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Sadie Frost's therapy confession
Updated 13:32pm on 22 Jul 2010Sadie Frost has been seeing a therapist since she was 16.
The actress-and-fashion designer - who has a son Finlay, 19, with Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp and Rafferty, 13, Iris, nine, and seven-year-old Rudy with Jude Law - revealed becoming a mother has made her feel "more complete", but admits the impact of seeing her parents split up when she was younger still has an effect on her.
She said: "I think becoming a parent is the true test of how your own childhood has affected you. I was incredibly strong-willed and quite defensive when I was 16 or 17. I was incredibly needy and dependent on people because my father had left and I was fearful of relationships and being abandoned.
"Becoming a mum has made me feel more complete but I've also needed therapy to get there - I've been seeing a therapist since I was 16. Therapy isn't something you can do overnight. I have wanted to push boundaries and overcome certain insecurities."
The 45-year-old beauty - whose relationships with Gary and Jude both ended in divorce - admitted although she has had two failed marriages, she wouldn't change anything about her life.
She explained to Stylist magazine: "I've tried to look back at the 20 year old me having the time of my life, and still wouldn't change anything. If I did, I wouldn't have met Gary or Jude and made four beautiful kids.
"Mentally, I feel young and alive. I'm not jaded or cynical or bitter and I'm physically fitter than I was in my 20s. Having a positive mental attitude is key."
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I fully agree with Rob D. Long term therapy can be very harmful and without a regulated system therapists can set up with little or no training. Would you see a doctor if he had 3 weeks of training?
- Richard, London, 26/07/2010 08:20
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"therapy isn't something you can do overnight...". Correct. But it's not something that takes 29 years either Sadie. Long term therapy can become an emotional crutch. It can, in my view, actually become damaging as the patient is in a perpetual state of self questioning and self doubt, constantly attached to a painful past by focusing on it.
By all means, look under the rock, see what you find. But it doesn't take 29 years. The cutting edge of therapy actually recognises the potential harm that very long term therapy can have on patients... check it out. STDP... SHORT TERM dynamic psychotherapy.
- Rob D, London, 22/07/2010 18:41
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