You are not here to fix yourself.

You are here to remember who you are.

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Hi, I’m Paula Tursi

—a hypnotherapist, spiritual counselor, movement teacher and the creator of Life Design and The Shift, spaces for transformation to rediscover your wholeness.

For more than 35 years, I have helped people see the pattern beneath the problem, reach the parts of themselves that insight alone may not change, and build a life from a more grounded and conscious place.

If you have done the work, gained the insight, and still find yourself returning to the same fears, relationships, or self-sabotaging patterns, you are not failing. There may simply be a deeper part of you asking to be heard.

Let’s chart a course toward the life you’re meant to live—one step, one moment, one breath at a time.

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You may already know what needs to change.

Knowing is not always enough.

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Perhaps you understand where your patterns began. You can name the wound, recognize the trigger, and even hear the old story while it is happening.

And still, something in you returns to it.

That is because lasting change rarely happens through the thinking mind alone. Our beliefs live in the unconscious. Our histories live in the body. And beneath them both is something deeper: the steady, wise part of you that has never been broken.

My work brings these parts together.

Through spiritual counseling, hypnotherapy, hypno-meditation, embodied movement, and carefully supported journey work, I help you separate what is happening now from what an older wound has taught you to expect. Then we turn that awareness into choices that reflect who you are now—not only what happened to you then.

This integrated approach is the foundation of all my work.

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A Whole-Person Approach to Lasting Change

Spiritual Counseling & Deep Self-Study
We begin by listening beneath the surface. Together, we explore the beliefs, protective patterns, relationships, and old identities that may be shaping your choices without your awareness. The goal is not endless analysis. It is truth, clarity, and the freedom to choose differently.
Hypnotherapy & Hypno-Meditation
Insight can show us the pattern. Working with the unconscious can help us change our relationship to it. Hypnotherapy and hypno-meditation create a bridge between the conscious and unconscious mind, making space for new possibilities, greater self-trust, and more intentional ways of living.
Loving YOU Yoga & Functional Movement
The body is not an afterthought in the healing process. It is where we experience safety, strength, vitality, and belonging. Loving YOU Yoga combines functional movement, resistance work, yoga, and breath to help you feel stronger, more resilient, and more at home in yourself—especially as you move through midlife and beyond.

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Where You Are

Private Counseling & Hypnotherapy

For individuals and couples who are ready to understand the deeper patterns affecting their relationships, work, parenting, spiritual life, or sense of self.

Our work is compassionate, practical, and deeply personal—but it is not passive. I listen beneath the immediate story, reflect the patterns I see, and help you distinguish present-day truth from the fears and protective responses shaped by the past.

Available online and in person in New York City.

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Journey Preparation & Integration

For those considering or integrating a psychedelic or other profound healing experience, thoughtful support matters.

I offer grounded preparation and integration to help you clarify your intention, approach the experience with care, and translate what emerges into meaningful change in your daily life.

This work does not replace medical or psychiatric care.

Available in person in New York City and Upstate New York.

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Life Design Membership

Life Design is an ongoing online meditation, movement, and personal-growth membership for people who want consistent practice, meaningful teaching, and a warm community.

Through live hypno-meditation, Loving YOU Yoga, coaching, workshops, and an extensive practice library, you will have ongoing support for your mind, body, and inner life.

You do not have to do everything. You simply have to begin where you are.

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The Shift: A Year of Deep Change

The Shift is my most immersive program: a year-long, high-touch experience for people who are ready to make meaningful change across the most important parts of their lives.

This is not simply a course to watch. It is a guided process of uncovering the unconscious patterns that have shaped you, learning to work with your mind in a new way, and bringing a deeply personal vision into lived reality.

The Shift asks for commitment. In return, it offers close support, sustained practice, and the time required for change to become more than a passing insight.

The Shift is coming soon.

"I thought I had seen it all when it came to self-help, but this experience has given me an entirely new perspective—and a whole new toolbox."

I have been in therapy for many years and have certainly made progress and felt "better." However, after a significant relationship ended, I realized I needed a different kind of support—my existing tools weren’t enough to get me through it. That’s when I was referred to Paula, and she has truly helped me transform on what feels like a cellular level.

