1:1 Zoopharmacognosy Sessions
A natural, animal-led way to support your companion’s emotional and physical wellbeing from the comfort of your home.
What This Session Offers
This is a fully guided online Zoopharmacognosy consultation where your dog or cat is given the opportunity to choose the botanicals they need to support their own wellbeing.
Using a curated sample sized selection of essential oils, herbs and hydrosols, your companion is able to communicate, through their instincts, senses and behaviour, what will help them feel more balanced, grounded and at ease.
You and your animal remain at home, in a familiar, comfortable environment.
I guide you gently through the process on Zoom.
This work is suitable for both dogs and cats.
“Our anxious Dalmatian had a Zoopharmacognosy session with Rachel. Despite my scepticism, she selected essential oils and botanicals for her anxiety, urinary and digestive issues. Her digestion has improved, she’s less inclined to eat everything in sight, and the overall results and changes have been incredible”
How It Works
- You complete a questionnaire. You send me details about your animal along with a recent photograph
- Tailor-made botanical kit (if needed). If you don’t have botanicals at home, I create a personalised sample kit based on your animal’s needs and post it to you.
- We meet on Zoom. Because the session happens online, you are the one offering the botanicals. This allows your animal to relax fully in their own space and allows you to become an active part of the process.
- Your animal leads the way. I guide you so you can offer each botanical safely and sensitively, while sharing what I’m observing in your animal’s subtle signals, preferences and responses.
- You explore the aromatics too. I often invite you to smell or feel into a botanical your animal has chosen. Sometimes animals select extracts that support both guardian and animal, because you are part of their emotional world.
- You receive a recording. This helps you revisit the session, notice details you may have missed, and continue learning how to observe your animal’s signals at home.
A Deeply Holistic Approach
Zoopharmacognosy offers a truly holistic way to support our companion animals.
It recognises them as intelligent, emotionally aware beings capable of guiding their own healing process when given the opportunity.
Instead of making decisions on their behalf, we learn to:
- listen
- observe
- interpret their non-verbal language
- follow what they show us
Our role is to create the conditions where their innate instincts can come forward.
As you witness your animal responding to the botanicals, something shifts.
You begin to see them more clearly, their emotional landscape, their preferences, their sensitivities, and the subtle ways they communicate.
And as your animal reconnects with their natural instinct to self-medicate, something awakens in you as well.
You become more attuned, more present, and more connected to what your animal is expressing through their body, energy behaviour.
This becomes a shared experience that gently deepens your understanding and your relationship.
Who is this for?
This session is ideal for guardians who want a natural, animal-led and holistic way to support their companion’s wellbeing.
Common reasons for booking include:
- anxiety, stress
- sound sensitivity or firework worries
- fear-based behaviours
- changes in behaviour that feel confusing
- skin irritation or discomfort
- digestive issues
- end-of-life support
- bereavement or family changes
- introducing a new animal
- shifts in energy levels
- general wellbeing or proactive support
Some people come because something feels “off.”
Others come simply because they want to offer their animal the chance to access nature’s medicine in a supportive, guided way.
What People Are Usually Looking For?
Most guardians are seeking:
- a gentle, natural method that supports their animal from the inside out
- a deeper way of understanding their companion
- clarity around what their animal is showing them
- support that feels collaborative and accessible
- a way to help without guessing or hoping
They want to learn how to offer botanicals confidently and in a way that honours their animal’s choices and pace.
What You May Notice After a Session
For the animal:
- deep relaxation
- reduced anxiety
- improved sleep
- softening of reactive or fear-based behaviours
- increased confidence
- physical comfort
- clearer emotional balance
- processing that continues gently over several days
For the guardian:
- a deeper connection with your companion
- a sense of clarity and relief
- confidence offering botanicals at home
- a new understanding of your animal’s emotional world
- more awareness of subtle signals and communication
One of the most powerful aspects of this work is that it gives animals a way to show us what they need from nature’s medicine cabinet.
Their selections can reveal underlying emotional or physical patterns discomfort, digestive tension, muscular tightness, overstimulation that may not be immediately obvious.
It removes guesswork and replaces it with a collaborative process that feels grounded and clear.
What Sets My Approach Apart
I work in a way that includes you just as much as your animal.
Because sessions happen on Zoom:
- your animal stays relaxed in their own home
- there’s no added stimulation or pressure
- you learn how to offer safely and sensitively
- you become part of the communication
- you develop the awareness to continue the process yourself
My approach is not about telling you what to do.
It’s about guiding you so you can observe, understand and support your animal in a way that feels natural and empowering.
This work is not mystical. It’s rooted in instinctive self-medication behaviours animals have used since the beginning of time.
Domesticated animals simply no longer have access to the range of plants they would choose in the wild.
Our role is to bring the botanicals to them, and let their senses do the rest.
What’s Included
Zoopharmacognosy Consultation — £125
(You bring your own botanicals)
Consultation + Tailor-Made Botanical Kit — £165
(For those who need botanicals provided)
Each session includes:
- 60–75 minute guided Zoom consultation
- tailored botanical selection (if purchasing the kit option)
- real-time interpretation of your animal’s responses
- guidance on how to continue offering
- session recording
- email access for any follow-up questions
- Follow-up sessions are available if needed.
Ready to Begin?
If you’d like to support your animal in a way that honours their natural intelligence and helps them feel balanced, understood and deeply supported, I’d love to work with you.
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