1st Edition
The Mental Health Guide for Actors, Dancers and Musical Theatre Performers
1. Personality 2. Young Performers 3. Training 4. Auditions 5. Identity 6. Daily Life and Routines 7. Performance Anxiety (PA) 8. De-Roling 9. Disability, Inequality and Exploitation 10. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 11. Interpersonal 12. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Psychotherapy (IPT) 13. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) 14. Depression and Bipolar Disorder 15. Anxiety Disorders 16. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 17. Substance Use Disorders (SUD) 18. Eating Disorders
Biography
Dr Naomi Hynd, is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, working with BAPAM and private practice with actors, dancers, musical theatre performers, musicians and other performing arts professionals. She has worked in the NHS and for private hospitals specialising in Neuropsychology, Women’s and Perinatal Mental Health and Older Adults. She trained with the National Youth Theatre, Drama Studio London and Guildford School of Acting before completing a Masters in Dramatherapy. She worked in a large NHS Arts Therapies Team, before completing the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has contributed to National Clinical Guidelines and consulted on National Training programs to improve mental health in the Performing Arts.
