Anni Meehan Biodynamic Psychotherapist, Counsellor

13/03/2026

A team at Cambridge University is looking for women aged 35–70 with lived experience of breast cancer to take part in a research study. Scroll down for more information.

A team at Cambridge University is looking for women aged 35–70 with lived experience of breast cancer to take part in a research study we’re proud to have funded. 💗🔬

They’re running online workshops to help improve how information about risk reducing medicines is shared, and your insight could really help 💬

👉 Take part: https://loom.ly/VLb_YZM or email ae490@cam.ac.uk

💖 Your voice can shape future breast cancer care.

28/02/2026

Really interesting information regarding Breast Cancer treatments. The Counselling Team at Ipswich hospital are here to help you get through any psychological challenges resulting from diagnosis, treatment, unexpected fatigue and changing dynamics in relationships. If you are based in East Suffolk, the Counselling Team at East Suffolk & North Essex Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centres are here for you at Ipswich hospital. Ring us on (01473) 715 748. Getting through your treatment is first base, taking care of your psychological wellbeing is as important. All of you matters 💚

27/07/2025

If you're managing low mood /depression, get out in nature if you can. If you're feeling anxious, it's a similar prescription. Breathe from your diaphragm in through your nose and out through your mouth a few times, then let your breathe settle into its own rhythm. First base ..

25/03/2025

Great news, and a collaborative effort 🙏

📢 Upcoming report launch: the economic case for long-term psychotherapy.

Next week, we’re excited to launch a groundbreaking report in parliament that will shed light on the health economics of NHS service use by people with complex needs. Co-funded by UKCP and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Society for Psychotherapy Research, the British Psychoanalytic Council and the Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, this report presents key findings on the cost benefits of investing in long-term psychotherapy within secondary and tertiary care.

With growing pressures on the NHS, this analysis highlights how targeted, sustained mental health interventions can not only improve outcomes for individuals but also reduce overall service costs.

Stay tuned for the full report launch on Wednesday, 2 April, and find out about this crucial step in advocating for smarter, more effective mental health support.

22/03/2025

The next Moving Forward Course from Breast Cancer Now in Ipswich will be on Wednesday 23rd & 30th April
Either scan the QR code or call 0345 077 1893 to register your place

09/11/2024

'... blame is an effective way to discharge pain...'. So succinct. 💚

20/04/2024

Have just started Chapter 5. A great read 💚

Happy to say that The Myth of Normal is now a bestseller in UK.

17/04/2024

This is one of the best lived-experience descriptions of how therapy can be helpful. I was thinking of highlighting one or two points. However, each one has its merit. And yes, it reflects some of my own experience too. Thank you Carolyn Spring - Reversing Adversity https://rb.gy/ffy9me

"• How the complex dynamic between therapist and client plays out in surprising ways.

• How therapy isn’t a simple narrative of ‘life is terrible’ to ‘life is great’ … it has far too many ups and downs for that.

• How I didn’t ‘need’ therapy to become ‘a better person’ … but I did need to learn to accept myself more.

• Why so many times I wanted to quit therapy (and how it so often got worse before it got better)

• How I benefitted from misattunement as much as attunement from my therapist.

• How the times we felt we failed in therapy were often the prelude to the biggest breakthroughs.

• How the therapist’s challenge to me didn’t always go down well … at first.

• How I had to be empathically but firmly prompted out of helplessness in relationships.

• How feeling offended was sometimes the catalyst for change."

Therapy can be, and often is, transformational. But why? I benefitted greatly from the empathy and attunement offered by my therapist, but over time I also had to adjust my expectations about how change would occur in me. I had to learn to consider what's really going on when we feel misattuned-to a...

20/03/2024

Happiness? Seems an unusually bright word in a world where darkness permeates, wars rage and conflict headlines. Creating a quiet space within and sharing that peace with others can make a difference. Small steps 💚

Today is the UN International Day of Happiness and this years theme is ‘Happier Together’. Let’s do whatever we can to support each other and especially those who really need our love and help right now 🌍❤️ https://dayofhappiness.net

14/02/2024

On a day when the calendar tells us that 'Love is all Around' this may be viewed as counterintuitive. However, this is also love. Abuse causes distortions in what we might experience as love. It's a very personal, sometimes private journey, and something therapy can help with ... over time ... with care, and of course, Love 💚.
Quote from 'A Cherokee Feast of Days, Daily Meditations' by Joyce Sequiche Higler.

17/01/2024

There's something really integral here... ❤️. Feeling it, acknowledging it, maybe even speaking it. Simple, but not easy. 🙏