In her blog for BAPAM this month, Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters, shares her tips and techniques to help you make the most of auditions. “I’ve always approached things with hunger and just enough fear. Plenty of confidence, you know, but just enough fear...
In her blog last month, Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters, highlighted how useful mental imagery can be in managing performance anxiety. Here, she expands on how this powerful technique can help you achieve your creative goals. “Before stepping on stage, I...
Performance anxiety will be experienced by everyone at some point, and we all respond in different ways. Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters, shares insights, techniques and some simple exercises to help performers manage this common challenge. Everyone suffers...
Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters’ BAPAM blog this month looks at Imposter Syndrome – what is it, and what can you do about it? After nailing your audition and landing a fantastic role, do you ever get that sinking feeling? That now you have to...
Thank you to Dr Anna Waters for dedicating her BAPAM Performance Psychology guest blog to discussing how performers can navigate challenges of perimenopause and menopause from a performance psychology perspective. You can read Sophie Tott’s blog here and Dr June...
Did you know that strategies for meeting the psychological demands of your rehearsal schedule, expectations, and performances can also help you avoid physical injury? Our guest blog from Dr Anna Waters this month looks at the role of Performance Psychology in injury...
In the first of our new series of guest blogs, Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters, shares a simple exercise to help performers refocus and achieve their creative goals. New Year resolutions not working? Performance psychology tips can be more effective than New...
