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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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Table of Contents 1. What Is EMDR Therapy? EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s. EMDR helps clients reprocess distressing memories that are “stuck” in the brain, which can cause persistent anxiety, flashbacks, or emotional triggers. Unlike traditional talk therapy, EMDR works directly […]

Virtual EMDR trauma therapy session with Denver therapist Sheila Trabelsi

Trauma Therapy in Denver: Understanding EMDR vs Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

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Discover the difference between EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) with Seattle trauma therapist Sheila Trabelsi. Learn how both help process trauma, the science behind them, which may fit your needs, and how intensives can speed results.

Seattle trauma therapist guiding client through EMDR therapy in a calming office setting

EMDR vs ART: How These Powerful Trauma Therapies Help You Heal Faster in Seattle

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Discover how grief extends beyond death, especially in betrayal, divorce, addiction, and family estrangement. Denver-based therapy services at Path to Growth help you process invisible losses and find healing.

Grieving the Loss of Relationship

Grieving the Loss of a Relationship: Healing Betrayal, Divorce, and Estrangement

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Healing Through Grief and Loss Series Grief, in general, doesn’t follow a calendar so why would complicated grief? And yet, many people struggling with complicated grief find themselves haunted by a question they may not dare to ask aloud:“Why am I still not over it?” Maybe it’s been months or even years since your loss. […]

A solitary wave rises and curls under a cloudy sky, powerful and quiet, about to break on the shore—capturing both movement and stillness. Complicated grief

Complicated Grief: The Shame of “Still Not Over It”

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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 you care about.Maybe […]

Close-up of a woman holding a finger to her lips, symbolizing silence. The image includes the quote: “There is no grief like the grief that does not speak” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Grief Unspoken: When Loss Isn’t Validated by Society

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