Practitioner Directory

Understands performers' complex eyesight needs including visual fields and working distances, and reading notation while also focusing on the working environment and fellow performers. Part of the team at Allegro Optical, Meltham, Holmfirth.

Amy Willshire is a Dramatherapist experienced working with performance professionals including actors, movement practitioners, playwrights and puppeteers. She has personal experience as a director and writer of plays and lighting and sound technician, and is passionate about using the arts to aid healing.

Amy has expertise helping clients who have experienced trauma, anxiety, depression, and she can help performers address Roling and Deroling (including the distinction of me and not me). She has worked with adults with addictions and substance dependency, with older adults with dementia and cognitive loss and with clients who have experienced trauma, abuse, trafficking, bereavement, family separation, homelessness, PTSD, and eating disorders.

She works with adults and children, individuals, groups and families, using a range of therapeutic approaches, adapted to meet each client’s needs, with a specific interest in how a deeper understanding of “who am I” can help align thoughts, feelings, actions and sense of purpose. She uses techniques informed by somatic experiencing (how trauma is held in the body) and internal family systems (internal conflicts including self sabotage behaviours).

She is interested in attachment and working with families to strengthen bonds and relationships. This includes families who have suffered a bereavement, families with depression or anxiety, reunited families (e.g. following incarceration or migration), family breakdown, family assessment centres, contact centres, children in care, adopted families

She has experience working affirmingly with LGBT+ clients and with clients from a range of religious and cultural backgrounds.

Also a dancer, Ann has many years experience of the mechanics of the body, working with singers, actors, dancers and musicians. Services include Osteopathy, laryngeal manipulation, breathing techniques, Floor-Barre work.

Beverley Hills has worked as a therapist with many clients across the arts. A creative with 35 years' experience working freelance, Beverley is also a careers advisor for Equity and BECTU.

"My background is in the creative arena of film, stage and TV, this means I have a wealth of experience to do with anxiety, panic attacks, rejection, fear as well as bereavement, family, relationships, sexual issues, addiction and more. I also counsel couples and troubled teens. My diverse career means I've a wider than average skillset for you to call upon. Trained in many different theories, I believe one type doesn't fit all because isn't every person different? As a counsellor of colour I find Black, Asian and minority ethnic clients relate closely to me. I also work with transitioning and LGBTQ+ clients. A member of the BACP, I work within their ethical framework; confidentiality is assured at all times".

Performing arts and sports specialist physiotherapy, acupuncture, specialist vocal physiotherapy. Has experience working at BAPAM and in her own practice with many creative professionals and students.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy Worked in classical music management for 15+ years before training as a therapist. Keen violinist. Also has clients in dance, theatre and film. Can help with problems including depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, bullying, career issues, creative block, identity and self-esteem, post-natal depression, physical health problems and life transitions. See clients in Acton and Hammersmith.

Counsellor and Psychotherapist specialising in addiction treatment. Chula worked as a professional musician before becoming a clinical consultant, trainer and psychotherapist with expertise in helping people overcome alcohol and substance misuse. Consults for Music Support, Steps2Recovery and privately.

Claire Hope is a Music therapist and musician. She has worked with creative professionals experiencing difficulties including:

Performance anxiety
Trauma
Stress
Depression, including post-natal depression
Relationship difficulties
Communication disorders
Bereavement
Fertility issues/miscarriage
Low self-esteem

She can help performers prepare for auditions, introduce techniques to 'free up' musicians having difficulty improvising, and teach breathing techniques.

Claire is very experienced working with families and children, covering a wide range of needs including autism, adoption, mental health, parent-baby, profound and multiple learning difficulties and behavioural difficulties. She is particularly interested in attachment and draws on psychodynamic and developmental theory.

Specialises in musicians and dance medicine including pre-hab injury prevention, rehabilitation, vocal problems - Laryngeal Manual Therapy, minimising risks in puppetry. Worked with many artists, including as physio for touring dance companies and West End productions. Now practising in Manchester and sees many RNCM and Northern Ballet School students.

Patients include musicians, voiceover artists, actors and models, and a culture is in place that values the significance of their oral and dental health to their careers extending over many years. Dentures, tooth wear, dental implant complications, missing/failing teeth, injury/trauma. Brass and woodwind instrumentalists benefit from the specialist skills available in the practice for advice and treatment of embouchure problems involving the teeth and muscles of the mouth and jaw. Corrections of tooth positions and angulations for improved embouchure formation, fixed bridgework and implant stabilised dentures are all available to improve and extend musical careers.String instrumentalists benefit from the improvement and treatment of face and neck muscle pain and the associated dental discrepancies that may contribute to this condition, easing discomfort and possible over-use injury.

Alexander Technique for performers. Much experience of helping student and professional violinists/viola players with their set up i.e. the interface of the instrument in relation to supporting/playing it. Teaches at Birmingham Conservatoire and privately in both Crewe and Birmingham.

Anna is a chartered clinical psychologist, who works with child and adult performers, providing CBT and hypnotherapy, including RTT (rapid transformational hypnotherapy). Experienced supporting cast and crew of West End shows, working with casting directors and supporting child performers and adults. Anna worked as an actor before training as a therapist. Helps clients with performance anxiety, performance coaching, diet, nutrition, eating disorders, self harm, addictions, anxiety, depression, phobias.

She has over 15 years of experience working with children and adolescents who have a whole range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. After completing her undergraduate degree at Bristol university, she did her clinical training at University College London. Since then Anna has worked in the NHS and the private sector at The Tavistock Clinic, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Vincent Square eating disorders clinic and the Priory Roehampton. She now works exclusively in private practice.

She has trained in many psychological models – cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy and systemic therapy. Primarily she now works with CBT as it increases the range of coping strategies available to people, thus equipping them to better manage their emotions and the difficulties that they are having. However, when and where necessary and appropriate she will utilise other psychological models.

In addition to her private practice Anna works on some of the West End stage shows with both the production companies and children who are struggling with a range of issues that are affecting their performance.

Anna has extensive experience of working with psychiatrists, dieticians, family therapists, teachers and other such professionals.

