{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">An Investigation of a Dance Therapist's Performance Anxiety and Stage Fright: An Autobiographical Report</span></p> <p>During my student internship at Bronx Psychiatric Center, I investigated my leadership as if it were a performance. Within the process of this investigation, I was aware that I experienced anxiety and trepidation in my role as a beginning therapist. The review of the literature covered performance, anxiety, performance anxiety, and stage fright. As a self-study, I monitored my physiological and cognitive anxiety symptoms by means of a self-administered questionnaire. I analyzed what were my often experienced symptoms, the degree to which I experienced them, and the differential between the pre-test and the post-test. An analysis if the data revealed that most of my anxiety was related to my irrational thought process, which simultaneously affected my physiological response. I experienced each symptom to a “slight” degree, and there was a significant decrease in the degree to which I experienced the symptom prior to a session compared to after a session. The conclusion is a discussion of what were my anxiety provoking thoughts.</p>"}