About Kirsty Nash, LAC
Making a connection isn’t easy.
“I’m trying to connect with my partner, yet no matter how hard I work, the connection feels like a mirage that is always out of reach.
I don’t understand. It feels like there is a wall between us.
I walk into the room, and they casually swipe the phone screen, the computer screen is closed, and something feels ’off.’
It’s my imagination. I’m too sensitive, and something must be wrong with me?”
Then an uncomfortable, sinking feeling hits as a truth.
Betrayal. Lies. “My world seems to stop. The ground disappears beneath me.
I simultaneously feel so many overwhelming emotions that I can’t begin to process.”
When you can’t control your emotions, life becomes a raging storm.
Instead of responding, you either have extreme reactions or fall numb, unable to react. Those reactions can look like short tempers, crying, screaming, and the body shaking, rocking back and forth in a corner. When numb you can’t identify the emotions experienced, daily tasks are forgotten, and connections appear gone.
Chaos has become the norm – and you feel lost.
Time has passed, and the storm has calmed, but you drive by a particular store or location, hear a specific phrase or song, and your body/mind reacts as if you are back in the middle of the storm. You keep wondering, “Will I ever be the same?”
Learn to weather the storm.
As we work together, you can steer away from the storm. You will learn to process thoughts and emotions in new ways, leading toward hope and healing.
Together, we will focus on recognizing abuse and responding with confidence and boundaries.
When ready, you can process trauma with EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to triumph over triggers.
I will help you find your strength, feel your incredible worth, and gain the tools to develop healthy boundaries and secure/safe connections.
Call today. Let’s get the healing started. You are worth it (and always have been)!!
Hello, I’m Kirsty Nash
I am a recovering people-pleaser who lacked healthy boundaries.
At age 20, I earned a degree in Vocal Performance. I taught voice lessons that seemed to have a theme of increasing my student’s self-esteem and tools to overcome anxiety rather than just vocal technique. I valued logic and reason while finding emotions and vulnerability an ‘optional’ inconvenience.
Since then, a significant amount of painful life experiences, grief, and trauma led me on a journey to accept and value emotions and embrace vulnerability. That healing journey led me to pursue a Master’s degree in counseling from Grand Canyon University. I now teach self-esteem, tools for emotions, healthy boundaries, and respect all aspects of the healing journey.
I have been married for 20 years, and together we have four children. I find ultimate joy while sitting on a warm beach with my toes in the sand talking to my husband about all we have conquered. My self-care includes singing, playing tennis, and discovering new restaurants with my family.