Consultant in Pain Medicine. Long-term pain and related conditions including spinal or musculoskeletal pain, and nerve pain. The effects of adverse psychological states on pain. Dr Ordman is the Honorary Medical Adviser to the Royal Society of Musicians. He is familiar with musicians' medical and pain management needs, and is a keen musician and singer himself. NHS and private consultations are available at hospitals including the Wellington and Royal Free.

Travel Health, Health Screens, Vaccines and Occupational Health at Your Excellent Health Service, Harley Street.

Dr Easmon trained at St George's. London. He did his elective in Ghana (his country of birth) and has since worked with, among others, MERLIN, Raleigh International and Save the Children in Rwanda, and ECHO in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. With the Foreign Office he has visited Egypt, Israel, Tunisia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.

His route in to travel medicine and public health was through medical evacuations, working abroad and stints at the Hospital for Tropical Disease's travel clinic. He enjoyed several years on the board of the British Travel Health Association and was one of the first UK medical practitioners to have obtained the International Certificate in Travel Health (CTH) from the International Society of Travel Health. In 2008 Charlie became a member of the new Faculty of Travel Medicine - MFTM RCPS (Glasg).

Charlie's interest in mental health in the workplace came late through his occupational health work in which he saw the consequences of poor work environments, late referral, lack of mental health support resources or poor management.

Christine is a GP with extensive experience working with performance professionals. From 1990 - 2018 she was the medical adviser to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She is an NHS GP at Wingate Medical Centre (only patients registered at the practice can be seen here), and a GP for Babylon Health, where she is the Gender Identity Services Clinical Champion.

Dr Fozia Hamid combines her clinical expertise and interest in music and the performing arts in her work at BAPAM, where she advises professional and student performers and creative practitioners about a wide spectrum of physical and mental health concerns relating to their work. She is an NHS GP based in London.

BAPAM Assessing Clinician advising performing arts professionals and students about all work/study-related problems. Also an NHS GP.

Hand and upper limb musculoskeletal expert in non-surgical management of hand, wrist and elbow pathology. Has seen many performers with problems including osteoarthritis, De Quervain's tenosynovitis, Trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, capsulitis, impingement syndromes, pain and fracture. Interest in musculoskeletal ultrasound and runs NHS diagnostic/radiology clinic at the Royal London Hospital. Ultrasound guided therapeutic injections and interventions. Private consultations: Pure Sports Medicine, Canary Wharf and Highgate Hospital. NHS: Royal London Hospital.

Alexander Technique teacher with experience helping people avoid and manage musculoskeletal injuries and pain. Rehabilitation. Hypermobility. Maintaining stable practice regimes. Woodwind instruments. Guitar. Special interest in performance anxiety and pre-performance nerves. Works at the RWCMD, Cardiff and privately in Bristol.

GP and approved Doctor for Maritime and Coastguard Agency and various Cruise Lines providing occupational medicals for seafarers including performers. Experienced in providing both occupational and general practice services to performance professionals.

Dr Kajan Kanagasabai graduated from St George’s Medical School, London in 1998. He has worked in various hospitals with medical specialities such as General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Women’s medicine and Mental Health. He has been practising as a GP since 2003 and became a partner at Mount Avenue Surgery in Brentwood in 2005.

He has extensive experience in minor surgery having  provided this service for his large practice population consisting of 14,000 patients for over 15 years. He regularly updates and audits his service to maintain his high quality of service he provides as the lead Doctor in Minor Surgery.

General Adult Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr Lavadino has supported arts clients with problems including anxiety, panic, trauma and PTSD, ADHD, ASD, body image disorders and unhealthy eating habits, sleep problems. When appropriate, she may combine a medication plan with a range of psychotherapeutic interventions, including Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and EMDR. I also provide psychological support and intervention based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Systemic Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy principles. She is a pianist with a special interest in helping people working in performance arts. She is based in central London at 55 Harley Street.

NHS GP and Medical Adviser to the South Bank Sinfonia.

Dr McKavanagh is an NHS and BAPAM GP who holds BAPAM clinics in Liverpool and Manchester and helps artists and creative practitioners with a range of physical and mental health concerns. She is a graduate of the UCL Performing Arts Medicine MSc programme.

She is an experienced Doctor who has worked in the NHS for 35 years, and also a performing musician who has performed in solo recitals, and worked as an accompanist for ABRSM and LCM music examinations. She holds an LTCL in Piano Performance and has played violin, viola, clarinet, celtic harp and vibraphone in the past. She have also sung soprano in a chamber choir for the past 20 years.

Special interests include disorders affecting instrumental musicians, particularly overuse musculoskeletal and neurological injuries, focal musicians dystonias and cognitive, hearing and other sensory conditions,sexual and reproductive health and travel medicine.

Clinical advice re performing arts work-related health problems at BAPAM London Clinic. Rheumatology. Chronic pain. AMABO Medical Adviser to the ENO Orchestra.

Clinical psychology. Neuropsychology.  CBT, ACT, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing (person-centered guiding), Solution Focused Therapy. Also works as actress and understands demands of profession. Has seen musicians, actors and dancers with wide range of problems e.g. bipolar, psychosis, addictions, PTSD, anxiety (general and performance), phobias. Specialist in developing confidence, self esteem, long term mental health management skills. Experienced Dramatherapist. Based in Qatar but available for Skype consultations.

Laryngology - voice assessment, voice surgery. Worked with over 1000 professional voice users of all types. Experience dealing with: Inflammatory: reflux, systemic conditions. Vocal fold lesions: cysts, polyps, nodules, scars, sulci, mucosal bridge, granulomas. Neurological: vocal fold palsy, Parkinson's. Muscle Tension and Kinetic Chain imbalances affecting the voice. NHS Specialist Voice Clinic at Lewisham Hospital. Private appointments available at Lewisham and London Bridge Hospital. Mr Gibbins treats all aspects of general and paediatric ENT conditions. He also has an interest in thyroid, parathyroid and salivary gland surgery. BAPAM can provide further referral guidance 020 7404 8444 / info@bapam.org.uk

BAPAM and NHS GP. Advises all performing arts professionals and students about work-related health problems, and is a graduate of the UCL Performing Arts Medicine MSc programme. NHS practice at Grove Surgery, Thetford (only NHS patients registered at the practice can be seen here).

