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San Diego Therapist Specialties:
Performance Enhancement /
Peak Performance Therapy
Common Concerns List:
- Difficulty staying focused in practice
- Distraction during performance
- Fear of failure
- Fear of success
- Anxiety before performance
- Avoid going for what you really want
- Jealousy of those who have what you want
The greatest men and women in any field, whether it is the arts, sports, science, or business, report that passion is the key to peak performances. Yet, passion is so much more than just the performance. That flow - of fun, power, joy, inspiration, sheer pleasure in moving, expressing, “nailing it”, “besting your best” - is the goal. The performance naturally awes the audience because your passion becomes contagious. The audience loves that experience. Their energy can contribute to the performer’s energy, and the whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts - a “peak experience” for all.
The goal of performance work is to keep the passion flowing. One thing trauma therapists find essential to address (and many other performance coaches dismiss as “negative” or “that’s the past; that’s over”) is the traumatic memory that may cause a block in the flow. Sometimes, through the fantastic concentration of mind over matter, the mind may believe it’s “done” with the past. But if there remain blocks to performance, the body is remembering. Why not use a direct, efficient approach to help the body-mind clear the distress from the memory and be free of it? EMDR, Brainspotting and Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT) all have this capacity. Brainspotting was actually developed in the midst of performance work with an Olympic-level skater with profound results. (See Brainspotting article that tells this story.) These therapies can also help you learn to mentally rehearse for future performances in a deeply profound and confident way.
Michael Jordan of basketball fame was so passionate; he sought the help of five coaches. If you have already devoted much of your dreaming, drilling, pumping, planning, sweating and striving to your passion, we hope you will consider including one of our Performance Enhancement specialists as a member of the team that helps you pursue your personal excellence.
Also see:
Actors Performance Enhancement
Athletes and Sports Performance Enhancement
Career and Job Performance Enhancement
Musician and Singers Performance Enhancement
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