How Respark® Therapy Was Created

By Respark | September 14, 2020 |

Timeline of events For Respark Founder, Heather Mcpherson.  2011: Heather launched a private practice in Austin, Texas. -A solo private practice 2012: The private psychotherapy practice became a group practice and was renamed Respark® Therapy and Associates in Austin, Texas. 2013: Group Practice in Austin grows to 8 clinicians. 2015: Heather launches Sexual Health Alliance providing much-needed…

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The Death of Eros: An Interpretation of Esther Perel’s Mating in Captivity

By Respark | August 18, 2020 |

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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Is monogamy really possible? Or is it just not natural?

By Respark | June 17, 2020 |

On an episode of Dr. Phil in 2012, Dr. David Ley appeared to discuss sexual desire and monogamy. Dr. David Ley explained a huge component of attraction, facial symmetry. Women are more attracted to people with facial symmetry, as our brains analyze symmetry as having good DNA to reproduce with.  Dr. Phil asked David Ley,…

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GTK Respark Therapist, Evelyn Hill

By Respark | June 15, 2020 |

Today we are Getting To Know (GTK) Respark therapist, Evelyn Hill. Evelyn took a different path to being a couple and sex therapist. She has always been fascinated with sex and sexual identity and relationships, and how that manifests in different areas of life. She thought, “why don’t I help people with that? Why don’t…

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Influential Resources from Respark Therapist, Katie Green

By Respark | June 3, 2020 |

Respark Therapist, Katie Green is one of our couples and sex therapist in Austin. Katie also has experience seeing clients throughout the state of Texas in online therapy. Here are some of her influential media resources that have helped her along in her journey to becoming one of the best sex therapists in Austin. Some books…

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Getting to Know Respark Therapist, Zanna Haney Stevanovic

By Respark | May 29, 2020 |

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 Power of Vulnerability – A Summary of Brene Brown’s TED Talk

By Respark | May 11, 2020 |

  by Taylor Spaziani – Respark’s Clinical Manager & Intake Specialist  Brene Brown is what she calls a “researcher-storyteller,” and in her Ted Talk “The Power of Vulnerability,” she discusses her 6-year research on vulnerability. As a social worker, Brene was always told to lean into the discomfort of her work, but she wants to…

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How The Concepts of “Sex Addiction” and “Porn Addiction” are Failing Our Clients

By Respark | April 21, 2020 |

Our founder, Heather McPherson, LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST collaborated and contributed on a journal article published in the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists’ Magazine, The Therapist, in their September/October 2016 issue. The article is entitled How The Concepts of “Sex Addiction” and “Porn Addiction” are Failing Our Clients.   Contact us to schedule an appointment 512-537-0922.   Next…

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What Makes Respark Therapy Unique?

By Respark | April 20, 2020 |

What makes Respark unique? by Jehree Anderson and Heather McPherson Respark is a therapeutic group practice with offices in Denver, Colorado and Austin, Texas. We see clients from all different corners of those states through online therapy.  Our couples therapists, individual therapists, and sex therapists are all down to earth, easy to talk with and…

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