A B O U T K A T H I E
The clinician you call when the work has to actually work.
Kathie Ha'aheo Kaopuiki-Nestrick, MS, CPC (NV), LPC (PA), NCC, BCC
50+ years of lived relational experience inside complex human systems, including the lived experience as a Hawaiian woman. 25+ years in federal law enforcement before retiring as a Supervisory Federal Law Enforcement Officer. 5+ years inside the clinical room.
KHKN Group is built on the entire arc of that life, not just the licensure at the end of it.
Rooted
Rooted in 50+ years of lived relational experience. Rooted in Hawaiian lineage: pilina, pono, and aloha. Rooted in federal law enforcement that taught composure under conditions most clinicians have only read about. The work here is anchored in something larger than a session, a degree, or a method.
Attuned
Every session begins with full attention to your nervous system, your relational history, and what is actually happening underneath what you cannot yet name. Attunement is not a technique here. It is a way of being in the room.
discreet
Private pay. Clinical diagnoses that accurately describes your situation. No third party interference. Privacy is not a marketing word here. It is a structural choice, built into how the practice holds the space, documents sessions, and bills for them.
Steadfast
The clinician stays fully in the room. She stays with you, through the rupture. Stays through the long arc of the work. Steadfast is not a marketing word either. It is what gets noticed in month four when other clinicians would have softened.
What this practice stands on.
Four words anchor every decision this practice makes. They are not a marketing list. They are the standards Kathie holds herself to, the standards every client is held to, and the structural promises the practice keeps whether anyone is watching or not.
Rooted
Attuned
Discreet
Steadfast
Kathie Haʿaheo Kaopuiki-NestricK
CEO and Clinician
KHKN Group
Kathie's path to this work was not linear, and that is the point. Before the licensure, before the practice, before the clinical training, she was a federal law enforcement officer at the supervisory level. She has held composure in rooms most clinicians have only read about. She has stayed regulated under conditions that demand it. When she tells a client that emotional regulation can be learned, she is speaking from a kind of formation that does not come from a textbook. She is Hawaiian, and it shows up everywhere. The markings she wears that honor her ancestors, the pua kenikeni tucked behind her ear, her high school ring that says "Imua" and "E ho'omau" (The battle cry- Forward!, Keep going!, and Persevere!), the Hawaiian bracelets she wears that say "Ha'aheo" and "Makuahine." Haʿaheo: proud, dignified. Makuahine: mother. Her clinical work is rooted in pilina (deep relational connection), pono (righteousness, integrity and balance), and aloha (relating to others with love and respect, kindness, and empathy).
T H E C L I N I C I A N
Aloha is not just a greeting. It is a way of holding presence - the kindness and respect given and received between people. You are not the only one in this room. Behind me sits everyone who taught me how to listen. Behind you sits everyone who shaped the patterns we are about to interrupt. The work happens at that intersection. You will feel it, even if we never name it out loud.
- Kathie