Writing About The Unconscious

In person workshop with Journalist and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Moya Sarner

We are delighted that Moya Sarner is going to be running a face-to-face workshop for us in May.

Moya is a London-based psychodynamic psychotherapist working within the NHS, as well as a freelance journalist who has written for The Guardian, The Times, New Scientist and other national outlets, developing a keen eye for the ways in which social and economic structures intrude upon private life.

Her book, When I Grow Up (2022), is a study of adulthood.

Until December last year she was writing a popular fortnightly column for The Guardian called 'How to build a better Life' about what she was learning both from being in psychoanalysis herself and in her work as a psychotherapist.

The workshop

In the first part of the workshop, Moya will share something of the events in her own life which led her to write her Guardian columns, and how they made her a better writer and therapist.

She will also talk about why she feels it is increasingly crucial that psychotherapists are able to communicate about this thing, 'The Unconscious' in an ordinary and straightforward way outside of the consulting room.

In the second part of the workshop, Moya will facilitate a short creative writing exercise leading on from her talk. We will then discuss some of the writing that emerges, thinking about it in the context of writing for the general public.

Please note that clinicians from all therapeutic modalities are very welcome at this workshop and no-one will be forced to share with the rest of the group anything they have written unless they feel comfortable to do so!

Getting to the venue

The venue is opposite Highgate Tube station, and there in free on-street parking on Sundays. For more information, visit Jackson's Lane's website.

The venue has a cafe which will be open, and serving hot and cold drinks, pastries, and light snacks.