What is it about?
This case study details how a newer therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy or "ACT," can be used to effectively treat musical performance anxiety, or MPA. An undergraduate violinist with MPA was treated with 10 sessions of ACT. The results showed she made significant improvements on a variety of measured constructs, and her overall performance quality improved.
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Why is it important?
This study marked the first application of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, or ACT, to the treatment of musical performance anxiety, or MPA. Thus far, all known therapies for MPA share the same goal: they try to reduce or eliminate MPA. ACT's goal is different - it attempts to enhance flexibility in response to MPA.
Perspectives
This case study illustrates a strong passion of mine: working with musicians who have performance anxiety. I have conducted three research studies investigating a newer therapy to treat music performance anxiety, or MPA. The therapy I use is called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT. All three studies showed positive results, which strongly indicates ACT works as a treatment for MPA.
Dr. David G Juncos
Ivyland Counseling Center
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This page is a summary of: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the treatment of music performance anxiety: A single subject design with a university student, Psychology of Music, July 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0305735615596236.
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