Performance Anxiety: A Workbook for Actors, Singers, Dancers, and Anyone Else Who Performs in Public
- ISBN-10
- 0823088367
- ISBN-13
- 9780823088362
- Series
- Performance Anxiety
- Category
- Performance anxiety
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Back Stage Books
- Author
- Eric Maisel
Description
Actors and musicians call it "stage fright". Others may know it as "butterflies". No matter what you call it, the symptoms of performance anxiety are the same: a paralyzing sense of fear and dread whenever you have to speak or perform before a group of any size. Now Dr. Eric Maisel, a renowned author, psychotherapist, and creativity coach shows readers how to approach presentations calmly and comfortably, without sweaty palms and a pounding heart. It doesn't matter whether you work in the classroom, the boardroom, a theater or concert hall, Performance anxiety will help you: Recognize performance anxiety; Identify irrational fears that contribute to performance anxiety; Handle criticism; Use breathing and centering techniques ti improve focus; Utilize diets, medication, relaxation techniques and guided visualization to combat anxiety; Acquire long-term anxiety management techniques. [Ed.]
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