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Who will be helping me?
Lucinda Mackworth-Young is a leading Consultant in Psychology for Musicians and an experienced concert pianist and teacher based in London. She works with performers, teachers, students, pupils and their parents helping them to deepen their understanding of psychological issues and resolve a wide range of problems. Her recent book "Tuning In" shows how to apply basic principles of psychology to music teaching, learning and performing, and has been acclaimed by musicians all over the world as long overdue help for this critical area of their work.

But you don't have to go to London to benefit from her expertise.

How do I tell her my problems?

		Perfectionist Child
		Young student makes life miserable for everyone by being too hard on himself.

		Crippling Pre-Concert Nerves
		Performance is looming, and an otherwise well-prepared student is sick with fear.

		Motivation to Practice

		Dreading my Music Lesson
		Student loves music, but finds lessons too stressful.

		At Home Battlefield over Practising
		Mother is at her wit's end in the fight to get her daughter to practice.

		Feel like the inferior parent
		Parent feels left out in their child's music lessons

		Breaking my daughter's heart
		Daughter loves lessons, family cannot afford to pay.

		String Quartet Power Struggles
		What do you do when one member of the ensemble dominates unfairly?

		Performance Anxiety

		How to be assertive with children
		Just how do you balance the need to be firm with the need to be "nice" with your students?

		Trying the instrument before the exam

		The Magic has Gone
		Orchestral player fights disillusionment with music

		Managing Lesson Times
		The student needs longer lessons to pass their exam, but the parents won't pay

		Exam Cancellations

		When teaching becomes overwhelming
		New mother and long-time music teacher find that she is suddenly not coping with either role.

		Parents who treat you as expendable
		Violin teacher has had enough of parents treating her like "hired help".

		I am being ignored by the school I teach at!
		Teacher reacts to being left out of the loop at her workplace.

		Mother at lessons
		What to do when an interfering parent is messing up music lessons for their child

How do I tell her my problems?
Visitors to PracticeSpot can email Lucinda with their problems, and we will post both questions and replies here. Anonymity is assured if requested. Unfortunately, due to the volume of mail and email Lucinda receives, it won't be possible to reply to every issue, but she will endeavour to help where she can. For those who want to apply these principles themselves, her book is available here, and comes highly recommended by PracticeSpot. (If it helps you keep one student that you might otherwise have lost, it will have paid for itself many times over!)