JENNIFER HUDSON
M.Ed. | REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER
JENNIFER HUDSON (she/her)
calming + empathetic + compassionate.
There are seasons of life when you can feel a little unlike yourself.
You may be sleeping badly, feeling more anxious or scattered than usual, carrying too much for too long, or noticing that the ways you have always managed things just aren’t working quite as well anymore. Relationships change. Families change. Bodies change. Careers shift. Sometimes several things seem to happen at once.
Jennifer works with adults navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, burnout and major life transitions. With nearly 20 years of experience, her approach is warm, collaborative and practical, with space for both understanding what is happening and figuring out what might actually help.
She has a particular interest in supporting people through perimenopause and menopause, a stage that can bring changes to sleep, mood, identity, relationships and the nervous system alongside the physical changes we tend to hear more about.
Jennifer is interested in a different conversation about this period of life. One that recognizes the difficulty without treating change or aging as something inherently negative. There can be grief here, but also perspective. A clearer sense of what matters. Sometimes even the possibility of beginning again in a way that feels more like yourself.
Her work may draw from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT for insomnia, EMDR, mindfulness and nervous system regulation. As a longtime yoga teacher, Jennifer also brings an understanding of breath, movement and the relationship between what we experience emotionally and what we feel in the body.
Jennifer has extensive experience supporting people who have lived through trauma, including childhood trauma, violence and intimate partner violence. EMDR may be incorporated when appropriate, alongside a trauma-informed approach that moves at a pace that feels manageable.
She often works especially well with sensitive, thoughtful and creative people, but there is no particular age, gender or life stage required. Her practice includes adults across the lifespan who may be feeling anxious, depleted, stuck in old patterns, navigating a difficult relationship or simply trying to understand why they no longer feel quite like themselves.
Therapy with Jennifer is not about having everything neatly figured out before you arrive. It is a place to make sense of what is happening, reconnect with some of the wisdom you may have lost sight of, and find a way forward that fits the person you are now.