Performance Anxiety: Overcoming Your Fear in the Workplace, Social Situations, Interpersonal Communications, the Performing Arts [Paperback]

Mitchell W. Robin (Author), Rochelle Balter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1994

Overcome your fear in the workplace, social situations, interpersonal communications, and the performing arts.

Whether it comes in the form of making a business presentation, performing onstage, or delivering a speech, performance anxiety can affect anyone. This breakthrough book, written by staff members of the prestigious institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy, offers sixteen prescriptive exercises that will help the millions who suffer from the syndrome. Performance Anxiety shows how to understand the sources of anxiety, develop increased confidence, and overcome performance problems in virtually any situation.

Editorial Reviews

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"Robin and Balter handle their subject entertainingly well. A book that should prove interesting to mental health professionals as well as to the layman, it will give needed hope-and help-to many." -- Herbert G. Goldman, author of Jolson: The Legend Comes To Life, Fanny Brice, and Eddie Cantor

"This valuable information needs to be read over and again on as many levels possible." -- Marnie Nixon, Internationally-known singer/educator, opera, concert, theatre, and recording artist

About the Author

Mitchell W. Robin, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a Professor of Psychology at New York City Technical College, CUNY. He maintains his therapy practice at the Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy (IRET) in New York City. He also serves as a member of IRET's training faculty, is a certified IRET supervisor, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.

Rochelle Balter, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and practices at the Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy in New York City, as well as being a certified IRET supervisor. She is also the book review editor for Illness, Crisis, and Loss, a multidisciplinary journal for mental health and health care professionals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corp; 1st edition (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558504419
• ISBN-13: 978-1558504417
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the best book written on Performance Anxiety, May 27, 1999

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This review is from: Performance Anxiety: Overcoming Your Fear in the Workplace, Social Situations, Interpersonal Communications, the Performing Arts (Paperback)

As an opera singer, this book has helped me deal with my performance anxiety, not just on stage, but in life as well. I recommend this book without reservation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Buy!, July 23, 1998

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This review is from: Performance Anxiety: Overcoming Your Fear in the Workplace, Social Situations, Interpersonal Communications, the Performing Arts (Paperback)

Robin and Balter's book is a must buy for anyone in the public forum! The title targets performance anxiety suffers, but is also useful for those of us who get an occasional bout of stage fright!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent study of stage fright, August 6, 1998

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This review is from: Performance Anxiety: Overcoming Your Fear in the Workplace, Social Situations, Interpersonal Communications, the Performing Arts (Paperback)

An excellent guide to overcoming and coping with one of our most basic fears....I've found useful information from this book for not only stage situations and Forensic competitions, but also for daily situations when performance anxiety can occur. Great topic and a great collection of thoughts on the matter.