| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dr Zoe Shaw |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | Born in February 1975. As of 2025, she is around 50 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 5 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | Black |
| Nationality | American |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Dr. Zoe Shaw is an American licensed psychotherapist, life and relationship coach, author, podcast host, and motivational speaker. She is also a mother of 5 children and a devoted wife of a Hollywood actor of 25+ years.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Dr Zoe Shaw was born in Nashville, Tennessee to young parents. Her father was a medical school student and her mom was a University student. Zoe’s father went back to residency and changed to psychiatry after being an ER doctor for many years.
- She grew up in rural Maryland among very little diversity. Her self-esteem suffered as she was trying to find her place in the world.
- She was curious about people and their behavior since she started “studying” psychology as 4 years old, sitting in her mom’s psychology class in college.
- Zoe mentions being quiet as a mouse while sitting in class and listening to her mom’s lectures about human behavior.
- She got pregnant at the age of 15 with her then-boyfriend. They decided to have an abortion but Zoe changed her mind at the last minute and decided to place her daughter for adoption.
- When her parents found out about her pregnancy, they placed Zoe in an unwed mother’s home saying that she would be a bad influence to her siblings. To her siblings they said that Zoe had a psychiatrist breakdown and had to be admitted to a psychiatrist hospital while to relatives they only said that she would be attending boarding school.
- After she gave up her adoption, her parents pretended the event never happened.
- After high school, Zoe traveled to Hollywood and met Stan Shaw, a movie actor who was 23 years her senior. They quickly got married and embarked on a new journey.
- They have five children together, one of whom has special needs.
Education, Career, Salary and Net Worth :
- Zoe first attended Smithsburg Senior High School. Then from 1994 to 1997, she earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degrees in Psychology from UCLA.
- From 1999 to 2005, Zoe completed a Psy.D. (Doctorate of Psychology) with a focus in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology.
- In 1999, she began her private practice in California where she spent 15 years in traditional psychotherapy practice.
- After that, she stopped traditional therapy and started to help women through her podcast, writing, speaking and advice column.
- The jump from her previous career to the present one was a risky one according to her. She had to develop writing and communication skills, find video platforms to host her client sessions, learn social media marketing and find speaking gigs and opportunities to write.
- She hosts her podcast called Stronger in the Difficult Places.
- Her advice column runs in The Grit and Grace Project women’s magazine.
- She authored the book “A Year of Self-Care: Daily Practices and Inspiration for Caring for Yourself.”
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Zoe’s mentioned that she wanted to be a nun when she was growing up even though she wasn’t raised as a catholic.
- She really enjoyed the Sound of Music growing up.
- She had her first two children while she was in the middle of her doctorate.
- Zoe got an athlete scholarship ride at UCLA and competed as a sprinter and hurdler.