Jada Hudson
Jada Hudson, M.S., LCPC, CADC is a clinically trained therapist based out of Sugar Grove, Illinois. She has her Master’s in Clinical Psychology and 20+ years of experience counseling men, women, children, and first responders. She specializes in first responder substance abuse, pediatric death, and trauma/PTSD.
Jada is a national trainer in first responder emotional wellness. She develops presentations for firefighters, law enforcement, nurses, dispatch, and other emergency workers, as well as for first responder leaders and counselors. She frequently publishes articles in first responder magazines. She has had the privilege of training groups including the Illinois State Police in Springfield, IL, the National Fire Academy, the Fire Department Instructor’s Conference (FDIC), and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS), along with countless fire and police department around the country!
She has done numerous ride-alongs with both firefighters and police and has received in-depth training in substance abuse, pediatric death, resiliency, and trauma/PTSD from some of the most respected leaders in the field of Clinical Psychology. Jada is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and has trained extensively in first responder substance abuse, including serving at a first responder inpatient recovery center. She worked in a hospital setting with terminally-ill children and has done extensive study in the field of pediatric death in first responder situations. Jada has heavily trained in first responder trauma and PTSD and uses the treatment endorsed by the Department of Defense known as Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to help first responders resolve trauma and heal.
She has earned her certification as a Recovery Coach from Governor’s State University and as a CADC (Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselor) from the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc. Jada has served with the Illinois Fire Service Institute’s Wellness Curriculum Committee, Operation Shattered Stars, Illinois Firefighter Peer Support, the Village of Sugar Grove Mental Health Board, and the Police Psychological Service Committee for the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police.
At her practice, Hudson Clinical Counseling, Jada currently serves patients experiencing anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, trauma, occupational stress, PTSD, grief/loss, divorce, cancer, and retirement/career transitions.