I have never felt more like myself—I finally understand who I am. Paula is like a tutor; she sits with you and helps untangle the thoughts and emotions you once believed were just the way things had to be. I feel incredibly fortunate to have her in my life, and I cannot express enough gratitude for her work.

I thought I had seen it all when it came to self-help, but this experience has given me an entirely new perspective—and a whole new toolbox. In fact, this work doesn’t feel like self-help; it feels like having someone guide you to truly understand yourself and what you want from your time on this earth.
— M.C.
"The ‘aha’ moments felt natural and guided—without the usual pressure of “Why isn’t this changing?” Instead, I’ve started to trust myself more."

I met Paula at one of the most challenging moments of my life—because isn’t that when the biggest changes happen? Traditional therapy wasn’t working anymore, and the critical voice that had always pushed me forward was now paralyzing me with anxiety.

Working with Paula for the past six months has felt like fast-tracking my personal growth. Her words resonate deeply, the way she reframes things just makes so much sense (which I need! ), and I can truly feel the shifts happening. She encourages me, pushes me when necessary, and calls me out with the utmost compassion. For the first time in my life, I feel truly seen and heard for who I am.

What amazed me most was how quickly Paula understood the patterns in my personality and life that were holding me back. The ‘aha’ moments felt natural and guided—without the usual pressure of “Why isn’t this changing?” Instead, I’ve started to trust myself more.

I wholeheartedly recommend Paula to anyone ready to change their life in the most meaningful and transformative way.
— M.A.
“She shined a light on a path I couldn’t see for myself,”

My life would be drastically different had I not met Paula. She shined a light on a path I couldn’t see for myself, and with her penetrating wisdom and boundless support, helped guide me towards a life that is authentic, magical, and uniquely my own.
— R. R.
"Paula has offered such a bright star and compass point in my development as both a human and a psychologist."

“I have been so lucky to work with Paula for the last 20 years in a variety of capacities - yoga teacher, meditation teacher, individual counselor/coach, and satsang leader. Paula’s incredible clarity, pragmatism and grounded positivity around some of the most nuanced, complex, and life-affirming physical, psychological and spiritual principles have truly offered such a bright star and compass point in my development as both a human and a psychologist. I would be so excited for anyone who can find their way into her orbit and have her guidance in making sense of things on all levels.”
— G.O.
"She literally brought me back to life, to love and to myself!"

"I met Paula when I was in a very dark place in my life, and she literally brought me back to life, to love and to myself! Since then, Paula has been coaching me through some very big transitions in my personal and professional life and I could not have navigated through these changes with as much honesty, grace and love without her help."
— N. H.
"Paula is richly intuitive and at the same time, pragmatic in her guidance."

"Paula is richly intuitive and at the same time, pragmatic in her guidance. The depth of her tremendous presence helps me explore the patterns of my conscious and unconscious mind, but also speaks to the heart of the matter. I leave our sessions feeling heard, grounded and clear."
— R. M.
"Her wisdom, compassion, guidance and love saved me in so many ways."

Paula was a gift to me from the universe. Working with her WILL change you in big ways or small ways. But always in what matters on your journey. I don’t know where I would be without her. Her wisdom, compassion, guidance and love saved me in so many ways. I owe lifetimes of gratitude. I hope and imagine you will feel the same.
— M.B.
"She has skillfully distilled the essence of my thoughts, often revealing insightful truths that, while challenging, are fundamental to understanding myself."

I have had the privilege of working with Paula in several capacities, and each experience has been enriching. As a counselor, Paula is an exceptional listener, carefully considering my words on multiple levels. She has skillfully distilled the essence of my thoughts, often revealing insightful truths that, while challenging, are fundamental to understanding myself.
Beyond counseling, we have also collaborated in yoga and meditation. Paula consistently brings thought-provoking philosophical perspectives to these disciplines, enhancing my practice and deepening my understanding. She has the ability to bring together diverse concepts and practices in a unique and thoughtful way.
I look forward to continuing our work together and exploring her other offerings, further insights and growth that her guidance generously provides.
— A.R.

Begin Where You Are

You do not need to have the whole path mapped out.

Sometimes the next chapter begins with something much smaller: a question you are finally willing to ask, a pattern you are ready to see, or one quiet moment in which you admit that the life you are living no longer feels like your own.

That is enough.

We can begin there.

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