At Willow Wise Therapies we are dedicated to enabling animal companions to be the champion of their animal’s health care.
We believe that you, the animal companion who knows your animal’s quirks like the back of your hand, have an as yet untapped knowledge that is just waiting to be revealed, and your animal can’t wait for you to join the conversation!
True healing and confident stewardship cannot be rushed, much like the journey into a deeper relationship with your animal.
Where the conventional healthcare path can often feel fragmented and hurried, confused and without direction, we have intentionally created a different way of journeying together to amplify your animal’s wellness.
As a dedicated micropractice, we provide the highly personalised, unhurried support and mentorship that is essential for uncovering your animal’s health story. We have created a space where your voice is heard, your observations are valued and you and your animal are respected as the essential leads in the decision-making process regarding the healthcare of your animal.
Your deep bond and intimate knowledge of your animal are the most powerful healthcare tools you have. Our work is not to replace your intuition, but to give it a structure and a voice. We are here to show you what you already know.
Our work is provided to you as a concierge-style membership, by application only. This is not about exclusivity; it is about your accessibility and ease of use. Our purpose is to make the heart of animal-centred healthcare clear and visible for you to be the Very Important Animal Companion (VIAC) that you are. You’ll know when you are there when:
- You have created space for your animal to have a voice in their own care, honouring their unique preferences.
- You are confidently orchestrating their entire care team, transforming disconnected advice into a single, coherent plan.
- You trust your own sensory information and observations, allowing you to make informed decisions without overwhelm.
- You provide the daily safety and comfort your animal needs to live a happy, vibrant life.
- You connect with your animal in a way that provides the emotional stability and reassurance they need to thrive.
You hold deep experiential knowledge of your animal.
This knowledge, when properly channeled, gives you the power to deeply nourish, lead, and understand your beloved animal.
Your stepping stones to stewarding true health for your animal?
The Art of Stewardship, Made Clear:
The Willow Wise Therapies ReCIPE™
The purpose of our work is to create a powerful set of way markers so you can confidently guide your animal’s healthcare journey.
You create your ReCIPE™ in partnership with your animal by applying my proprietary process, The Liminal Keys™ and a three-part framework of health, The Coires of Health™, to your unique situation.
♥ Respect
♥ Coordination
♥ Information
♥ Physical Comfort
♥ Emotional Support
Move from confusion and uncertainty to living happily with your animal.
Your animal’s healthcare is so much more than a prescription, body work session, or a feed bag.
Gain Knowledge to Make
Informed Decisions
Rooted in Herbal Medicine
Optimize Your Animal’s Health
Who we help
This work is for horses, dogs and cats
— and for the human companion who knows them best.
Often the animal is doing something demanding. An assistance dog holding public access. A horse who competes, travels, or has been asked to change jobs. A working dog whose day is long. Sometimes the animal is ageing, chronically unwell, or moving through a passage — a retirement, a diagnosis, a loss in the household.
And you're the one holding their story: the repeated observations, the preferences that never show up in a clinic room and the knowledge what has already been tried, received, resisted or endured.
Meet the Veterinary Herbalist
Hullo, I'm Susan Johnson
You feel it. The chaotic scramble of coordinating your animal’s healthcare.
You are the one who listens to the quiet language of your animal. You feel their joy their discomfort and their deep and unspoken wisdom. You hold the profound, experiential knowledge of their world in your hands and you have a resolve to care for them in the best way that you can.
Yet you find yourself navigating a labyrinth.
The disconnected advice. The unanswered questions. The worry. It’s a journey that asks you to be more than just a loving companion. It requires you to be a strategic steward.
This is where my work began.
Willow Wise Therapies is built on a rare foundation, me.
I am forged by three decades of shaping complex systems. Seeing the entire maps of patterns and people. Transforming chaos into clear confident action.
I am also deeply rooted in the ancient wisdom of the earth. Fluent in the science of plants like Salix alba and Sambucus nigra and passionate about bringing the soul-stirring magic of wholistic healing to your animal companion.
In a time of fragmented care and conflicting advice where my own deep knowing felt lost in the noise. I needed a connection, a friend to help make sense of the chaos and a partnership that respected me for being me, but I didn’t know that I did. My animals, my mare Lakota and my assistance dog Isabella, were my guides back to myself.
Lakota grounded me in the strength and power of transformation.
Isabella mirrored my own nervous system, a constant, living reminder that true health resonates far beyond the physical.
They offered a knowing collaboration that allowed the merging of the two halves of my S-Elf.
They taught me the simple, profound truths at the heart of our shared lives:
♥ How to truly nourish and be nourished;
♥ How to lead and be led; and
♥ How to be understood and to understand.
This is the wisdom that sits at the heart of Willow Wise Therapies. It is the journey for profound and lasting transformation, this I learned from them.
A path that, I hope, we may walk together.