Medical Adviser to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Specialist in sports and performing arts injuries and interpreting imaging including MRI, X-ray, CT, ultrasound. Interventional procedures under image guidance e.g. ultrasound-guided joint injections, tendon therapy, CT-guided joint injections for spinal conditions. Has seen many performers including dancers and musicians with problems including joint pain, impingement, clicking, swelling, hypermobility in e.g. shoulder, wrist, back, hip, knee, ankle. NHS at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. Private at Spire Bushey Hospital. Reduced fees available for BAPAM-registered patients.

Sarah is a Performing Arts Medicine Physiotherapist and Educator, working mainly with instrumental musicians. She has extensive clinical experience in assessing & treating playing-related musculoskeletal injuries in instrumental musicians, and she is passionate about injury prevention, and promoting musculoskeletal well-being in musicians.

Sarah is the physiotherapist at The Purcell School for Young Musicians and well-being lead for the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain. She is an assessing clinician and educator for BAPAM and also works in a thriving private practice near Cambridge (montaguclinic.com).

Additionally, she is in high demand as a teacher and speaker, and has contributed her expertise to school INSET sessions for visiting instrument teachers, INSET sessions at County Music Hubs, the Royal College of Music Junior Department, the Royal Northern College of Music undergraduate and post-graduate wellbeing curriculum, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 'Careers in the Music Industry' Study Day, BAPAM Healthy Practice training sessions, Musicians' Union 'well-being for musicians' activities and the Benedetti Foundation.

She has a Doctorate of Education from the University of Cambridge, and has had her research findings accepted for presentation at National, International and World Conferences (UK National Physiotherapy Conferences (2012, 2017 and 2019), International Society of Music Education World Conference (Baku, Azerbaijan, 2018), Performing Arts Medicine Association International Symposium (New Orleans, 2020).

Sidrah is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She is regulated by the HCPC, with 20 years of experience in the NHS and private sector. Her company, Lily Arts & Wellbeing, specialises in incorporating the arts in psychological support. Sidrah has a special interest in including songs/music in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and offers therapy using a range of modalities in an integrative manner. This includes psychodynamic approaches which explore unconscious conflicts and interpersonal issues which may impact on relationships and attachment styles. Sidrah has a keen interest in working with artistes struggling with emotional difficulties including anxiety, low mood, self-image issues and perfectionism. She also provides clinical supervision and is a registered supervisor for the British Psychological Society's Register of Professional Practice Supervisors (RAPPS).

Dr Tamara Cohen is a GP and health coach with a special interest in mental health, functional medicine and the performing arts. She holds a free clinic at BAPAM for professional and student creative practitioners and is a member of the BAPAM Medical Committee. She is also a singer, performer and member of an amateur musical theatre company, therefore has personal experience of the joys and anxieties within the field. She also consults on sexual health, gynaecology, pre-screening for cruise ship work, joint injuries, fatigue, hypermobility.

Felicity is an experienced active performing cellist and teacher with a deep understanding of how a player's body might accumulate problems and how these might be solved. She is a massage therapist and Pilates teacher with a particular interest in exercise for cellists and other creative practitioners.

Following graduation from Central School I spent many years working in TiE (Theatre in Education). I also worked in repertory theatre, TV, commercials and extensively as a voice-over artist. I continued to work in the profession until 2011 when I began training as a psychotherapist.

I have been working with actors, dancers, musicians, writers and artists, together with production staff and technical crew, for many years. I enjoy this work immensely and it has become a special interest of mine; identifying the common issues among artists and how I might best use my own experience of the profession and my experience of counselling and psychotherapy to assist them. I have developed this knowledge and experience over the years to include “Know-How” and “Wellbeing” workshops, the most recent of which being “Understanding and Managing Performance and Audition Anxiety”.

Over the years I have been presented with issues including self-confidence, procrastination, self-esteem, perfectionism, unemployment, issues around success and failure, writer’s block, performance and audition anxieties, phobias, criticism, managing injury, issues around ageing, career change and career development. However, in my experience, not all clients present with issues relating to their career.

I have particular experience in working with performance and audition anxiety, and anxiety, depression and panic attacks in general.

More information for clients in London: www.fjmtherapy.co.uk
Clients in Liverpool, Manchester and Cheshire: www.fionamackenzie.co.uk

Hannah Stoyel is a performance psychologist working with performers and athletes in London and online around the world. She has specific expertise in performance anxiety, building confidence, body image, self-esteem and disordered eating. She can provide support before auditions and major performances, and make a wide impact on overall mental wellbeing as well as mental preparation for performance.

Hannah uses an integrative approach with an emphasis on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Hannah has a background as an athlete and coach in competitive gymnastics and swimming and is also currently a PhD candidate at University College London (UCL), researching athletes and eating disorders.

Provides psychotherapy and TRE Trauma Release Exercises. Complex trauma specialist (PTSD). Amateur pianist. Has helped artists with assertiveness, self-esteem, childhood trauma, trauma body issues, performance anxiety, panic attacks and relationship issues. Based in Horwich, Bolton and also consults via Skype.

Therapy for individuals, couples and groups.

I can help artists and performance professionals with concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, identity, relationship difficulties, job loss/redundancy, trauma, loss/bereavement, chronic illness, suicidal ideation, self-harm, eating disorder, many more.

I am a counsellor and psychotherapist seeing clients in a GP surgery and private practice. I've also worked previously as a life coach and a specialist mental health mentor supporting students in universities across London.

I see clients in private practice and I also work in a GP surgery and university counselling services. Alongside therapy, I'm a freelance writer and sub-editor for magazines and national press. I am attuned to the issues that creative and journalistic professions can bring up. I previously worked for Samaritans during the Men on The Ropes research campaign on male suicide – I have a great deal of empathy and knowledge in this area. I was also a Samaritans helpline listener for four years, supporting people with thoughts of suicide. I have since worked with Mind providing life coaching and emotional support to young adults in care and with ChildLine's schools service delivering assemblies and workshops to primary school children on abuse and neglect.

