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Kate Middleton stunned during her first public appearance since Prince Harry’s memoirs were published by commenting that therapy doesn’t work for everyone.
The Prince and Princess of Wales were in Merseyside yesterday visiting the Open Door mental health charity, when Kate said: “Talk therapies don’t work for some.”
In Prince Harry’s powerful autobiography, Spare, he references the therapy several times and even thanks a collection of therapists at the acknowledgments.
In the book, he claims that his older brother, William, believed that the therapist he was seeing was “brainwashing” him.
The Duke of Sussex says his brother was so worried about what was exposed in his confidential sessions that he even asked to attend one.
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital, where Kate told several teenagers that talk therapy “doesn’t work for everyone”.
The Princess of Wales talks to doctors and visited the Open Door Charity, which uses the arts and dance to help with well-being.
Prince Harry, pictured here exercising in a therapy session, claims he called his therapist after a physical fight with his brother William.
Will and Kate met several teenagers at the Open Door Charity, which uses the arts and dance to help with mental health.
Sun reported that Kate asked: ‘Have you helped to produce music and participate in those workshops? Has it helped you with your personal life?
One boy responded that using music as a tool helps him express his emotions through something he enjoys.
He said: ‘Producing music and letting out what you feel is better than saying it in a clinical atmosphere. I can put it into words. That was hard to explain!
Kate said: ‘Talk therapy doesn’t work for some people, it’s not for everyone. It is very important to have a variety of therapies.”
She added: ‘Everyone is talking a lot more about mental health.
“Often there have been negative connotations around it. But if we realize that these more positive spaces and experiences exist, then we are changing the way we talk about it.”
A smiling Kate smiles for the cameras during this afternoon’s visit
Prince Harry wrote in his book that he called his therapist after being physically attacked by his brother William after a heated argument.
The Duke of Sussex claims his older brother left him with visible injuries after a furious dispute over his wife Meghan Markle.
In one section of the book, Harry claims that immediately after the argument he called his therapist instead of his wife.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have so far avoided commenting on any of the outlandish claims made against them in the book.
While at Liverpool Royal Hospital, a journalist asked: ‘Have you had a chance to read your brother’s book?’
William, who has been at the center of his younger brother’s attacks, ignored the question, prompting Rashid to ask again, “Have you had a chance to read your brother again, Your Royal Highness?”
William and Kate, smiling, continued, walking past the reporter without answering his question.
Harry has previously talked about going to therapy to process his childhood trauma, which included the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
The Duke praised EMDR, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, for helping him deal with his past.
It is based on the principle that the mind can heal from trauma by using external stimuli to help the brain process traumatic experiences and facilitate healing.
Prince Harry, 36, previously shared a video of himself closing his eyes and beating his chest during a therapy session via video link with Sanja Oakley, a UK psychotherapist, which aired on his Apple show. TV+.
Appearing in The Me You Can’t See, Harry ‘processed his negative thoughts’ by crossing his arms and taking a deep breath, before closing his eyes and slowly touching each side of his chest.
The Duke of Sussex closes his eyes during a therapy session featured in an Apple TV documentary series
He told Oprah: ‘EMDR is always something I’ve wanted to try and that was one of the variety of different forms of healing that I was willing to experiment with.
“And I never would have been open to that if I hadn’t put in the work and therapy that I’ve done over the years.”
Devotees say that simply moving your eyes from left to right 25-30 times can lessen negative memories and therefore their impact on well-being.
This, done repeatedly with a trained psychologist, up to 40 times in an hour session, can change your life immeasurably for the better, experts say.
Although critics have dismissed it as pseudoscience, EMDR has a body of scientific research behind it that shows it is effective for treating severe trauma.
Not only is it available on the NHS, but the training is mandatory for MoD mental health staff on the front lines.