The Princess of Wales took time to teach a young girl a new trick as she visited a trauma therapy centre in Bradford.<\/p>\n
Catherine met young people at Family Action\u2019s Children\u2019s Trauma Therapy Service on the first of her three engagements in the north of England on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
The visit was chosen to highlight \u201cthe healing power of creativity, community and nature for individuals who have experienced trauma, isolation and poor mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n
Catherine met a young girl who had been making a \u201cbox of wishes\u201d with her therapist and the princess showed her how to \u201clisten to the sea\u201d by holding a shell to her ear. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Catherine taught a young girl how to use a seashell to hear the sea in Bradford <\/p>\n
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The Princess of Wales said: \u201cSometimes if you put them to your ear, you can sometimes hear the sea, do you want to see if you can hear the sea?<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes you can hear the waves. If you listen very quietly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what I like doing with shells. If you close your eyes you can sometimes imagine you\u2019re by the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The young girl replied \u201cyes\u201d when asked if she could hear the waves.<\/p>\n
Catherine told the girl\u2019s mother: \u201cLots of people need more of these.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nThe princess showed the young girl first hand how to use the shell <\/p>\n
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The girl\u2019s mother said her daughter \u201cloved\u201d meeting the princess, saying: \u201cI don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to get her back after this. She\u2019s very busy-minded, she\u2019s normally covered in slime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing how the centre had helped her family cope with their trauma, the mother-of-two said: \u201cYou always think when something like that happens, don\u2019t mention it to (the children) but they\u2019re supposed to speak, otherwise they just repress it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The young girl\u2019s therapist said she had also chosen some feathers to put in her box to keep the girl\u2019s \u201cbusy head\u201d calm. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Catherine is a patron of Family Action, a national charity which helps children aged four to 18 and their families recover from trauma.<\/p>\n
They work with families that have experienced adversity, abuse and traumatic bereavement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Princess of Wales also met a young boy who uses music as part of his therapy sessions <\/p>\n
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The princess also met a 12-year-old boy who described using music during his therapy sessions, and told her how he now plays the drums in a school band because he loves instruments \u201cI can smack\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Princess of Wales said: \u201cExactly, and that\u2019s a fantastic way to express yourself and also manage really difficult and hard feelings that are sometimes harder to express with words.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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