I routinely combine my counselling and journalistic work raising awareness of mental health in the national press, media, radio and podcasts. I created and host my own music & mental health podcast called Sound Affects, exploring mental health in the music industry.

Therapeutic approach: Gestalt, Humanistic.

Performing arts specialist physiotherapy, specialist vocal physiotherapy, acupuncture. Extensive experience helping performing artists of all different disciplines including many West End performers with musculoskeletal problems. Expert in muscular tension in professional voice users, injury prevention and treatment in dancers, posture and musicians' health operating in The Midlands with Franklin Physiotherapy Ltd.

Lauraine Leigh Klugman is an experienced Dramatherapist who works with performance professionals, students, theatre staff and dramatherapy groups. She trained in Dramatherapy in 1994 and gained an MA in Psychoanalytical Studies at The Tavistock in 2007. Her Dramatherapy and psychotherapy approach can help with difficulties including confidence, mental health diagnoses, low self esteem, family difficulties, learning difficulties, voice, movement, bullying, relationship difficulties, grief, bereavement, new parenting and isolation. She is very experienced working with children, teenagers and their parents, in schools, private practice and the NHS. She has personal experience as an Artistic Director and Drama teacher.

Psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, EMDR. Expert in trauma and PTSD. Addiction, depression, eating disorders, anxiety. Stage nerves. Works with Music Support. Has worked with many artists and managers in the music industry + actors, DJs and producers. Has helped people with new found fame and being in the public eye. Previously worked in radio - marketing and events. Consults in Kensington and at the Priory, Roehampton, as well as online.

Chiropractor at Agile Therapy, Cardiff. Works with many professional and amateur musicians, dancers, actors presenting with pain and musculoskeletal problems.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Person-centered counselling. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing) used for trauma work. CBT for depression, Anxiety traps. self harm, suicide prevention. interventions for perfectionism. Phobias, eating disorders and performance anxiety. Works with many RNCM students, musicians, actors and dancers.

Hannah is a psychotherapist specialising in EMDR. She has worked with a variety of creative practitioners working from violinists to singers and DJs, and can help with trauma, anxiety, depression, performance anxiety, bereavement etc. She also uses EMDR to support performance optimisation for those working in the arts, sport, business and science.

Linda Hutchison is a specialist Vocal Rehabilitation Coach and singing teacher working privately and as part of the pioneering NHS Multidisciplinary Voice Clinic team at Lewisham Hospital. Her coaching work with singers addresses pre and post-operative voice problems, muscle tension imbalance, breathing problems, related emotional and psychological issues. Linda was a professional singer for many years before taking up teaching so she possesses a wealth of practical knowledge of the profession.

Psychosynthesis Counsellor with a background as an actor and drama teacher as well as working with the Samaritans. Lois works with clients to address problems including performance/audition anxiety, family issues, drug and alcohol use, sexual abuse, suicidal thinking, bereavement, anxiety, loss, depression, relationship issues, loss of purpose, sexuality, childhood trauma. 'I believe my careers before becoming a psychotherapeutic counsellor give me added insight into the challenges faced by individuals in the performing arts industries. These can often feel overwhelming, leaving people questioning the purpose and meaning of their professional identity given the stresses of rejection and often financial instability'. Consultations at the Psychosynthesis Trust, London SE1, or online.

Sophie is a Specialist Performing Arts and Sport Physiotherapist, who has been providing Physio management to film, production and the performing arts since 2013. She has worked with professional performers based in the West End (inc. War Horse, Matilda, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Wicked and Billy Elliot), on Tour with Dirty Dancing and The Lion King, and for Strictly Come Dancing, the TV series. She spent 2 months at the beginning of 2017 in Austria with channel 4's 'The Jump'. Before this she worked alongside Saracens Academy RFC, and set up a Physiotherapy practice up in the 'Portes Du Soleil, Switzerland' where she worked during the winter season, with skiers/snowboarders. In private practice, Sophie can be found working at The Centre of Health and Human Performance on Harley Street, London. She also lectures at University College London (UCL) on the MSc programme in Performing Arts Medicine.

Experienced treating musicians referred via the BMI Hendon Hosiptal Musicians' Clinic. Has also worked with actors and dancers. Treats conditions including work related upper limb disorders, rotator cuff injuries, shoulder impingements, scapula dyskinesia, cervical radiculopathies, lumbar radiculopathies, low back pain, lower limb muscular strains and tears, tendinopathies, postural, biomechanical dysfunction and Bells Palsy. Based at BMI Hendon and Syon Hospitals. Can see NHS Choose and Book patients at Hendon if they are referred by Mr Mark Phillips from the Hendon musicians clinic. Home and workplace visits also possible. Contact via email or BMI Hospitals.

An instrumental teacher/Alexander Technique teacher and fitter of adjustable chin rests and collar bone rests. Former professional violinist who played for LSO, Bath Festival Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, BBC and ITV.

Lead clinician at Metro Physio in Salford. Works with many performers at the highest level - musicians, dancers, actors and athletes, as well as many Royal Northern College of Music students.

Chris Blackburne works with many performing artists including professional dancers and acrobat/trapeze artists treating biomechanical pain and injury. He is based at Chelsea Pharmacy Medical Clinic, London SW3 3DH.

"Over the last 10 years I’ve specialised in pain, injuries and dysfunction in the body’s Musculoskeletal System: bones, muscles, ligaments and connective tissue.

My passionate continuous research focuses on in-depth understanding of the context and causes of the injury or chronic disease in my field of expertise.

Through my personal 20 years of practicing Martial Arts (Wing Chun Kung Fu) and years of working with popular dance companies, ballets, circus and professional sports people - I understood that physical pain and discomfort is never that simple if the goal is to bring musculoskeletal system back to full working capacity.

