NSW Minister Andrew Constance has spoken about the emotional toll the deadly bushfires had taken on his wife and children and revealed he personally would need counselling to deal with the trauma.

Speaking to Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell, Mr Constance said he “broke down the other day because I know I need counselling”.

The minister said his children were suffering anxiety as a result of almost losing their home on the NSW South Coast.

“I have got to continue to focus on the welfare of the people around me, be it my own family, my own street, my own community," he said.

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