Obtaining balance in the vocal studio: Healthy steps to interdependence through creating adult -to -adult relationships between student and teacher

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This study looks at numerous cases of codependent behavior in the voice studio. Codependent behavior appears to be more prevalent in the voice studio than in other teaching environments because the voice is both physically and emotionally an expression of the self. The voice is a greater expression of an individual's self since it is not a separate instrument from the performer. Codependent behaviors are performed unconsciously by both student and teacher. The author determines these unhealthy behaviors evolved from dysfunction in society and defines them as codependence. Codependence inhibits the achievement of the goals of the student to study and learn. Codependence inhibits creativity in the voice studio. Within the voice studio there exists a number of codependent issues. This study looks at five main characteristics of codependence as defined by Pia Mellody, a nationally-recognized authority on codependence recovery. The five characteristics include the inability to: experience a

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