“Through this tailored consultancy and coaching service we will work together to invigorate and inspire you to share your voice. ”
What is Performance Rehabilitation Coaching?
Unique tailored sessions designed specifically for you.
Develop strategies to help counteract performance inhibitions.
Understand your experiences (emotional, physical, cognitive, and behavioural).
Perform with greater confidence, self-esteem, and enjoyment
Performance rehabilitation coaching is a tailored service which facilitates the development of performance confidence. Coaching sessions aim to limit the psychological inhibitions that may stem from conditions such as Performance Anxiety (stage fright/nerves) or from strategies adopted during the development and treatment of vocal injuries. This ensures that artists and professional voice users are able to deliver their material with greater freedom and enjoyment.
regain confidence and free your inner artist…
Voice users worldwide have entrusted Mel with helping them develop strategies to overcome their performance inhibitions. Through a uniquely tailored blend of consultation and exploration, Mel works with each client to encourage confidence and autonomy in a safe, supportive and informed environment.
Whether you are an established musical professional who has been devising strategies to mitigate your anxiety concerns, a professional speaker who finds it difficult to remain composed under pressure, or a budding artist who wants to improve your performance confidence, the performance rehabilitation sessions are designed to help you achieve your performance goals in a fulfilling and liberating way.
Performance Anxiety
Performance Anxiety? …You are not alone…
If you find that your performance enjoyment has been limited due to the impact of worries, nerves, anxiety, or stage fright then it is great to know you are not alone. Performance anxiety is a complex, multifaceted condition that impacts performers' careers worldwide, with some studies reporting as many as 80% of their participants indicating inhibition of their performances due to anxiety-related symptoms.
These symptoms may range from physiological discomforts (e.g., sweating, unintentional muscular retractions, heart rate changes, and/or shaking) and psychological distractions (e.g., memory loss, negative self-talk, disassociation, and a loss of confidence or self-esteem), to the somewhat less obvious, but equally impactful, behavioural adaptations (e.g., avoidance behaviours or performance routines).
For some performers, the experience of performance anxiety occurs following vocal pathologies or negative performance encounters, while for others this condition manifests from childhood often spurred on by seemingly insignificant or otherwise unrelated experiences. Understanding the development and expression of your unique performance inhibitions is often the first step towards gaining more control, and therefore freedom, for your performances.
Vocal injury
Learning to Trust again…
As a professional voice user (singing, spoken, or otherwise) the potential loss or alteration of your voice may seem overwhelming.
Given that vocalists are more likely to be aware of variation in their vocal function when compared to the general population it is easy to understand why diagnosed vocal pathologies or experienced vocal inconsistencies may have an impact on your relationship with your voice. Furthermore, given that a significant percentage of our sense of self is intertwined with our vocal identity and profession, it is understandable that such experiences may impact our connection with ourselves within our everyday lives and beyond the scope of performance.
Working to overcome the psychological barriers associated with vocal injury may be an important step on the route to true vocal rehabilitation.
Within these sessions you will have the opportunity to rediscover your voice in a space free from judgement or expectation, instead we will work together to make incremental progress with the aim of re-establishing your trust in your voice so you can sing freely again.
