Therapy and Coaching for Performing Artists
Nervous-system-based support for musicians and performers navigating performance anxiety, injury, burnout, and the freeze that shows up when the pressure is on.
When your body won’t cooperate with your technique
On paper, everything looks solid. Years of training. Successful gigs. People tell you you’re talented and prepared. But when the pressure rises, your body tells a different story. In auditions, rehearsals, or on stage, something deeper takes over. You freeze. You shake. Your breath disappears — right when you need steadiness most.
Maybe you:
- Feel your hands shake, your arm tighten, or your breath cut short in high-stakes moments
- Dread auditions or solos, then spiral with frustration or shame afterward
- Over-prepare, over-correct, and still shut down when it counts
- Feel haunted by an injury or “one bad moment” that changed how you trust your body
- Have tried talking about it, but traditional therapy never touched what happens under pressure
You’ve worked too hard to have your career limited by something that doesn’t make sense. You don’t want more advice to “just relax” or push through. You want your body to finally work with you, not against you.
How Performance Freedom™ helps
We don’t start with more practice strategies. We start with your nervous system — where performance blocks actually live. Whether we’re working in therapy in Pennsylvania or Performance Freedom™ coaching worldwide, sessions are designed to:
Over time, performers notice:
- Performances that reflect the technique they actually have
- Auditions that feel manageable instead of terrifying
- Fewer freeze or shake moments — and quicker recovery when they happen
- More freedom to express, not just get through it
- Identify the moments your body goes into alarm, even when you’re prepared
- Work directly with the nervous system using Brainspotting and somatic tools
- Release old training patterns, injuries, and pressure responses that still show up on stage
- Rebuild trust so your body supports your performance instead of hijacking it
about ezgi
Hi, I'm Ezgi Yargici.
I’m a licensed trauma therapist, Brainspotting practitioner, and professional violinist. I help performing artists whose technique is solid but whose bodies shut down when it matters most.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent decades inside the classical music world. I know what it’s like to live in practice rooms, push through pain or injury, and hear “just relax” when your entire body is in alarm.
That lived experience shapes how I work. My clients are orchestra musicians, soloists, Broadway and theater performers, singers, dancers, and other artists whose careers depend on what happens in high-pressure moments.
Many have tried more practice, performance coaching, or medication — and still find that something deeper takes over on stage.
In our work together, we look at what’s actually running the show underneath: nervous-system responses, training wounds, and old survival patterns that surface when the spotlight hits. Using Brainspotting and other body-based tools, we help your system feel safe enough to let your technique, training, and artistry come through.
For performers in Pennsylvania, this work happens in a therapy frame. For artists worldwide, I offer Performance Freedom™ coaching and consulting. My style is warm, precise, and honest. I won’t ask you to “just think differently.” We’ll work directly with the part of you that freezes, shakes, or disappears — so your body can finally trust what you already know how to do.
- Licensed professional counselor specializing in trauma and nervous-system-based work
- Classically trained violinist with lived experience in high-pressure performance culture
- Brainspotting therapist using neuroexperiential methods for performance blocks
- Performance Freedom™ coaching and consulting for artists worldwide
A nervous-system-based, performance-informed approach
my services
Ways We Can Work Together
Therapy for Performing Artists (Pennsylvania)
Online therapy for musicians, actors, dancers, and other performers living in Pennsylvania. We address performance blocks, training wounds, injury trauma, and nervous-system responses that interrupt your art.
Performance Freedom™ Coaching (Worldwide)
Coaching and consulting for performers outside Pennsylvania who want depth beyond traditional performance coaching. Ideal for auditions, tours, transitions, and moments where pressure keeps taking over.
Let’s see if Performance Freedom™ is right for you
In a free 15-minute call, we’ll talk through what’s been happening in auditions, rehearsals, or on stage, clarify whether therapy or coaching is the best fit, and outline a simple next step.
