mental training
to reach your
full potential
Sport & Elite Psychology principals for performance under pressure
After years of international career as a orchestra musician in classical (Göttinger Symphony Orchestra, "Alla Scala" Theater academy Orchestra, Leipziger Symphony, "Puccini"Festival, Arena di Verona Orchestra....) and also pop music (Sanremo Festival with Sting, Reos Ramazzotti, Renato Zero, Laura Pausini and more...), I attended various specializations in different psychological fields, including clinical and performance, becoming moreover a Psychologist. I have optimized the use of different strategies and techniques to be able to cope with the difficulties that my career and life have presented me. Specifically I have specialized in mental training for athletes and musicians, through programs to improve mental resources with various techniques from sports and clinical psychology, including mindfulness, hypnosis and performance psychology protocols used by several Italian olympic teams (es. S.F.E.R.A. model).
Sessions can be held in: Italian, English, German and Spanish.
Online & Presence
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For workshops and lectures, visit the specific page
Interview on Performance Psychology for Musicians at Maltese National Television
My Research Presentation in Chicago at PAMA 40 Symposium
WHO I AM
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- Psychologist Member of the German Psychologist Association (BDP)
- B. Sc. Psychology
- M.Sc. Clinical Psychology
- Master of Music (Musikhochschule Lübeck)
- Sport Psychology Certificate - ISEF Torino
- Specialized in Minfulness, Mental Training, Psyc. Counselling and Hypnosis
- 10 years of professional orchestra's experience (Arena di Verona, "Puccini" Festival Orchestra, Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, Göttinger Symphony Orchestra, Leipziger Symphony, "Alla Scala" Theater Academy Orchestra...)
- Prizes in International Soloist and Chamber Music competitions
- PAMA (Performing Arts Medicine Association) Member
- Several Clinical and Performance Experiences (Institut für Musikermedizin -Hannover, Forensic Psychiatry -Leipzig, Institut für Sport Psychology and Human Performance - Torino)
- Professor of "Performance Psychology" at Conservatory of Pavia in 2020
what's performance psychology about?
Every human performance, is built on the basis of technical and psychological components. Very often, there is a focus on improving technical skills, but without considering the psychological aspect, which especially at levels of excellence, can make a difference, and in fact the psychological dimensions, as well as the technical ones need a path of improvement. Among these dimensions that can influence our performance are: Attention, emotional regulation, perception of control, Music Performance Anxiety, self-esteem and self-efficacy, motivation etc.
Mental training relies on a number of techniques and theories of human performance psychology with particular foundations in the sports field and in fact as it turns out already several studies, including my own presented at the 40th Symposium of the Performing Arts Medicine Association in Chicago, have highlighted the incredible effectiveness that sports performance psychology can have in multiple performance domain.
We must be also aware that the psychological dimensions as well as the technical dimensions also need a to be trained to be improved.
Should you be interested, you can book the first meeting, so we can get to know each other and understand how I can be helpful to you and start your mental optimization journey together.
Understanding the logistical difficulties related to artists' working lifes, I am available in online mode for mental training sessions.
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COSTs
The cost of the first session is 60 euros (duration of 45 minutes), from the second one the cost will be 85 Euro.
For students (in possession of the student-ID from a University or Higher Institute) the cost of the first session is 50 euro, from the second will be 65 euro.​
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GENERAL INFOS
Sessions can be held in presence in Milano (Italy) or via online platforms such as: Skype, Zoom or Meet.
The booking of the meeting is only confirmed after sending the informed consent and payment for the session.
Luca Mazzon's Practice is a private practice and the psychological counseling and mental training is offered on a pay as you go basis.
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CANCELLATION & POSTPONEMENT
The appointment can be postponed or cancelled for any reason within 48 hours prior to the session without penalty. Should the appointment be cancelled with less notice, the full amount will be retained.
It is important to specify that none of the techniques or intervenctions can replace, especially in case of mental disorder or physiological pathology, a psychotherapy or pharmacological therapy.
