Britain’s Got Talent’s Amanda Holden had hypnotherapy to cope with loss of baby

Emotional Amanda Holden says hypnotherapy to cope with loss of her son allowed her to have another baby.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge has opened up about the most devastating time of her life.

Amanda and husband Chris were crushed when Theo was stillborn in 2011 as the brave TV and radio star discussed how she “fell apart” following his death.

She has told The Sun of the steps taken to get their lives back on track.

Amanda says they were both diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder nine years ago.

But hypnotherapy helped the couple work through things day-by-day.

Amanda has dedicated a song on her new album to her son. Her first single – With You – is out this weekend.

She said: “There is not a day that goes by when I don’t think about Theo, especially when a new school year begins.

“We went and had some therapy about that, as anyone would.

“Chris was terribly British about it, went once and was like, ‘Right, I’m cured’, whereas I continued.

“Then I saw this amazing pregnancy woman called Zita West for hypnotherapy.

“It was to help me believe in my body again, to give me the confidence I could have another baby, and do it all again.”

She added: “The sessions were about trying to make me have positive images about seeing a baby, and that it was going to happen. It really helped.”

Amanda feared colleague Simon Cowell would die after he sustained serious injuries during a horror bike accident last month.

Simon is said to be lucky not to have been left paralysed after broke his back during the shock accident at the beginning of August

She was so worried she thought the music mogul would lose his life.

“I honestly panicked it could be fatal. It was gut-wrenching,” the star added

“I got a text in the night. I couldn’t sleep after.”