I created HighDuck® as a space for coming home to yourself.
A place where emotional work is held with warmth, professional care and deep respect for what it means to be human.
Justine Hajduk
Nature, movement and simple human moments are important parts of who I am. They keep me connected to life, presence and the body.
In my work, I care about the atmosphere we create together.
I want the therapeutic space to feel safe, calm and welcoming, so you can arrive as you are and begin at your own pace.
Where it began
My path into psychotherapy began in real human places: hospice care, mental health services and work with people whose emotions were often spoken through the body, behaviour and silence.
These experiences taught me to look for the person beneath the pain, the need beneath the reaction and the story beneath what is seen on the outside.
Professional foundation
Behind my warmth is solid training and years of clinical experience. I am an IACP accredited integrative psychotherapist with almost 20 years of experience in mental health, with training in psychology, clinical psychotherapy, integrative psychotherapy and ongoing professional development.
What shapes my work
I believe the therapist’s own inner work matters. In my training, I took myself apart and put myself back together in a way that deeply shaped how I sit with you today: with honesty, warmth, humility and respect for the parts of you that are ready to be seen, understood and given space in your life again.
I am an accredited therapist with the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
The HighDuck® symbol was inspired by projective psychology and the balance of yin and yang.
It reminds me that each of us has our own way of seeing, feeling and experiencing life.
HighDuck® is a space where you can arrive exactly as you are, feel accepted in your own experience and gently explore what it means to be yourself.
The story behind HighDuck®
HighDuck® is connected to my own surname — a name I felt ashamed of for many years. For a long time, it carried hurt, rejection and pain. When I saw my father’s surname on his business card, all I could feel was the difficult family history it represented for me.
Through a deeply personal and therapeutic process, I began to relate to my surname differently.
Today, I can take from my father the beautiful qualities he carried, while transforming the painful meaning once attached to the name. That transformation opened space for something new for me, for my son and for the future we carry forward.
The mandarin duck became a symbol of finding myself again: colourful, alive and no longer defined by what came before.
HighDuck® is an invitation to begin owning who you are with more honesty, care and pride.