Harley Street Hearing / Musicians' Hearing Services have many years' experience supporting all performers and those working in the performing arts with their hearing, and they run the Musicians' Hearing Health Scheme. They help with issues relating to hearing loss, wax removal, noise exposure and provision of hearing protection, tinnitus, and diplacusis. The senior team include BAPAM-registered Audiologists Fiona Butterworth and Paul Checkley. Discounted fees are available to BAPAM patients, MU, BECTU and ISM members.
Available services include:
- Hearing tests
- Wax removal
- Assessment, testing and management of Auditory Processing Disorder
- Hearing aid assessments, fittings, follow ups and appropriate management of devices
- Hearing Therapy Assessment and management/rehabilitation (including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - CBT)
- Diagnostic testing of auditory issues
- Diagnostic testing and management/rehabilitation of vestibular issues
- Hearing protection and In Ear monitors
- Musicians' Hearing Health Scheme (with Help Musicians, Musicians' Union and ISM)
- Hearing Health Education (workshops and presentations)
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The team at NLMT includes BAPAM-registered Music Therapists Marianne Rizkallah and Rivka Gottlieb. NLMT provide specialist services for musicians, creative artists and others, helping with a wide range of problems including anxiety, depression, stress, vocalists' issues, performance anxiety, interpersonal dynamics, family and health issues, eating disorders, PTSD, adults and adolescents. Group and individual therapy is available.
NLMT have also recently opened a South London clinic in Blackheath.
"We’re creative. We’ve seen countless times how the musical element of our psychotherapy can transform awareness and understanding of feelings. You don’t have to be able to play any of the instruments available in sessions (although if you can play that’s of course fine!) - just be prepared to experience that the music you make, alongside your words, will help you communicate your true feelings.
We believe the past informs the present. Research shows our worlds are shaped by our earliest experiences. How we relate to other people, how our reactions differ in one situation to another, all come from the first blueprints of the relationships we create from birth. Bringing your past experiences into your therapy we believe is the best way of illuminating what’s happening in your present - the two can’t work without each other.
We focus on your mental health. Whether you have a diagnosis, are living with a long-term illness or simply need help making sense of aspects of your life and life experiences, we find that actively working on your mental health is the best way to improve your quality of life. Our music therapists, who are trained to Masters level and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, have experience working with people living with anxiety, trauma, autism, stroke, dementia, OCD and many other clinical backgrounds. What unites our approach is the belief that mental health-first work helps you understand your particular background best."
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Performing Arts Vision Care is a specialist optician dedicated to offering vital vision care services to performers and media professionals across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, to ensure that those in the performing arts industry receive the necessary care to maintain and improve their visual performance.
For example, performers may need to quickly read detailed musical scores, change focus between near and far sight, and have a good sense of spatial awareness. Services include sight tests, dispensing musicians' lenses, and advice on all aspects of eye health. Performing Arts Vision Care are based at Meltham in West Yorkshire and provide on location services for those further afield.
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Physio Ed Medical was established in 2004 to provide professional physiotherapy services to the general public and entertainment industry. The clinic specialises in manual therapy techniques which optimise and accelerate injury recovery.
A large gym and rehabilitation space are available for specialist rehabilitation needs.
Specialist physiotherapy services are provided for all dance, sport and general musculoskeletal injuries. Physio Ed Medical are renowned for their work with the entertainment industry, particularly stage, music and television, and for vocal physiotherapy for both professional and amateur voice users.
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Zababa is a specialist service led by Clinical Psychologists Dr Anna Colton and Dr Katie Russell who have 50 years combined experience in clinical practice, in both the NHS and independent work. Zababa offers individual, bespoke psychology sessions with clients across the life span, as well as sessions to parents, families, groups and couples. They can work online and in person, and as a team of experienced psychologists have expertise in most areas. The team have supported artists and creatives of all ages with stage fright and all things performance, emotional and behavioural difficulties, mental health & wellbeing. Katie and Anna have significant eating disorder expertise and offer specialist eating disorder treatment and second opinion consultations. A number of different psychological models including CBT for adults and children and young people, systemic therapy and hypnotherapy are employed by the team, who work collaboratively with clients and other multi-disciplinary professionals, drawing on thorough clinical experience as well as theoretical models to inform and underpin treatment.
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