JK Rowling and therapy

[Janette]

> > Tonks:
> > As to Rowling and her current husband, I would expect with all of
> > the money that she made, she probably had some therapy, or maybe
> > somehow just learned from the past. 
 
> montims:
> Anyway - I jumped in because of the above assertion, just to say 
that JKR is British - I very very much doubt that she would have had 
therapy of any kind. 

montims:
resuscitating the above thread to eat humble pie, as I just read the 
BBC news article saying that JKR had suicidal thoughts when her 
first marriage finished, and only her daughter and the counselling 
she received put an end to her thoughts of suicide.  She recommends 
counselling for others in that situation.  Of course, her 
counselling was free, on the NHS, and linked to a specific 
condition, rather than a luxury to spend excess money on, the idea 
of which I had reacted to in such a kneejerk fashion, but I concede 
I was wrong to reject the idea.