Skills Tutor/Group Facilitator 

Virginia has enjoyed a successful career as an international classical singer over many years since gaining her teaching diploma from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is professor of singing at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.  A keen interest in the workings of the psyche of musicians and performers led Virginia to pursue an MSc in psychotherapy at TPI. Following her graduation, she wrote the first in a series of monographs, published by TPI, entitled Stage Fright. Virginia specialises in working with performers who suffer from performance anxiety and lectures in performance psychology at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

Virginia has been a member of the counselling team at ARC Cancer Care, working with patients and families dealing with the challenges of cancer diagnoses and experiencing bereavement and also has a private psychotherapy practice in Dublin.

Virginia has been a member of the faculty team at TPTI as a tutor since 2017 where she teaches skills and facilitates Group Process.

Stage Fright: The Value of Psychotherapy to Classical Singers Experiencing Performance Anxiety and Confidence Issues (Arlen House/ Syracuse University Press,2014) Virginia Kerr