UKCP Registered
Anna
Legge Therapy
Russian-Speaking Psychotherapist in London
Working with individuals
Helping you discover who you are beneath beliefs.
Begin Your Journey
UKCP Registered
Russian-Speaking Psychotherapist in London
Working with individuals
Helping you discover who you are beneath beliefs.
Begin Your Journey
I've always been searching for something deeper — for meaning, for soul, for what is real underneath the surface of a life. Underneath that search was something more specific: a longing to be truly known, and to let people close in a way that actually felt safe.
That wasn't always easy for me. Like many of the people I now work with, I had to learn — slowly and honestly — that the patterns shaping my closest relationships had roots far older than my own story. They came from my family, and from the generations before it.
Before I could support others in this work, I had to do my own. I looked honestly at what I had — the beliefs, the fears, the quiet rules about love and closeness that were never really mine to begin with. That work became the foundation of everything I offer now.
I know this territory well. And I know how to help you find your way through it.
Registered Member · UKCP — United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
Finding yourself is discovering who you truly are beneath the layers of beliefs, stories, and patterns that have shaped you.
We carry more than our own personal past experiences. We also carry unresolved and unprocessed emotions, beliefs, fears, expectations, and ways of relating to others that belonged to our past generations.
These influences can become so deeply integrated into our sense of self that we may not recognise them. They often feel like "just who I am."
Over time, these hidden influences can affect the way we see ourselves, the relationships we create with other people, the choices we make, and the direction we take in life.
This is why many people struggle with:
Often, it is not because something is missing within us. It is because there are layers we have never had the opportunity to understand and separate from.
We do not consciously choose to carry these beliefs. From an early age, we are deeply connected to our family system, which goes back across all generations. As children, belonging and connection are essential for our sense of safety and survival.
We naturally adapt to the environment we are born into — learning the beliefs, values, roles, and ways of relating that exist around us. This adaptation is not a weakness. It is part of being human. We learn how to belong. We learn what connection means, and how to connect. We learn what love means, how to protect ourselves, and how to maintain our place within the family system.
Sometimes, however, the strategies that helped us belong in the past continue to influence us in the present, even when they no longer support the life we want to create.
Separation is the process of understanding what belongs to you, and what you may have learned to carry. Are your choices responding to your current life, or to a life that no longer exists?
It is not about rejecting your family, your history, or your roots. It is about developing the ability to see clearly: what is truly mine? What reflects my own values, needs, desires and truth?
This process allows you to discover yourself beneath the stories that quietly direct your life's path, while also getting to know your family's story. It allows you to build relationships from your own needs rather than unconscious patterns, choose your direction from your own values rather than expectations, and create a life that feels more authentic to who you are.
My work draws on traditional therapeutic approaches — psychodynamic, relational and Parts Work — exploring the stories that continue through generations.
I help you untangle the patterns, beliefs and influences shaping your life, and develop a deeper understanding of yourself, your relationships, and your life's direction and purpose.
Sessions take place online via Zoom, or in person in Chelsea, London — in English or Russian.
A short, warm conversation about what's bringing you to therapy now, and a chance to feel whether we're a good fit to work together.
A focused block of sessions to get clarity on what's going on for you, and a sense of the way forward.
Deeper, ongoing work — tracing your patterns back to where they began, and building change that actually lasts.
Fees are discussed personally, and depend on the way we agree to work together.
Arrange an introductory callI work with a small number of clients at any one time — people who arrive with a sense of recognition. Something in this work has already spoken to them before we speak.
If that is you, I warmly invite you to reach out. I offer a 15-minute introductory call — not to begin your search, but to deepen a sense that is already there.
You can reach me at
anna.therapy@hotmail.comI write about patterns — the beliefs before we have words for them, and what becomes possible once we understand what's been quietly running underneath.
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