Classic medical diagnostics strengthened by a functional medicine approach gives forward thinking osteopaths now great tools to identify both intrinsic causes and factors of the health problem, whether they are physical, environmental, psychological or nutritional.

Only working closely and attentively together with the patient, we may ensure highly tailored treatment programs, its successful implementation and long lasting results."

Rehabilitation specialist voice coach with extensive expertise in working with singers and professional voice users - Vocal rehabilitation, muscle tension dysphonia, vocal fold lesions, psychogenic voice disorders. Consultations available in London, Manchester and Online.

Dane Chalfin is one of the West End and British Recording Industry’s leading vocal coaches. He is also a Vocal Rehabilitation Coach (Clinical Singing Voice Specialist) working in Singer-Specialist ENT Clinics. Clients include major recording artists and West End productions. His private practice consists of around 70% vocal rehabilitation for performers with voice trouble and 30% high-profile performers who want regular coaching to stay in peak performance condition. Dane routinely works with pop/rock/theatre singers, radio/tv broadcasters, presenters, transgender performers, and other vocal coaches/singing teachers who want to upskill.

Osteopathy, including Cranial Osteopathy, for athletes and performers. Based at Calmer Clinics, Dolphin Square where phlebotomy, X-Ray and imaging facilities are available.

Mr Declan Costello is a highly experienced consultant laryngologist with extensive expertise in treating all aspects of voice disorders and hoarseness – from vocal cord nodules and cysts to polyps, papilloma, vocal cord paralysis and spasmodic dysphonia. As a singer himself, he has a particular interest in treating voice disorders in performers. He is also one of the leading exponents of local anaesthetic laryngeal procedures, which can be particularly beneficial for patients with vocal fold paralysis. He regularly runs workshops for singers and performers on voice health and anatomy. NHS Voice Clinic in Slough at Wexham Park Hospital. Private appointments at King Edward VII's Hospital, London.

Highly experienced performing arts and voice specialist physiotherapist working with singers with voice-related muscle problems, dancers and others in performing arts. Lead clinician at Physio Ed Medical.

Psychotherapist, performance coaching and hypnotherapist. As well as being a fully trained CBT therapist I am also a professional musician and I understand many of the pressures facing musicians and performers. Having originally trained as a musician I studied a Masters Degree in psychology for musicians and I decided to become a therapist myself. I became a performance coach at Trinity College of Music and regularly treat musicians, singers and actors from many areas of the industry including London Orchestras and West end Musicals.

Physiotherapy and acupuncture service at Edgbaston Physiotherapy Clinic. Isaak is also a semi-professional musician (bass guitarist). Sees musicians and dancers regularly.

Consultant Laryngologist. Experienced NHS and private clinician. Worked with mainly professional voice users e.g musical theatre, opera, presenting with hoarseness and voice disorders. NHS Voice Clinic at The Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals. Private consultations available via www.londonvoicedoctor.co.uk

Has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company since 2000 and seen many hundreds of performers, helping with injury prevention, safe lifting and handling on stage, raked stages, exercise, warm up, musculoskeletal problems.

Former West End dancer and Osteopath.

Physiotherapist with experience working with musicians and dancers in Northern Ireland, including string and woodwind artists of the Ulster Orchestra/Youth Orchestra and members of Down and Connor folk group. Sees many touring casts when in Belfast - dancers and musicians.

Performance specialist and UCL Performing Arts Medicine MSc graduate. Has X-ray facilities. Very experienced treating top level singers, instrumentalists and dancers. Aware of the ergonomic and musculoskeletal conditions arising from playing and carrying instruments. Treats dancers from the Royal Academy of Dance, Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet. Registered with International Pelvic Pain Society. Specialist listing with coccyx.org

Nikos Reissis is an Orthopaedic Consultant who advises on performance-related musculoskeletal problems, particularly upper and lower limb, and spinal problems. He is Honorary Associate Professor at University College London (UCL) and lectures on the UCL Performing Arts Medicine MSc programme. He has worked with artists including dancers, actors, musicians, gymnasts. Holds a free online BAPAM clinic monthly (contact us directly for appointments), and also provides private Musculoskeletal and Performing Arts Medicine assessments at the Blackberry Clinics, both online and face to face. Blackberry Clinics can be contacted at 01908 604666 and reception@blackberryclinic.co.uk.

Expertise in hearing instrument technology and audiological rehabilitation. Registered ear care practitioner and registered hearing aid dispenser. Lead clinician at Musicians Hearing Services/Harley Street Hearing. Very experienced helping musicians, singers and performance professionals with hearing loss and tinnitus.

Sport & Performance Psychologist and coach with extensive experience helping creative practitioners with problems including depression, anxiety, performance trauma, addiction, eating disorders, burnout, injury, self-harm, bullying, PTSD, relationship breakdown. Practises in Bristol and also provides online sessions.

Richard Lewis is a very experienced therapist who has worked with a great many performance professionals including musicians and dancers, and students and professional staff at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he began the counselling service. He is experienced working with people of all ages and can help with a wide range of problems relating to, for example, performance anxiety, drugs, relationships, sexuality, alcohol, trauma, adoption, self-esteem, aging, severe mental health challenges, losing one's performing ability.

Has worked with a variety of creative practitioners including film directors, painters, musicians and dancers, who have presented with depression, eating disorders, anger issues, relationship issues and performance anxiety. Also works with companies advising on employees' stress. Based in both Glasgow and London.

Sudhir Daya has treated thousands of athletes, performing artists and office warriors, enabling them to get back to doing the activities that give meaning to their lives. Sudhir believes in a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to health, and his training and practice reflect this belief. After graduating with distinction as a chartered physiotherapist (MCSP), Sudhir turned to acupuncture and ergonomics. Sudhir is a believer in the re-education of healthy movement patterns.

Toby was a professional ballet dancer, working with The Israel Ballet for several years, and subsequently completing two world tours with Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. He has had his fair share of injuries and was always interested in treatment and rehab. In 2008, he decided to switch careers, training at the British School of Osteopathy (now the University College of Osteopathy), from where he graduated in 2014 with distinction. He has also completed his sports massage training at the London School of Sports Massage. Sees dancers and musicians with problems including muscular and joint pain, back pain, headaches. Clinic locations at OpenHealth Clinic, Ascot, and The Abbey Clinic, Bisham Abbey, Marlow.

