Paula Shaw

As a result of the work they are doing with me, clients are, improving their mental and emotional health and moving on with their lives. We get to the root of the emotional blocks, limiting beliefs, and problematic behaviors that are the underlying causes of their mental and physical problems.

But it doesn’t stop there. Insight and awareness, by themselves, aren’t enough to create change. You must have the movement piece. That’s where the Energy Psychology and other Mind/Body approaches are invaluable. They neutralize these underlying triggers so change can occur rapidly.

I have always believed that “Your issues show up in your tissues”…and I’m not just talking about the ones in your Kleenex box. Seriously, I’m talking about the ones in your body. I believe that all mental and physical illness has its origin in unresolved emotional issues… usually grief, from some form of loss.

For more than 25 years as a Life Transitions Therapist, I have been dedicated to helping people navigate the stress of Change and Challenge. I use mind/body tools and techniques to help people ease and eliminate stress, depression, anxiety, and the conditions they exacerbate like weight gain, relationship distress, career challenges, lack of energy, and self-destructive, addictive behavior.

I am also a Keynote Speaker and Talk Show Host on my own show, Change It Up Radio with Paula Shaw on The Answer AM 1170 and FM 96.1


I have degrees in Education and Communications from Long Beach State University, as well as graduate counseling credentials in Grief and Addictive Disorders, from Loyola Marymount University.

Please check out my three books: Chakras, The Magnificent Seven, Grief...When Will This Pain Ever End?, and my newly released, Saying the Right Thing When You Don’t Know What To Say.

I live in the San Diego area where I have a private practice at the California Institute for Human Science.