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The use of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques in treating performing musicians for stage fright represents a useful application to a chronically underserved population. Highly skilled performers occupy a tenuous niche in contemporary society—valued for their artistic skills, but often forced to endure economic deprivation, stressful working conditions, and inadequate medical and psychological care. A popular misconception for years about artistic individuals has in fact been that creativity and deprivation go hand in hand, as if to imply that improving the psychological well-being of a performer might somehow diminish the quality of his or her art.
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Salmon, P. (1992). Performance Anxiety. In: Freeman, A., Dattilio, F.M. (eds) Comprehensive Casebook of Cognitive Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9777-0_5
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