Will Roberts is an integrative Arts Psychotherapist and musician working with individuals and groups, helping address problems including depression and anxiety (often related to precarious gig-economy work), social anxiety, performance anxiety, loss of confidence and personality disorders. He is also experienced working with recovering alcoholics, addicts and vulnerable patients.

'My background as a professional musician working in many areas has helped me to develop a particular affinity for and understanding of the mental health issues that are common in the field. I am aware of the strain and pressure that working in the arts can have on individual's mental health'.

Amy has an avid interest in how presbyopia (the normal loss of near focusing ability that occurs with age) affects a musician's ability to play and perform. Musicians have a wide range of eyesight needs e.g. they may need to see the top of the guitar neck to the sound hole, their set list, fellow players, a conductor, audience. Different focal lengths are assessed and a suitable prescription provided. Amy also advises clients with contrast Sensitivity, macula degeneration and has a special interest in the perceptual processing disorder, Meares-Irlen Syndrome.

Experienced helping creative professionals and students with all psychological issues related to a professional music career. Psychological preparation for performance, voice-related issues. Worked as counsellor with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and also works with many music students.

Director of Alexander Technique and Teacher at the Royal Academy of Music since 1981, who also teaches at various locations around North London, including the Laboratory Spa in Muswell Hill.

Provides massage therapy including Sports Massage for musicians and pregnancy massage. Based in Thornton Heath but can also arrange consultations in Norfolk (Sea Palling NR12 0UN).

Worked with dancers since 2002. Works at Trinity LABAN as head physiotherapist. Core stability, muscle imbalance, spine, sacroiliac joint, knees. Private Practice in Wimbledon.

Maria Radoje is an experienced Music therapist with a special interest in Guided Imagery and Music, a type of music psychotherapy that uncovers unconscious processes, which she uses in working with performers by exploring the person's relationship with their instrument or chosen medium of expression, encouraging relaxation skills, and challenging unhealthy thought processes. Maria has experience working with trauma, depression and anxiety, and people experiencing acute phases of mental illness, as well as in the recovery phase. She also has expertise in working with people with dementia and those with physical disabilities, and has helped clients manage alcohol misuse, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and trauma. She trained in music performance at the Royal Academy of Music (cello) and has worked as a freelance musician, teacher (currently at The Academy of Contemporary Music) and composer. She has more than 20 years' experience as a professional music therapist working in mental health settings and with people with learning disabilities and dementia. Sessions are available in London and online.

Has a background in movement and dance. Has also done a lot of work with dressage riders. Can help with muscle balance, posture, movement, self-awareness to help prevent tension, aches and pains, and injury.

Counsellor, Psychodynamic with expertise in counselling musicians over a wide range of issues e.g. marital or work-related stress, harassment, redundancy.

Alison Judah is a consultant osteopath who practices in Hammersmith, West London and in Hove East Sussex. She qualified in 1992  from the London School of Osteopathy with a Diploma in Osteopathic Medicine and then from Kingston University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Osteopathy. She undertook a Post-Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Osteopath at the Osteopathic Centre for Children. Alison has undertaken further training in the specialist area of caring for performing artists including the voice.

SPECIALIST OSTEOPATH TO THE PERFORMING ARTS

MUSICIANS
Alison helps many musicians by diagnosing the cause of their injuries, assessing them with their instrument  rehabilitating them back to fitness and advising on furture injury prevention.  Where it is possible musicians should bring their instrument with them to the appointment. Ergonomic assessments can also be carried out in a performance space. Musicians have busy schedules and she can arrange private MRI  scans and xrays where necessary so as to get a diagnosis quickly and get them back to performing as soon as possible.

OSTEOPATHY FOR THE VOICE 

Alexander Technique and cello teacher, former professional cellist.

Jaw (temporomandibular joint), head and neck and vestibular specialist with experience in the management of all musculoskeletal upper and lower limb and spinal conditions in adults and children. Experience with treating musicians and singers from the RNCM and professionals around the North West. Uses manual therapy, acupuncture, personal exercise programmes. Violinist and pianist and plays in several orchestras and chamber groups in the Manchester area. Romiley Physio, Stockport

Counselling and psychotherapy with an integrative approach. Counsellor and specialist psychotherapist at the Royal Academy of Music. Can help with problems relating to bereavement, depression, employment difficulties, health-related worries, women's health, pain management, identity problems, relationships, sexual identity, performance anxiety.

Trained as a professional dancer. Student Health Adviser and Physiotherapist for Guildhall School of Music and Drama. BAPAM physiotherapy clinic in London.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy as well as Jungian analysis. Erika is also a professional violinist with many years experience as a solo performer, orchestral player and teacher. She sees clients in London Bridge, Central London and Golders Green.

Hidemi is a professional soprano singer and harpsichord player and experienced Alexander Technique teacher working with instrumentalists, singers, actors and dancers. Since 1996 has taught professional and student performers, privately and at institutions in both the UK and Japan. Teaches at various locations including Pimlico Centre for the Alexander Technique, and the Haelan Centre in Crouch End. She also practices in London N4.

Considerable experience treating musicians in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and dancers in numerous shows performing at Liverpool Empire.

Osteopathy, Pilates and Sports Massage practitioner with a particular interest in postural and ergonomic factors that affect the way in which the human spine works, especially in the context of dance and the performance arts. Jenefer has a background in dance and movement, plays piano and sings. She has treated instrumentalists, singers, actors and dancers (ballet, contemporary and musical theatre) and is based at Shoreham Osteopathy Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea. Please ask for Jenefer as this is a group practice.

Helps performance professionals manage sports and performance injuries at several practice locations in the City of London.

A specialist Osteopath and graduate of UCL's Performing Arts Medicine MSc programme, Karolin has extensive experience working with creative professionals including circus artists, dancers and musicians.

