He gives the example of anxiety. When anxiety shows up, our struggle switch goes on trying to figure out how to get rid of our anxiety. The…
Mental Health Tips to Finish 2020 Strong
Mental Health Tips to Finish 2020 Strong By: Robyn Flores, MS, LPCC. Schedule an online appointment with Robyn HERE. Many areas of the country are still in quarantine, or on lock down. Many areas of the nation are opening up. There has been a lot of uncertainty and anxiety surrounding the many events of 2020; and, on…
Gottman’s 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse Comedy
This amazing comedy skit acts out scenes referring to examples of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse created by American Scientist John Gottman. John Gottman spent 40 years in science labs with couples to research and understand many things about sexuality. From his research, John Gottman developed 4 styles of communication that lead…
Body Dysmorphia in Gay Porn
Body Dysmorphia In Gay Porn By: Taylor Spaziani Tayte Hanson is a gay man who is involved in the adult film industry as a performer and speaks openly about his diagnosis of body dysmorphic disorder. In Tayte’s Vice article (2017), he explains that his body realistically is incredibly athletic and fit. He is 5’9”, 160…
GTK (Getting to Know) Katherine Van Noy
Respark Therapist, Katherine Van Noy is a sex therapist in Denver, Colorado. Katherine is a board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). She has experience seeing Sex Therapy clients throughout the state of Colorado in online therapy. Originally from Austin, Texas, Katherine now enjoys the best of both states. Here is an interview with her about some…
The Death of Eros: An Interpretation of Esther Perel’s Mating in Captivity
The Death of Eros: An Interpretation of Esther Perel’s Mating in Captivity By Katherine Van Noy, MSN, PMHNP-BC Sex with a new partner… the ultimate journey through space and time, like a rocket ship blasting through an infinite star system of colors, boldly traveling through that which we have not experienced before – another being’s…
GTK (Getting to Know) Respark Denver Couples and Sex Therapist, McKenna Paulson
Respark Couple’s Therapist, McKenna Paulson, LPCC is one of our couples and sex therapist in Denver. McKenna also has experience seeing Sex Therapy clients throughout the state of Colorado in online therapy. Here is an interview with her about some of her influential media resources that has helped her become one of the best sex therapists…
Making Kink COVID-19 Friendly
Our Clinical Director and Founder of Respark, Heather McPherson LMFT-S, LPC-S, CST was recently invited by Certified Sex Therapist and Psychologist, Dr. David Ley to contribute to an article that helps people learn how to engage in BDSM or kink during the Covid -19 Pandemic. Finding safe communities and kink knowledgeable therapists Kinksters often face…
Rethinking Infidelity
Why do we cheat? Why do happy people cheat? What does infidelity mean to you? Why do we always think that Men cheat out of boredom and fear of intimacy, but women cheat out of hunger and desire for intimacy? Esther Perel has been working with couples for 20+ years, and has seen many couples…