Amanda Holden is a doting mother to daughters Alexa, 14, and Holly, 8.
But little is known about how the TV star overcame the tragedy of losing her son Theo to stillbirth in 2011.
In an interview with The Sun today, the 49-year-old actress and britain’s got talent Judge, who is married to record producer Chris Hughes, revealed she turned to hypnotherapy to cope with the loss of her young son.
She said: “Not a day goes by that I don’t think about Theo, especially when the new school year starts.
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“But after we first lost him, Chris and I were diagnosed with PTSD, so we went to therapy for that, as anyone would.
“Chris was terribly British about this, and he went once and was like, ‘Okay, I’m cured,’ but I went on and went to a wonderful clinic for hypnotherapy run by a woman called Zita West. .”
Holden added: “I felt like everything was my fault and I felt so responsible. What did I do wrong?”
She said she believes without treatment she would not have had the “confidence” to have another baby the following year.
According to the NHS, hypnotherapy uses hypnosis to put patients into a deep state of relaxation, improve their focus, and attempt to treat symptoms or change habits.
In 2012, Holden experienced the traumatic birth of her youngest daughter, during which she fell into a coma.
She said this on her radio show Heart Breakfast in May.
“I actually took my last breath for 40 seconds and then went into a coma, but the NHS held my hand and my husband’s, and I honestly feel sorry for him. I overcame the pain by watching it!”
