Performance Anxiety & How The Performing Arts Teacher Can Help

This introductory course will give voice users, performers and performing arts teachers a theoretical and practical introduction into the vast topic of (Music) Performance Anxiety:

• What is anxiety, and why do we develop (Music) Performance Anxiety?
• How feelings of fear and anxiety impact voice users and performers somatically, cognitively and behaviourally
• Why understanding “fight, flight and freeze” is the first step to normalising our physiological responses and removing the stigma
• The difference between “top down” and “bottom up” approaches, and why there is no “one-size-fits-all-magic bullet”
• When referral is advised
• Practical examples and explorations of safe strategies to help clients with (Music) Performance Anxiety without crossing the boundary into therapy

You will get lifetime access to a video recording and its corresponding audio, slide decks and video transcripts. After you completed a quiz to test your knowledge, you will also get a certificate of completion.

Please note: If you are interested in a more comprehensive self-study course about Mental Health in the Performing Arts, my course by the same name might be a better option for you since it contains this, plus another four in-depth modules.