My coaching and therapy work is focused on supporting musicians in two very specific areas. First, I help musicians unlock the inner resources to gain access complete emotional freedom to perform and secondly, I support the recovery of specific health and well being challenges.
In addition to providing specific, individual treatments and coaching programs, every musician that works with me is given practical and easy-to-use tools for self empowerment, enabling each individual to take charge of their own on-going well being, after treatment, as they continue to work in the music profession.
To book an initial, free, 20 minute conversation by phone or Skype about any challenges you may be experiencing, email me today.
Accessing Emotional Freedom To Perform
My work brings together a range of proven tools and techniques from Energy Psychology (Meridian Energy Therapies), Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis to help musicians deliver an outstanding musical performance consistently, whatever the performing situation.
I help artists from all genres and at all levels of experience overcome the mental blocks, fears and limiting beliefs that get in the way of your ability to perform to their full potential and capabilities.
I help musicians overcome the stress often brought on by common fears such as:
- fear of being judged by others as ‘not good enough’ or ‘a poor performance’
- fear of not being accepted or approved of
- fear of letting myself down
- fear of letting others down (e.g. my professor/coach/teacher, fellow performers)
- fear of making mistakes in my playing and my overall performance
- needing my performance to be perfect / to be viewed as ‘good’
- making a mistake and my whole performance going to pieces
- fear of performing music on stage in front of others
- fear of improvisation in a live situation
Breaking Through Technical Challenges
I work with musicians to work on the emotional elements of some of the more common technical challenges of practicing and performing including:
- memorising music efficiently to avoid blanking / blocks
- learning music effectively (difficult passages)
- ironing out persistent playing mistakes (e.g. why do I keep stumbling on that note or at the beginning of that bar?)
- overcoming a plateau in playing
- improving dexterity and coordination
- improving the depth of your tonality and feel
- connecting to your artistic vitality and authenticity
- accessing specific emotions on demand or spontaneously
- taking risks with conviction and confidence
- understanding and managing your presence and energy
- managing your posture for practice and performance
- freedom to improvise with confidence
- overcoming ‘writer’s block’ and accessing your creative flow
Managing Your Health & Well Being
Earning your livelihood from music is, like many other professions, not without its occupational hazards. Challenges arise from time to time whether it be stress from the uncertainty of regular work or the demands required to perform at an exceptionally high standard or the physical challenges of practice and performance (e.g. RSI from overuse, muscle strains or more serious issues such as focal dystonia).
The therapy treatments I provide are complementary to traditional medical treatments and specifically helps to address the emotional components of a problems and overcome:
- Trauma
- Panic Attacks
- Depression
- Headaches / Migraine / Cluster Headaches
- Injuries
- Stress
- Pain
- Addictions
- Asthma
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- IBS
All treatments are simple, non-invasive and effective.
To book an initial, free, 20 minute conversation by phone or Skype about any challenges you may be currently experiencing, email me today.