Chiropody and podiatry. Considerable experience working with performers since 1984.

Martina specialises in treating performing artists – particularly musicians and dancers. Her clientele includes professional drummers, rock guitarists, performing concert pianists, violinists, music teachers, members of modern ballet and dance groups. She has treated performers with a variety of problems e.g. rehab post-fracture, muscular strains, joint dysfunction, restricted movement, muscular imbalance, postural problems. Exercise advice for maintaining optimal health, tailored to individual performer. Experienced with problems of music students and teachers. Worked for BBC Documentaries as Producer and Director 1996-2009. National Evening News Presenter and Foreign Correspondent in Czech Republic for 3 years. Practice locations: Manchester Osteopaths, Neal's Yard Remedies, King St, Manchester / Prestwich Osteopathy, ND Beauty Skin Clinic, Prestwich.

Chartered Counselling Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS), Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Registered EuroPsy Psychologist with the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA). Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Committee Member of the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA). Member of the Healthy Conservatoires network. Private practice in Canary Wharf and assessing clinician at BAPAM London.

Extensive psychological and psychotherapeutic experience spanning over twenty years in a variety of clinical settings in the NHS, charity, private sectors. She has practiced as a qualified Chartered Psychologist since 2007 and specialises in helping musicians, singers, dancers, actors and other performing arts students and workers with their psychological health and emotional well-being. She has seen many performers from a very broad range of specialities, backgrounds and cultures from all over the world and has assisted them with mild to severe and long-standing mental health problems and performance-related conditions and challenges pertaining training, rehearsing, touring, the medias, creativity and flow, the interface of personal and professional dimensions, identity integrity and transformation, developing and sustaining a voice, stage presence, concentration, self-care and the pressures of West End, Broadway and international elite performance.

Clinical Specialisms: Performance issues and optimisation, performance anxiety, perfectionism, impostor syndrome, fear, ambivalence, low energy, detachment from self and others, procrastination and avoidance, emptiness, emotional overwhelm, depression, addictions, isolation, guilt, shame, negativity, voice hearing, lack of meaning, precarious sense of self-identity, low self-confidence, career transitions, injuries, somatic symptoms, chronic pain and fatigue, IBS, psychogenic voice loss and throat issues, musculoskeletal pain, health anxiety, OCD, dissociation, habit and impulse control, phobias, panic attacks, flashbacks,  PTSD, acute stress reaction, burnout, abuse, bereavement, social inhibition, personal and professional relationships, parenting and families, sexuality, cross-cultural and minority issues.

Consultant psychologist on several large multidisciplinary collaborations, including a Wellcome Trust funded project at University College London Hospital (2011-2014). She has organised and facilitated an art and psychology encounter between the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA) and art Professor David Cotterrell for the national festival Creativity and Wellbeing Week (May 2019). Convened Performing Arts Healthcare Conference for clinicians and musicians in the Music Department at King's College London in November 2019: Phenomenology and the Arts. Collaborates with musicians: Challengingperformance.com, dancers: Dance and Choreomania, and other artists and scientists: Cosmoscope Colloquium. Was interviewed by Classical Music magazine in October 2018: Health and Wellbeing: Performance Anxiety. Has presented her research at national and international conferences for over fifteen years. Recently has published in The Psychologist (British Psychological Society, Vol. 31 - April 2018: 79), the Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis (Vol. 31.1, January 2020: 66-81) and Hermeneutic Circular (October 2018; April & October 2019; April 2020).

Alexander Technique for musicians, singers, actors and performing artists. Professional musician (cellist and pianist) and Alexander Technique teacher. Rosalie has taught Alexander Technique since 1994 at music colleges, adult education colleges and privately. Her practice is based in Edgware and she is also a tutor at the Mary Ward Centre.

Psychodynamic psychotherapist, actively involved in the Arts. Former professional orchestral and chamber violinist. Help clients with problems including anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, psychosomatic problems, identity issues, trauma, bereavement, relationship and family problems. Practice locations in North Oxford, OTS Witney and Charlbury, Chipping Norton. She works with clients using psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapeutic approaches.

Dance medicine physiotherapy. Musicians' musculoskeletal-related injuries. Vocal massage. Has seen many arts professionals. Previously worked at Perform Health (circus specialists). Familiar with injuries specific to pole dancing. Familiar with aerial equipment and performance environment considerations. Works with West End performers and students at RADA, and is based at PhysioEd Medical, Wimpole Street.

Neil treats a variety of performance professionals and students including actors and dancers (including ballet and ice) presenting with problems in areas such as lumbar spine, cervical spine, upper and lower limb. He is based at Step Forward Physiotherapy. Locations include Merthyr, University of South Wales, Cardiff and Abergavenny.

Performing arts specialist physiotherapy and acupuncture. Also teaches yoga. Has worked with musicians and dancers and is a player of harp and clarinet. Has extensive experience as an NHS Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Hand Therapist and A&E clinician. Has her own practice in Steyning, West Sussex, and a monthly clinic at BAPAM.

Performing arts specialist physiotherapy, specialist vocal physiotherapy, acupuncture. Extensive experience helping performing artists of all different disciplines including many West End performers with musculoskeletal problems. Expert in muscular tension in professional voice users, injury prevention and treatment in dancers, posture and musicians' health operating in The Midlands with Franklin Physiotherapy Ltd.

Phil Jordan trained as a counsellor after having worked for fourteen years as a professional musician and session musician, giving him a personal insight into the issues affecting people in the music and entertainment industry. He can help with issues including anxiety, depression, self-esteem, bereavement, ego and identity, failure and rejection, debt and finances. He uses a person centered approach. Philip also has experience working for a debt charity and is a counselling tutor at Leeds City College.

