Meet the unique therapist, creator, and soul of the Highduck® brand
Justine Hajduk
I specialize in joy, and in witnessing a transformation in my clients, which makes me very proud and fulfilled.
In life, nature inspires me the most! I love dancing on green grass and cycling down the hill with my legs up, laughing away. I will make sure you are provided with a therapeutic space that is safe, comfortable, and filled with light.
People feel peaceful, energized, and inspired around me. I can assist you in addressing your needs, including all those little things that can make a huge difference in respecting your individuality. For some, this can mean a fresh raspberry from my garden in a glass of water, or hot ginger tea with some honey. For others, it might be a cosy blanket, with a comfortable pillow.
Why psychologist?
I decided to become a psychologist when I realized people were dying emotionally while working in palliative care. I discovered that, by becoming a psychotherapist, I could heal old wounds while working with people experiencing intellectual difficulties.
Am I qualified?
My educational background, combined with over 15 years’ experience working in the area of mental health, makes me qualified to understand what it means to be human.
Why unique?
What makes a brilliant therapist is the personal process.
For this reason, when studying for over eight years, I pulled my own self apart and then put my-self back together.
At the core of my therapeutic work is Carls Rogers’ humanistic approach, of non-judgemental, empathic, safe therapeutic relationships.
In my therapeutic process, I use:
- RPsychosynthesis
- RInternal Family Working Systems
- RSchema Therapy
- RGestalt
- RClassical and postmodern psychoanalysis
- RCognitive Behaviour Therapy
- RMindfulness
- RBreathing
- RBody work
- RBody movement
- RTrauma research
- RPolyvagal Theory
- RFamily Constellations Theory
- RNon-Violent Communication
The story behind the brand
Highduck® is connected to my own surname, a name I have been ashamed of for many years; a name that represented hurt, rejection, and pain! All I could see was my father’s surname on his business card. All I could think of was the hurt and disaster it represented for me.
After an incredibly personal process, I have changed the energy of my own surname.
Now, I have taken from my father all his beautiful qualities and recycled this negative energy associated with the name, not only for me, but also for my son and future Highduck® generation.
I am not an ordinary grey duck! I have always been unique.
Thinking differently, being different, and living outside the ‘box’.
Suddenly, I discovered an unusual duck – the mandarin duck, and I found myself again. It has my colourful energy and willingness to be and create, where everything is possible for me. Today, I am proud of my surname, I own it. HighDuck® can fly high.
I invite you to start the process of truly and proudly owning who you are.
Remember – there is nothing wrong with you. You have only forgotten how to fly.