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Discover how to access genuine emotion in your self-tape auditions. Learn why presence, preparation, and emotional availability are the secret tools casting directors are looking for.

As you rush through the set to the director’s office at 8 a.m. to go over the daily schedule, you feel as if you’re under siege. You’ve been there since 7 a.m. and left at midnight. An actor is walking toward you, complaining about a cameraman’s attitude and asking if you can have a word […]

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In this article, I want to explore how therapy can enhance your acting. Not therapy to address your personal well-being during a challenging role—though that’s important—but rather how specific techniques from Gestalt Therapy and EMDR can be applied in acting classes or one-on-one coaching to help actors deliver more embodied, emotionally authentic, and vulnerable performances.

Anya sat waiting for the scene to be called by the director. As she sat, she felt the familiar heavy weight on her chest. It was like a wild animal that slunk in and weighed heavily on her every time she had to perform. When rehearsing her character, she was able to let go, connect […]

But consider this: if you did book a job tomorrow, what would you do differently? Would you finally email that agent you’ve been meaning to reach out to? Would you show up to class with more excitement and openness? Would you start enjoying the craft more, knowing that your hard work had paid off?

Now ask yourself: what beliefs would need to change for you to act as if you’ve already succeeded? Maybe it’s the belief that “I’m not good enough” or “Success is only for others.” What would happen if you experimented with behaving as though you’d already booked the job?

As an acting coach, I recently facilitated an online workshop for actors focused on embodied process. During the session, one of the participants shared a fascinating insight from a Q&A she attended with casting directors. What stuck with her most? The casting directors revealed they often choose actors who simply play themselves.

Don’t be afraid to take risks, in art, the moments that resonate are the ones where you put yourself out there, where you’re vulnerable, where you make mistakes. That’s where real beauty and truth come from (Jessica Chastain). Here are 7 acting tips I share with you as a coach and therapist for actors, to support you to be more vulnerable in your acting.

So lets face it, some people are just plain difficult. They may have a reputation for it. They likely have already been challenged on it. They’re probably not going to change any time soon. 

Of course if they’re behaving in a truly toxic way then I’m not suggesting you should put up with it. Better to call it out and walk away. 

If not, then here are a few tips from an acting coach and therapist  to help you deal with these types of people.

Acting feels like what you’re meant to be doing on this planet. It sets your soul ablaze and puts you in your happy place. When you act you feel like you’re in ‘flow’ state. You adore interpreting and creating characters and telling a story.

Well, most of the time.

At other times you feel down-hearted and dejected. You know you have more potential within you then you’re able to express. You feel stuck and helpless when you get the same old critique from teachers. The same old rejections from self-tape submissions.

That’s when therapy which is targeted and tailor-made for artists can help. By therapy I don’t mean CBT which mostly just tackles unhelpful thinking. Acting is holistic and we need a holistic therapy that works with body, emotions and mind.