Robyn Flores’s Tips & Tricks For All Things Sex Therapy

What is the #1 reason that you find that individuals, (or couples) seek out Sex Therapy?  The #1 reason I see individuals and couples seek out Sex Therapy is not usually the reason they think they are seeking out Sex Therapy!  It’s the lack of congruent, supportive, and reflective communication and non-defensive listening that are…

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Top Three Benefits of Online Therapy

Top Three Benefits of Online Therapy By Clinical Manager Taylor Spaziani  Through the season of covid-19, the pandemic rocked most of our worlds transforming a lot of our daily lives to an online format. School, work, doctors appointments, therapy appointments, all of our personal worlds are now being accessed from our computer screens at home.…

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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…

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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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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…

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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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5 Signs it’s Time to See a Respark Certified Sex Therapist

As Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, we learn in our training that it can take couples on average 7 years to get help. This is similar to how long it may take to start sex therapy, although sometimes it might take even longer! Don’t make the same mistake. Sure, it can be nerve racking to…

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Helpful Books and Podcasts from Respark Therapist, Zanna Haney Stevanovic

Sexual Education Resources that Influenced me in Becoming a Sex Therapist By: Zanna Haney Stevanovic M.A., LPC-Intern, Supervised by Heather McPherson M.A., LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST  One of the questions I often get asked is why I decided to become a therapist, and even more so why I decided to become a sex therapist in Texas.  How…

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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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