Couples therapy in Fort Collins for partners navigating infidelity or betrayal, wanting better communication and connection, or feeling stuck and uncertain about whether to stay together.
Get practical, trauma-informed relationship support designed to help you understand what's happening beneath the conflict and determine what comes next.

WHEN SOMETHING HAS SHIFTED BETWEEN YOU

COUPLES THERAPY THAT ACTUALLY HELPS

You're both capable people. You've handled hard things before.
From the outside, your life might still look functional, even successful. But between you, something has shifted. Communication has broken down, conflict keeps looping without resolution, or something has happened that changed the foundation of trust within your relationship.

Maybe you're dealing with betrayal or infidelity. Maybe you've slowly become disconnected. Or maybe one of you is beginning to question whether the relationship can continue.

If you know something needs to change, couples therapy in Fort Collins can give you a structured place to start.

“Therapy that gets underneath the symptoms — not stuck, actually fixing them.”

This work is rooted in integrative relationship therapy and informed by Gottman, EFT, RLT, Imago, attachment, trauma, and sex therapy concepts.
You'll come away from sessions with something concrete — tools, frameworks, a clearer understanding of your relationship patterns, and greater confidence about what comes next.
For more information about the overall approach, explore couples therapy and discernment counseling

THIS WORK IS DESIGNED FOR

Some relationship struggles aren't only about communication. They can also involve trauma responses, fear, shame, attachment wounds, and old protection patterns that appear during conflict.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

Emotional Flooding or Shutdown

WHEN YOU’RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO

If you are not sure whether your relationship is worth saving, couples therapy is not the right starting place. Discernment counseling is.
It is not about fixing the relationship. It is about helping you both arrive at a clear, honest answer about whether you want to — and what the path forward looks like from there.

“In this relationship growth is necessary — if both the real question is whether relationship is the path to take.”

INFIDELITY AND BETRAYAL RECOVERY

Infidelity breaks the foundation of a relationship — not just the trust, but the story you both told yourselves about who you were as a couple.

The path through it, whether it leads to rebuilding or a conscious ending, requires more than time. It requires the right kind of support.

Path to Growth Therapy works with Fort Collins couples at every stage — the acute crisis, the long and messy middle, and the point where clarity finally starts to emerge.

FOR COUPLES WHO NEED TO MOVE FASTER

For Fort Collins couples who don’t want to spend months in weekly sessions slowly touching the things that actually matter, extended sessions and focused intensives offer a 2–3 day container to explore the core relational wounds, work into a dedicated block of time.

THERAPY IN FORT COLLINS

Path to Growth Therapy supports couples across Fort Collins and Northern Colorado who are ready to work through disconnection, betrayal, conflict, uncertainty, or major relationship transitions.

Sessions are available for couples seeking practical, honest, trauma-informed support.

Your Therapist

Sheila Trabelsi is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado with over a decade of experience working with individuals and couples. She specializes in trauma, relationship dynamics, and the complex relational challenges that often bring couples into therapy — communication breakdowns, emotional disconnection, and the impact of betrayal or infidelity.

Her couples work includes betrayal and infidelity repair, discernment counseling, and skills-based relationship therapy grounded in attachment theory, the Gottman Method, and Imago-informed approaches. She is a certified sex therapy informed professional and a couples infidelity repair specialist, bringing additional depth to work around intimacy, desire, sexuality, and relational repair — while honoring relationship diversity including LGBTQIA+, open, and polyamorous relationships.

Licensed Professional Counselor #11614 · Licensed Addictions Counselor #1162

She brings warmth and real clinical expertise to every session — and she is not afraid to go into the hard places where the real work happens.

Take the First Step

The first step is just a conversation.

Book a complimentary consult, share a bit about where things stand, and find out whether this is the right fit.

If you’re in Fort Collins or anywhere in Northern Colorado — reach out today.

Couples counseling in Fort Collins can support you with:

Attachment-based survival responses such as emotional flooding, shutdown, avoidance, or defensiveness during relationship stress.

Loss of Connection

Feeling emotionally disconnected from your partner or noticing that trust and closeness aren't what they used to be.

Communication Breakdown

Feeling misunderstood during conversations and stuck in conflicts that don't seem to resolve.

Betrayal & Relational Trauma

Living with the lingering impact of betrayal, infidelity, secrecy, or another rupture in trust.

Relationship Uncertainty

Feeling unsure whether to repair, pause, separate, or recommit to your relationship.