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…

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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…

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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…

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The Secret to Desire in a Long Term Relationship

Esther Perel gave a TED talk a couple years ago that made her rather famous. She asks some poignant questions about relationships and desire which are listed as follows: Why does good sex so often fade, even for couples who love each other so much?  Can we want what we already have? Why is the…

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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…

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TMI to Happy Endings

Our Respark Founder, Heather McPherson LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST was recently interviewed in Bravo. The article was centered on Denis Richards disclosing personal details from happy endings to penis size and cheating. Below are a few questions Heather was asked by Bravo. How can you have a sexy long distance relationship? If you are in a…

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How to Stop Blaming in your Relationship

Brene Brown begins her video by asking, “How many of you when something goes wrong, you want to know who’s fault it is?”  One day, Brene was in the kitchen and dropped a full cup of hot coffee on the tile floor. It splashed all over her white pants and went everywhere. The first thing that…

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