Anna M. A. Sergent
In-Depth Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in London East Village, Stratford and Hackney
when you find yourself in the Same Story again
We often think of change as linear, move forward, don’t look back. But when it comes to relationships, especially the ones that stay with us long after they end, the past has a way of repeating itself. This blog explores how psychoanalysis understands repetition not as failure or inertia, but as something alive and meaningful. What do we repeat, and why? And could the very pattern we feel trapped in be holding the key to something we haven’t yet been able to say?
The Importance of Play and Psychoanalysis
Recent calls to appoint a Minister for Play in the UK have sparked mixed reactions, some recognising the urgency of the issue, others responding with mild irony. At the heart of this proposal lies a growing concern: children today are playing less, and the neighbourhoods they grow up in are increasingly shaped by a lack of access to green spaces, playgrounds, and the freedom to roam. What struck me in listening to the discussions was how easily the importance of play is dismissed, as though it’s a luxury rather than something essential. In my work as a psychotherapist, I often […]
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Therapy: Repetition, Symptom, Change.
Why do we keep having the same arguments with those we love? Why does a small remark from someone linger for days? Why do we sometimes feel inexplicably stuck? This series, Navigating the Unseen: A Psychoanalytic Exploration, takes up questions like these, not with answers or solutions, but with a different kind of attention. Psychoanalysis […]
Why Do I Offer In-Depth Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis- Do They Differ?
A reflection on depth, language, and the kind of therapeutic work I offer Sometimes people ask why I use both terms, in-depth psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, in the title of my website. If my work is rooted in psychoanalysis, why not simply say that? Why include a phrase that seems more open-ended, even a little vague? […]
Psychoanalytic Take on a Night Out.
A night out can become a suspension of the ordinary. It contrasts with the routines that structure daily life: work, study, and other obligations and demands. It offers a space where something other than the ordinary everyday may emerge, something unspoken, perhaps even unconscious. The music, the lights, and the movement of bodies create an […]
Psychoanalysis and the Uncanny Persistence of the Family Line
Franz Kafka’s Odradek, that strange, inexplicable figure from The Cares of a Family Man, offers a compelling way to think about something many of us sense but struggle to name: the persistence of something within a family line, something that endures without clear reason, renewing itself in each generation. Kafka’s creation, a small, lifeless yet […]
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