Who Am I?
Zoë Johnson, LPC, MBPT, cwhc
Psychedelic Doula
Welcome! I’m so glad to meet you.
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health and Art Therapy. I’m also a certified Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapist (MBPT), a Certified Wellness and Health Coach (CWHC), and a practitioner of Reiki, breathwork, and Yoga Nidra.
I show up in this work as a counselor, artist, psychedelic doula, and sun-seeking nomad—with a deep love for nature, mindfulness, creative expression, and embodied healing. These threads weave through everything I offer, grounded in a belief that transformation is not just possible, but natural—especially when we feel safe, seen, and connected.
My path has taken me through many healing roles: from coordinating care in clinical settings, to coaching women through cycles of change, to creating art as medicine, to sitting in deep presence with people navigating altered states of consciousness. All of these experiences inform the way I hold space: with compassion, curiosity, and a reverence for the wholeness that already lives within you.
You’re not broken, and you don’t need to become anyone else to heal. You get to arrive just as you are—and from there, we walk together.
what Exactly is a Psychedelic Doula anyway?
A psychedelic doula is someone who lovingly supports you through the full arc of a psychedelic journey—before, during, and after—with presence, care, and deep attunement. Just as birth and death doulas walk beside someone during profound life transitions, a psychedelic doula holds space as you move through the initiatory terrain of expanded consciousness, healing, and personal transformation.
This work is rooted in the understanding that psychedelic experiences can feel like emotional rebirths, ego dissolutions, or soul awakenings—and they deserve to be honored with the same tenderness, reverence, and support we offer other major life passages.
This is not therapy, nor is it shamanism—it is compassionate presence.
As a psychedelic doula, I walk with you—not to direct your path, but to help you feel held as you walk your own.
If you're curious about working together in this way, or want to learn more about how psychedelic doula support might fit into your healing path, I welcome you to reach out.
origins
My background is broad ranging – professionally I’ve done everything from organic farming and goat herding in the tropics to working (a soul-stealing) sales job in the corporate world. I’m a mom, a partner, an artist, have overcome excessive alcohol use, body dysmorphia and disordered eating. I’ve cared for babies, and elders, and folks at the end of life. Somehow, everything I’ve done – yes, even the goat herding – has been about relationships. We are in relationship with absolutely everything – the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the natural and social environments around us, what we do for a living, and of course how we relate to each other.
My experience in primary care and surgical patient coordination underscored the primacy of how we relate to one another. Witnessing individuals stranded, struggling against overwhelming medical bureaucracy at some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives hit a very deep nerve, my role here – in this walk of life – is that of a facilitator—someone to travel alongside you for a time, easing the burdens that feel too heavy, and offering support in setting them down when the time is right.
Psychedelic medicine is powerful medicine - in sensitive and skilled hands, it functions as accelerator to break through physical and emotional blockages in a radically efficient way, which, when not supported properly can cause figurative whiplash, disorientation, and potentially regression or worsening of the original issue.
This work is not inherently “safe”. It requires courage. You will be pushed to your limits, feel things you’ve had to avoid feeling - possibly for decades. You deserve an experienced, trauma-informed, seasoned, and compassionate facilitator at your side as you explore expanded states of consciousness to heal.
