Netflix: Victoria Beckham is 'happy' to have had therapy
Victoria Beckham believes talking about her problems in therapy is “really healthy”.
The Spice Girls star has revealed she is happy to be honest about having sought professional help over the years and admitted seeing a counsellor has given her the tools she needs to encourage her children to communicate properly.
“Yes, I’ve had therapy. I think it’s really healthy. It’s something that’s so acceptable and positive to talk about out now,” she told The Sun newspaper.
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Beckham went on to reveal she and her husband David - who are parents to four children together - try to gather their family together every night for dinner and they ban phones in a bid to encourage conversation.
“As a family we try to have dinner together every night - it’s phones down and: ‘What has everyone done today?’ Just making sure that it’s a safe forum for everybody to be honest and talk and laugh,” he said.
Beckham has opened up about her life in the spotlight for her new self-titled Netflix documentary and she has compared talking about her past to therapy as it felt healing to relive old memories.
“There are certain things your mind has the amazing ability to forget because there were triggering things along the way,” she said.
“I went into this saying I didn’t want to talk about the Spice Girls because I’ve spent 20 years building this fashion brand. So I’m mindful I’ve been fighting these preconceptions that I’m just a celebrity face for 20 years.
“Now I can reflect and talk without worrying it’s going to affect my brand. I finally feel I don’t have anything to prove to anyone. I am enough.”
In the documentary, Beckham opens up about her battle with an eating disorder - candidly admitting she became “very good at lying” about her health troubles, which she hid from her family.
“I never talked about it publicly. It really affects you when you’re being told constantly that you’re not good enough and I suppose that’s been with me my whole life.”
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