Professional Studies

5 C’s

Consent

Communication

Context

Choreography

Closure

CRISP

Considered

Reversible

Informed

Specific

Participatory

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Present

Values

Committed Action

Observing Self

Diffusion

Acceptance

All or Nothing

Seeing extremes, no middle ground (black and white)

Over Generalization

Making big conclusions based on one event

Filtering

Choosing to focus on the negatives

Mind Reading

Assuming you know what others think (usually negative)

Catastrophising

Blowing things out of proportion

Emotional Reasoning

Believing something must be true because you feel it

Personalization

Blaming yourself for things that are not your fault/out of your control

Fortune Telling

Predicting the future as if it is fact

Comparative Thinking

Measuring your worth by comparing yourself to others

Challenging Cognitive Distortions

Looking at the evidences/facts

How would I help a friend?

Name your mind

Helping me act in line with values

Distancing Langue’s “I am anxious” “I notice I’m having anxious thoughts”

Sing your thoughts (happy birthday)

Repeat the thought to silliness

Label your thoughts

Thank you mind

Window of Tolerance

Hyperarousal - anxiety/fast stress

Hypoarousal - depression/shutting down/lathargic

Body Mapping

Draw 6 thingies

Vocal folds

Label parts

The resonators

Label

Respiration Process

Inhale (not forced)

Suspension (gas exchange and vocalist decides what to do)

Exhalation (regulated by inner costals)

Recovery

Articulators

PRIMARY Lips

Tongue

Jaw

Soft Pallet

SECONDARY Teeth

Alveolar Ridge

Hard Pallet

Onsets

Breathy

Glottal Attack

Glottal Stroke

Simultaneous

Qualities

Speechy M1

Sob M2

Twang (not nasal) Mix

Belt M1

Support Muscles

Pelvic Floor

Abdominals

Diaphragm

Obliques

Intercostals (internal and external)

Passages

Transitional pitch range