Nick Kemp - Treating Public Speaking Anxiety

On average I see at least two clients every week with anxiety issues. The ability to become anxious requires a trigger that then fires off the non helpful state. These conditions often require a great deal of energy and momentum in order to take place and we know from NLP that there are only a limited number of ways in which this can occur.

The key to resolving anxiety in these situations is to learn to easily control your imagination, rather than the other way around...

During each session, NLP and other techniques are used to help you to transform this 'fear of the fear' thought process. This is a way of consciously training your imagination to be under your control to create a new found freedom.

Many people who experience anxiety vividly imagine having a bad experience, sometimes recalling having one or more of these events, talk or yell to themselves in a panicky tone of voice and/or feel feelings they then describe as 'panic'.

Frequently the person experiencing the anxiety will not initially be consciously aware of this pattern.

"I attended this session because I had a speaking engagement in the USA in following month, and was anxious about giving as good a speech as possible. I knew there would be around 10,000 people present, and I knew I would have to be unscripted, and without the 'mechanics' of presentation such as notes and power point. I also knew the expectation was that I would draw heavily on my own experience, and be able to move my audience.
The session with Nick helped me in several different ways. Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, it highlighted my awareness of the power of my own state when delivering the speech. This meant I had a crucial reference point to return to at the actual point of delivery, and which Nick helped me anchor into my consciousness.
Secondly, Nick helped me become aware of the larger location of my feelings in my body, so I was able when speaking to again return to a more relaxed, less anxious and more expansive speaking style. This allowed me to speak from the heart without hesitation. Thirdly, Nick talked me through certain techniques in terms of public speaking and stance which increased my confidence and sense of groundedness. He also introduced ways of accessing states which I associated with feeling strong and open, and helped me understand the energetics of these states. The fact that the session was recorded, and I could reinforce its work by re-experiencing its work was also enormously helpful.
I gave the speech - and managed to say what I needed to say, how I wanted to say it, to between 10,000 and 12,000 people - and afterwards received overwhelmingly positive feedback on what I had done. The session with Nick was enormously helpful in achieving this."

S James