Healing Mind, Body and Spirit
Zen’n’ish® | Loam Kaya™ offers inclusive virtual therapy for individuals, couples and constellations in Illinois, South Carolina, Vermont, and Idaho.
The Breathing Earth | 24/7 Meditation Soundscape ASMR
Whether you’re seeking support for depression and anxiety or hoping to deepen intimacy and communication in your relationships, we provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore, grow, and heal from wherever you are.
Zen'n'ish® is an informed LGBTQIA+ welcoming and kink-positive practice where everyone is truly welcome.
Clinical Therapy & Mental Health Wellness with Dr. KiKi
Dr. LaKisha Hudson (Dr. KiKi) is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Clinical Supervisor (IL), AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST), Trained EMDR Therapist, Usui System Second Degree Reiki Practitioner, Trained Sound Therapist, Registered Child Forensic Interviewer (RCFI), Certified Clinical Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Life Coach and CEO for Zen'n'ish, LLC.
Dr. KiKi works with adults, couples, and constellations in Illinois, South Carolina, Vermont, and Idaho.
My Specializations
Clinical Therapy
Evidence-based support blending Mindfulness-Based CBT, Positive Psychology, and an eclectic therapeutic approach to help you navigate life’s challenges with clarity and resilience.
Sex & Intimacy Counseling
Support for couples, individuals, and constellations who want to strengthen communication, rebuild connection, and deepen emotional and physical closeness.
Sex Therapy
A safe, professional space to address sexual concerns, reduce shame, and explore healthier, more satisfying sexual experiences.
Kink-Positive Counseling
Affirming, judgment-free support for exploring kink, BDSM, and alternative relationship dynamics with clarity, safety, and confidence.
My Modalites
Clinical Therapy
Evidence-informed, trauma-responsive psychotherapy that is both clinically grounded and deeply human.
Sound Therapy
Vibrational healing using sound and frequency to calm the nervous system, release tension, and restore inner harmony.
Cyclical Gardening Therapy® (CGT)
Created by Dr. KiKi, CGT is a holistic, eco-somatic framework that uses the rhythms of nature to guide emotional healing, growth, and internal restoration.
Clinical Rehabilitation
Therapeutic support focused on rebuilding emotional, cognitive, and functional wellbeing after stress, injury, or major life disruption.
Reiki
Gentle, energy-based healing that promotes balance, relaxation, and emotional grounding.
Resilience in Bloom
A Nature-Based Approach to Empowerment in Therapy
“One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.”
Buddha
Events & Professional Services
Professional Services
Registered Child Forensic Interviewer (RCFI)
Wedding Officiant
Registered Public Notary (SC)
These services are available by request for individuals, families, and community partners seeking trusted, professional support.
Coming Soon at Zen’n’ish®
Stay tuned for a growing menu of experiences designed to nourish both the individual and the collective, including:
Relationship work sessions and workshops
Holistic wellness workshops and retreats
Panels, seminars, and symposiums
Professional development and supervision-focused trainings
Webinars and virtual learning spaces
Conferences and convention presentations
Speaking & Collaboration
Dr. LaKisha “KiKi” Hudson is available for guest speaking and panel conversations on mental health, sensual and erotic wellbeing, grief, burnout, and holistic wellness.
If you are interested in booking KiKi or collaborating on an event, you are welcome to reach out for more details.
The Breathing Earth Meditation Space
A 24/7 livestream soundscape for calm, healing, and inner journeys.
Whether you drop in for a few mindful breaths or stay for a full sound journey under the stars - you are always welcome here.
The space stays open. The sound keeps moving.
And yes, we’ll keep the light on for you.
Zen'n'ish® Podcast
Speaking Engagements & Presentations
Speaker:
American Counseling Association | 2026 Ethics of Counseling Virtual Summit
Ethical Allyship in Telehealth: Grounded Care with LGBTQIA+ Clients
The American Counseling Association Ethics of Counseling Virtual Summit is a national professional development event designed for clinical supervisors, counselor educators, and mental health professionals working in agency, school, academic, and private practice settings.
Telehealth expands access to care, but it also concentrates ethical and legal risk. This skills-focused session equips counselors to practice ethical allyship with LGBTQIA+ clients while safeguarding privacy, dignity, and licensure in digital environments. Participants examined common high-risk moments in telehealth practice and translate ACA ethical principles into practical, immediately usable workflows. Topics included identity-affirming informed consent language, intake practices that honor names and pronouns, session-by-session location checks, and documentation strategies that meet legal and payer requirements without unnecessary disclosure. Through brief case drills, participants applied a structured telehealth risk audit, planned responses to subpoenas and records requests, and evaluated digital platforms and messaging systems to prevent inadvertent outing or harm. The session emphasized grounded, ethical care that reduces risk while elevating clinical practice.
Domestic Violence Awareness Speaker:
Northeast Conference Branch Women’s Missionary Society Breast Cancer & Domestic Violence Virtual Observance 2025
Hidden Hurts, Silent Strengths: Understanding Harm, Supporting Healing
Domestic violence reaches far beyond the walls where it occurs — touching emotional, spiritual, and communal wellbeing. This presentation created space to name the often-hidden realities of abuse, shift the focus from judgment to safety, and deepen our understanding of how compassion becomes intervention. Through trauma-informed awareness, participants were encouraged to recognize the many forms domestic violence can take, why leaving is not always safe or immediate, and how to support survivors without causing unintentional harm. The message brought attendees back to dignity, voice, and healing — affirming that awareness is a pathway to restoration, not resignation.
"Not only was this presentation informative, it gave us resources and actionable steps to implement starting today."
