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A licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience in the field. I earned my B.S. in Psychology and Master’s in Counseling from Colorado State University and am the proud owner of Path to Growth Therapy and Trabelsi Coaching & Consulting.

I provide therapy for individuals and couples across Colorado and Washington, and mindset coaching and consulting services to clients worldwide. My specialties include grief, trauma, anxiety, life transitions, and relationship challenges. With a strengths-based, trauma-informed, and action-oriented approach, I help clients move beyond challenges and step into lasting healing and growth.

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Not all relationship advice deserves a place in your marriage. Learn which common advice actually strengthens connection, which depends entirely on your situation and which is fear disguised as wisdom, from an online therapist in Colorado.

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Relationship Advice: What to Keep, What to Question and What to Ignore

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Feeling numb or disconnected in your relationship? Explore what it means to be emotionally checked out, why it happens, and how online therapy services in Colorado can help you reconnect.

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Mentally Checked Out in Your Relationship? Here’s What It Means

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Not sure whether to separate or move toward divorce? Explore what a healthy trial separation looks like, the signs it might help (or hurt), and how couples or individual therapy can bring clarity to one of the hardest decisions a relationship can face.

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Should We Separate Before Deciding on Divorce?

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When only one partner is ready for counseling, progress is still possible. Discover why individual counseling matters, how personal growth can positively influence your relationship, and what steps to take when your partner isn’t ready yet.

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What If Only One Partner Wants Counseling? How Relationship Counseling Services in Colorado Can Help

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Table of Contents Part of the Healing Through Grief & Loss Blog Series Some grief come with casseroles, memorial services, and long embraces.Others… come with silence, shame, and questions you don’t dare ask out loud. Maybe the person you lost did something terrible, abused others, committed a violent crime, or caused real harm to people […]

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Grief Unspoken: When Loss Isn’t Validated by Society

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Breaking the Silence isn’t just about speaking—it’s about reclaiming power. For so many of us, silence has been a survival strategy: a way to stay safe, to avoid conflict, to not be “too much.” But healing begins when we give ourselves permission to tell the truth—first to ourselves, then to others. In that brave act of naming our experience, we start to break the shame, the stigma, and the stories that were never ours to carry. This blog is a space for those voices. A place where truth-telling is an act of liberation, and silence is no longer our only option.

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Breaking the Silence: Men’s Mental Health and Vulnerability

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Discovering your identity later in life comes with its own questions about timing, relationships, and intimacy. Explore what authenticity looks like for late bloomers and how therapy can support that journey.

Pride, Identity & Intimacy: Supporting Late Bloomers in Their Journey Toward Authenticity

Coming Out Later in Life: A Guide for Late Bloomers

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Summer offers a natural opportunity to reset—but without some intention, it can easily slip into chaos or missed opportunities.

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Embracing Summer: Balancing Productivity and Mental Well-being

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Table of Contents In our hustle-heavy culture, it’s easy to confuse working hard with overworking. Especially for professionals in high-stress careers, executives, therapists, healthcare workers, lawyers, founders and leaders the line between “high achiever” and “burned-out machine” often gets blurred.As someone who works with high-performing individuals, I often see clients who pride themselves on their […]

Are You a High Achiever or Just Running on Overdrive? The Hidden Cost of Working Like a Machine

Are You a High Achiever or Just Running on Overdrive? The Hidden Cost of Working Like a Machine

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PREPARE FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY TOWARDS Healing, SELF-DISCOVERY, AND GROWTH