Zoë Johnson, LPCC
Somatic Psychotherapist
Psychedelic Doula
Gently walking you home to yourself.
Psychedelic therapy, somatic work, and creative practice rooted in integrity, and real relationship.
A season for going deeper
Lately, most people I sit with are tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix.
There’s a sense of holding a lot — internally, relationally, collectively. Old strategies that once worked reliably are starting to feel strained. The pace of life feels faster. The nervous system feels fuller.
If that resonates, you’re not alone.
Sometimes it shows up as irritability.
Sometimes as grief or rage that has nowhere to go.
Sometimes as a quiet sense that something in you is ready to change.
There are seasons when the ground shifts beneath us.
When the outer world feels unstable, the deeper work becomes learning how to root.
I see this moment as one of those times.
And I don’t believe the answer is to push harder or transcend it all. I believe the answer is to build the capacity to stay.
To stay with your body.
To stay in difficult conversations.
To stay present with grief, desire, anger, longing.
To stay long enough for something real to shift.
what this work feels like
Imagine choosing a defined season of your life to tend what has been unattended.
Drawing from the principle of sadhana, we choose a season of intentional practice — a defined period where growth is not accidental, but supported.
For a period of time, you show up with commitment.
You commit to looking honestly.
You build practices that steady your nervous system.
You begin to recognize patterns as they arise — in your body, your relationships, your decisions.
During that time, we meet regularly. We build nervous system resilience. We untangle patterns at their roots. We integrate insight into daily life. We create structures that help change last.
This work may include psychotherapy, somatic exploration, breathwork, creative process, psychedelic assisted therapy or preparation and integration — depending on what your season calls for.
You are supported in slowing down enough to feel what is actually there.
You are challenged gently when you drift into old defenses.
You practice staying with yourself when things get uncomfortable.
But at its core, it is about learning how to inhabit your own life more fully.
Not because you forced it.
But because you gave yourself the consistent care and attention you deserve.
Grounded in the body. aligned through creativity.
In this work, we go deeper.
Insight matters. Language matters.
But much of what shapes us lives beneath words.
The body keeps its own record.
Experiences settle into breath patterns, muscle tone, posture, nervous system reflexes. Joy does. Grief does. Shock does. Love does.
When we slow down enough to notice sensation — without rushing to interpret it — the body begins to speak in a different way. Somatic work is the practice of listening there. Of meeting yourself through breath, movement, impulse, and felt sense.
If psychedelic work becomes part of your season, this foundation is essential. Expanded states amplify what is already present. A steady relationship with your body gives you something to return to — during preparation, during the experience itself, and long after.
Creative practice lives alongside this.
The word “psychedelic” means mind-manifesting. Creativity does something similar. It gives shape to what is internal — color to emotion, form to memory, movement to insight.
Before expanded-state work, creativity helps loosen rigid patterns and awaken curiosity. During integration, it becomes a bridge. Not everything meaningful can be explained. Some things need to be drawn, written, sounded, or built before they can be understood.
You don’t need to be an artist.
You only need a willingness to explore.
Body and creativity together create a way of working that is grounded, expressive, and deeply human.
If You’re Feeling The Pull
There are moments when we know it’s time.
Time to stop circling the same patterns.
Time to deepen.
Time to grow roots strong enough to hold what’s coming next.
If that’s where you are, I invite you to begin below…
Choose the doorway that feels most aligned with where you stand right now.
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