Rachel Jepson is a specialist in mental health in the music industry and has developed CPD accredited training in mental health awareness in the industry and for music students. Works with creative practitioners with issues including performance anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, abuse, discrimination, addiction, bereavement, gender transition. Rachel uses a person centered approach for individuals and couples. She also provides critical incident debriefing. Rachel has been a singer, songwriter and performer for over 20 years and is also a qualified counsellor, supervisor and hypnotherapist working with organizations such as the NHS, BUPA and AnxietyUK. Rachel is an affiliate counsellor for Music Support, BAPAM and Health Assured. She founded Counselling for Musicians at the start of 2017, working with musicians and industry professionals and their mental health. Rachel has counselled students at BIMM and FutureWorks among others and delivers training on how tutors can help support students suffering with anxiety and depression. She hosted her own radio show on Reform Radio called 'Mind Over Music' talking to Musicians about mental health in the music industry. Rachel is frequently asked to speak at music conferences including We Are Robots, Help Musicians Focus conference and the AIM industry conference. She has written on the subject of mental health in the music industry for publications including Therapy Today, and her book 'Mental Health In The Music Industry: A Guide' is out now. Rachel has been nominated for a 'Women In Music Award' for her work with musicians and mental health.

Physiotherapy, Exercise and Sport Science, Personal Training. Posture, pain, overuse injuries, tension, tendinopathies, sprains, underlying rheumatological conditions, strength and conditioning. Works closely with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and sees performing arts students from local institutions including LIPA.

Roz Neale is a senior hand therapist and physiotherapist who sees many musicians and creative professionals with hand and upper limb conditions including pain, fractures, soft tissue injuries, nerve problems, posture related pain, focal dystonia, tendonitis, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, hypersensitivity. Physiotherapy practice includes: managing musculoskeletal problems, occupational health advice, sports massage, and acupuncture. Experienced working as part of a multidisciplinary team including orthopaedic hand and upper limb surgeons and other clinicians.

Remote virtual consultations for patients or face to face appointments are available at her private practice in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire. Roz also provides NHS care at Northwick Park Hospital (Hands and Orthopaedics).

Sarah is a Singing Teacher, Vocal Rehabilitation Coach, and an NHS Clinical Vocal Consultant. Having initially trained as an Opera Singer, she toured the UK and abroad for several years before qualifying as a Speech and Language Therapist. She now combines her knowledge of the speaking voice into her coaching. Sarah is part of the ENT multi-disciplinary team in the Professional Voice Users Clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and also rehabilitates the performers voice in private practice. The overall aim of vocal rehabilitation is to restore a performers speaking and singing voice back to normal function. This usually takes between 2-4 sessions and if necessary, Sarah may refer the performer to another health professional and/or liaise with the performers voice/singing tutors if applicable to ensure a long term resolution of the vocal problem.

Sarah is currently a visiting specialist lecturer at the University of Birmingham and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She has accumulated a wealth of experience coaching students of all ages and abilities in schools, FE and HE institutions, and in private practice. In addition to this, she has regularly worked with  theatre companies such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, and a number of national musical tours including ‘Grease’ and ‘We Will Rock You’. She has also had the pleasure coaching professional Bhangra singers and CCM artists when preparing for studio and live performances.

Sarah is passionate about how singing benefits mental and physical wellbeing, and runs a ‘Singing for Lung Health and Wellbeing’ group in Birmingham, which is supported by the British Lung Foundation. She is also an elected Director of the British Voice Association, and is currently researching singers who suffer muscle tension dysphonia and vocal fatigue.

Sherry has a background as a singer herself and has treated many performers including acrobats, singers, dancers and musicians. She's provided care backstage at events and festivals including Glastonbury. Special Interests: Neck restrictions affecting affecting singing, Lower back and spinal pain, Foot function and the optimisation of foot biomechanics, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Post Operative Orthopaedic, Ergonomic assessment and advice, Feldenkrais Technique.

Sorcha Callaghan is a trained dancer and physiotherapist who works with performing artists including dancers, puppeteers, musical theatre performers, actors, musicians, wardrobe staff, technical crew and stage management crew. She offers manual therapy, exercise based rehabilitation, Pilates based rehabilitation, acupuncture and education in pain science.

Sorcha treats acute and chronic Musculoskeletal injuries, spinal and peripheral. Helps people prepare and rehabilitate before and after surgery. She is experienced helping manage pregnancy related musculoskeletal conditions including, but not limited, to Pelvic Girdle Pain Syndrome.

Working as a Dance & Performance specialist physiotherapist in the West End, liaising closely with performers, production and management team to improve fitness and guide injury prevention and treatment plans, Sorcha is passionate about empowering and educating creative professionals to meet the challenges of their craft.

Based at West End Osteopathy in North London and also works with Nuffield Health in Moorgate in the city centre, virtual and face to face appointments are available.

Sundraj Sreenivasan trained as a counsellor after 21 years in the music industry. He works with clients experiencing problems relating to depression, panic attacks, anger, identity, relationships, sexuality, shame, loss, suicidal thoughts and self-harm. Music and entertainment industry specific challenges supported include: burnout, sudden fame, performance anxiety, stress, rejection, online abuse, career or financial uncertainty and body image.

"I worked closely with musicians and professionals; first at a major label and then running my own agency. I witnessed how, for many, the fear of seeking professional help meant problems were bottled up leading to poor mental health. I was one of them, until I got help. My own growth and development inspired me to retrain, so I could be someone you could trust and open up to, as a qualified professional.

My clinical work as a counsellor has been in a diverse range of settings; from the NHS’s IAPT service to a University and, a LGBTQ+ charity. My own background and specialist training has enabled me to be culturally informed and I take an affirmative approach to diversity in my practice."

Psychotherapy and Counselling. Jungian Psychodynamic therapy. Therapy available online. Retired elite ballet and musical theatre dancer, works with dancers, dance teachers, actors and musicians presenting with, for example, depression, anxiety, body dysmorphia, ADHD, identity issues, issues relating to injuries, trauma, PTSD. 'Because of my own experiences as a performer I am able to bring a genuine understanding of the unique demands that are placed on dancers into my psychotherapy practice'.

Speech and Language Therapy for professional voice users. Clinical Expert in Voice Disorders. Clinical lead for NHS Voice Clinic. Laryngeal Manual Therapy. NHS Voice Clinic at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. Private clinic one day per week at PhysioEd Medical, Belsize Park.