~ Session Attendee
Speaker:
American Counseling Association | 2025 Supervision in Counseling Summit
Supervision as Soil: Applying Cyclical Gardening Therapy® to Grow the Whole Counselor
The American Counseling Association Supervision in Counseling Virtual Summit is a national professional development event designed for clinical supervisors, counselor educators, and mental health professionals working in agency, school, academic, and private practice settings.
In this session, participants are introduced to Cyclical Gardening Therapy® (CGT)—a holistic, nature-based framework adapted for clinical supervision. Drawing from the natural stages of plant growth, CGT offers a nourishing model for supporting supervisee development through reflection, pruning outdated patterns, cultivating strengths, and harvesting professional insight. This approach encourages deeper emotional regulation, ethical grounding, and self-awareness—especially valuable when supervising neurodivergent clinicians or those at risk of burnout. Attendees explore how to incorporate CGT’s seasonal metaphor into supervision meetings, evaluations, and documentation.
"My goodness, what a wonderful, metaphor-rich and encouraging presentation! Not only are you a wonderful, patient and informative speaker, but your wisdom and richness of creativity and encouragement is abundant! I really appreciate the creative and nourishing approach to our work as supervisors, and your ability to teach and translate gardening and growth concepts into clinical supervisory concepts and behaviors is phenomenal! The cycling of the seasons, the phases of growth, and the encouragement to "blend it in" were helpful and dynamic. "Small organic insights" and "cultivating whole humans" are keepers! Thank ~ thank ~ thank you for such a thoughtful, kind and creative presentation."
~ Session Attendee
Publication:
American Counseling Association | Counseling Today Magazine, March 2025
Case Study: Gardening as Therapy: Cyclical Gardening Therapy can cultivate resilience and empowerment.
"This hypothetical, composite case study of Joseph illustrates how Cyclical Gardening Therapy can offer a unique, nature-based approach to emotional growth and resilience.
By combining gardening with journaling and intention setting, Joseph experienced the powerful effects of self-nurturing and reflection. For mental health professionals, this case underscores the potential for integrating nature-based and reflective practices to create a synergistic and holistic horticultural therapeutic process that fosters empowerment and personal transformation.
Co-Presenter:
DoDEA Wide Student Support Services Summit
DoDEA Europe West: BSEL Through a Collaborative Lens
This week long summit held in Georgia focused on the awesome work of all Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools' Student Support Services team leaders worldwide. It was informative, inspirational and gave clear, forward thinking next steps in order to continue to educate, engage, and empower military-connected students to succeed in a dynamic world.
In this session, participants met the DoDEA Europe West Student Support Services team and listened as we discussed how we collaborated and aligned student support services through an MTSS lens to break down previous barriers to providing services to students. The team discussed providing behavioral, social and emotional learning (BSEL) from the school-wide services, of which a Comprehensive School Counseling Program is an integral component, to the individual student while describing the roles of the school counselor, school psychologist, and special educators.
Keynote Speaker:
1st Annual Illinois Association for Couples and Family Counseling Conference | Nourishing Families in Crisis: From Devastation to Unification
S.U.G.A.R., We Can Get Through This: Creating a space for families to heal and learn to thrive
As therapists and counselors, we know how important it is to create a safe, supportive space for our clients as they work through their individual therapeutic journeys. The same need for acceptance, understanding and sustained healing holds true when working with families. Within family therapy sessions lies an opportunity to listen deeply and increase each family member’s capacity for creating stronger bonds while working on the deeper issues that can tear them apart. Acknowledging all voices within a family and helping them heal together – something we excel at in the counseling profession – opens up doors of knowledge that foster resilience and ultimately allow families to learn how to thrive despite any tumultuous life circumstances they may encounter. This presentation will be a re-centering in and reminder of the framework we need to provide in order for every other aspect to align and fall into place.
"Loved the sugar!! You are amazing."
~ Session Attendee
Co-Presenter:
Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology: Exploring Developmental Models and Transformative Practices Weekend Course
This 2-day workshop for counselors, therapists and other practitioners explored the integration of spirituality and transpersonal psychology in therapy and self-of-the-therapist. Participants examined transpersonal development models and the therapist’s role in facilitating the meaning-making process, as well as how this process might help clients cultivate their own spirituality through adverse experiences. Furthermore, this workshop discussed and explored the clinician’s spiritual identity and self-of-the-therapist transpersonal practices; to include Cyclical Gardening Therapy.
6 CEUs
"The material was presented clearly and piqued my interest and curiosity to learn more!"
~ Workshop Participant
International Liaison: Sofia University
An alumni ambassador is, by its very definition, a representative of Sofia University to its community. While alumni and friends understand the reputation and long traditions of SOFIA, those not connected with the University may only have the alumni ambassador on which to base their opinions. As an ambassador volunteer leader, Dr. KiKi puts the University’s best foot forward and touts all of the amazing facets of Sofia University all over the globe.
Expert: Schutz American School's interviews for independent unit of Inquiry Exhibition.
Dr. KiKi served as an expert for Schutz American School's students to interview for their independent unit of Inquiry Exhibition. Expert in the field of mental health/self-expression.
"Dear Dr. LaKisha, We want to thank you for taking time to answer our questions. The information you gave us really helped us with our exhibition project. Thank you so much!"
~Schultz American School Students
Panelist: The Conway- Horry County MLK Planning Committee 42nd Annual MLK Weekend of Celebration
The Conway-Horry County MLK Planning Committee hosted the 42nd Annual MLK Weekend of Celebration. This broadcast is the finale event featuring a social topics forum.
Dr. KiKi served as one of the expert panelist and spoke on children and adolescents and protecting and supporting their mental health during these challenging times.
"You were amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your brilliance."
~ Conway-Horry County MLK Planning Committee