The Duke of Sussex spoke this week about the difference between therapy in the UK and US on the Masters of Scale podcast
April 27, 2022 - 13:13 BST Melanie Macleod Prince Harry has long been open about being in therapy, but this week revealed he sees a big difference in the attitude to therapy between the UK and his new home in California.
Speaking on the Masters of Scale podcast, Harry agreed with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, who said:"As a born and raised Californian, we would tell jokes. 'Hey, my therapist will talk to your therapist,' as a way of building a connection. I'm aware that that is a very Californian perspective," to which Prince Harry wholeheartedly agreed."You're absolutely right, Reid, about the cultural differences, they're immense," the Duke of Sussex said.
He has publicly discussed his experience in several interviews, including on journalist Bryony Gordon's podcast, Mad World in 2017."I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and all sorts of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle," he said.
"I felt somewhat ashamed and defensive. Like, 'How dare you? You're calling me a child.' And she goes, 'No, I'm not calling you a child. I'm expressing sympathy and empathy for you for what happened to you when you were a child. You never processed it. You were never allowed to talk about it and all of a sudden now it's coming up in different ways as projection'."That was the start of a learning journey for me.
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