About Paula

Meet Paula Scatoloni, LCSW, SEP

Paula Marie Scatoloni is a visionary leader with over 30 years of experience at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, somatics, and contemplative healing arts. Her work weaves together modern science with ancient wisdom, offering a deeply integrative approach to transformation and embodiment.

Through decades of study and practice, Paula has cultivated a unique ability to support others in healing the mind, body, and heart. Her presence is both grounded and intuitive, shaped by a profound reverence for the complexity and beauty of the human experience.

Whether in the role of practitioner, intuitive sound healer, somatic coach, writer, or mentor, Paula brings a compassionate, embodied presence to each interaction. Below, you’ll discover how she bridges diverse disciplines to support personal and collective transformation.

About Paula

Meet Paula Scatoloni, LCSW, SEP

Paula Marie Scatoloni is a visionary leader with over 30 years of experience at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, somatics, and contemplative healing arts. Her work weaves together modern science with ancient wisdom, offering a deeply integrative approach to transformation and embodiment.

Through decades of study and practice, Paula has cultivated a unique ability to support others in healing the mind, body, and heart. Her presence is both grounded and intuitive, shaped by a profound reverence for the complexity and beauty of the human experience.

Whether in the role of practitioner, intuitive sound healer, somatic coach, writer, or mentor, Paula brings a compassionate, embodied presence to each interaction. Below, you’ll discover how she bridges diverse disciplines to support personal and collective transformation.

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ā€œI have come to understand that our body holds our deepest knowing of who we are and our authentic expression of ourselves. Our body holds our learned patterns from our experiences and is the bridge to understanding how consciousness affects healing.ā€

— Paula Marie Scatoloni

Paula's Story

I am a second-generation daughter of English and Italian immigrants, raised in Southern California during the 1970s and 1980s. From a young age, dance and music were my primary anchors - offering me a visceral understanding of the connection between embodiment and consciousness. I was born an empath, highly intuitive, yet without a framework for understanding these innate sensitivities. Like many, I navigated the complexities of developmental trauma and coped by creatively - and at times painfully - disconnecting from my body.

At the age of 13, when I stopped dancing, I entered a prolonged period of disembodiment, addiction, and disordered eating that lasted nearly a decade. It wasn’t until I moved to Hawai’i in my early adulthood that I began a profound journey of reconnection. Immersed in both Eastern and Western traditions, I explored consciousness through body-based therapies, 5Rhythms movement, women’s circles, Siddha Yoga, and traditional Sufi practices.


Over the years, I began to heal my inner wounds and deepen my connection to Source. I came to understand that we all carry suffering - and that healing is often about remembering who we truly are and reclaiming our purpose in this world.


After earning a Master’s in Social Work, I spent the next two decades studying how life experiences shape our ability to connect - with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. I devoted a decade to trauma-informed, body-based approaches in order to better understand how adversity and stress affect our biology, physiology, emotional patterns, relational dynamics, and even our creative and spiritual capacities.


Today, I see myself as a bridge between science and spirituality. I help translate what we often refer to as ā€œsymptomsā€ into a language that honors the soul’s evolution. My work invites individuals into a more expansive experience of being - through emotions, relationships, embodiment, and energetic awareness.


I have come to trust that the body holds the key to our deepest wisdom and truest essence. It carries our lived patterns and our potential - and serves as the bridge between consciousness and healing.


If you are on a path toward greater embodiment, meaning, and inner alignment, I invite you to
connect with me for a discovery call.

With warmth,


Paula

Mentor & Educator

Paula offers personal growth mentorship for professionals who are seeking to deepen their clinical presence and professional development through mind-body-spirit approaches. Her mentorship supports providers in expanding their capacity to hold space, refine their energetic presence, and integrate personal transformation into professional practice.
She is the co-creator of The Embodied Recovery Institute training program and helped develop an outpatient treatment program in collaboration with Dr. Anita Johnston, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon. Paula has also taught and led clinical teams at institutions such as Duke University and has been presenting at conferences and teaching both in-person and online since 2001. Her podcast, Transformative HarmonicsĀ®, serves as a bridge for those who are interested in holistic health and the emerging science of sound, somatics, and psychology.

Facilitator

Paula has been facilitating didactic and experiential workshops for over three decades, offering her work to professional audiences across clinical, academic, and healing arts settings. She brings a depth of expertise in human development, mindfulness, trauma-informed care, and authentic movement—seamlessly integrated with intuitive wisdom and a deep connection to Eastern perspectives and mystical traditions. Her teaching bridges science and spirit, inviting professionals into a more embodied, relational, and holistic way of practicing.

Healing Arts Practitioner

Paula has a natural affinity for working with sound, vibration, and movement as pathways for transformation. Her intuitive healing services are rooted in both ancient wisdom and contemporary science. She is trained in acoustic modalities, including Biofield TuningĀ®, Rest and Restore Program (RRP), and Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), and integrates these tools to support nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and expanded states of consciousness. Paula is a Master Holy FireĀ® III Reiki Pracitioner and teacher. Paula offers sound-based healing in both individual and group settings, creating spacious and attuned environments for growth, integration, and embodiment.

Guide

Paula holds a deep respect for ancestral perspectives and Wisdom teachings, honoring them as essential companions to modern healing. Her work supports individuals in reclaiming fragmented aspects of the psyche in the process of trauma resolution, while also guiding them toward deeper access to creativity, intuition, and dreamtime states. With a reverence for the earth and our place within the greater web of life, Paula is committed to restoring a reciprocal relationship with the natural world. In the sacred spaces she co-creates, she invites both ancestral healing and collective transformation to unfold.

Somatic Coach

As a certified Somatic ExperiencingĀ® Practitioner (SEP) since 2016, Paula brings a nuanced understanding of the nervous system and the physiology of stress and trauma. Her advanced training includes specialized models that address early relational imprints - such as BASE (Bodywork and Somatic Education),TEB, Transformative TouchĀ® , DARE (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning Experience), and somatic parts work. Paula skillfully integrates these modalities into both individual and group work to support deep healing and integration.

Writer

Paula is a passionate writer who shares weekly blog posts for curious minds seeking insight at the intersection of psychology, somatics, and spiritual growth. Her writing offers reflections, tools, and inspiration for those on a path of healing and personal transformation.

She has contributed to professional publications, including Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders, and is a featured provider in the book, Safe and Sound: A Polyvagal Approach to Connection, Change, and Healing. Paula is the lead author of the Somatic ExperiencingĀ® integration manual for the Safe and Sound Protocol (SE-SSP).

Paula’s written work bridges clinical wisdom with embodied insight, inviting readers into deeper layers of self-awareness and relational healing.

Credentials

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Safe and Sound Protocol Certified
Co-creator Embodied Recovery Institute
BASEā„¢ (Relational Bodywork and Somatic Education)
Transformative Touch (TEB)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Biofield TuningĀ® Practitioner
Holy FireĀ® III Reiki I,II, and Master Teacher
Certified Leven Institute, SYS Movement Teacher
Adjunct Faculty SW School, UNC & Smith School of Social Work

 

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