My name is
Dr Hayley Higson. I am a Clinical Psychologist and the founder of Stork Psychology.
I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2017. Prior to that I worked as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in mental health services. I have over 15 years of experience working in mental health and psychology services. I have completed additional training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). My interest in CFT and incorporating body work into my practice also led me to complete my yoga teacher training.
My interest in supporting people on the journey to parenthood came from my own fertility struggles.
I, like many others, decided it was the right time to expand my family with a child, and with that assumed it would happen instantaneously. This was not the case and what followed was years of fertility struggles, IVF and loss. While I have been lucky enough to bring home a baby, my pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period was not how I envisaged and each stage brought with it complex challenges and emotions. It affected me on a biological, psychological and social level.
Unfortunately, I found that the right support was not available. It was at this point I decided to create Stork Psychology to fill this gap and offer psychological support to this community.