Client Case Study - Tackling My Fear of Public Speaking

Public speaking can be nerve-wracking for all of us, but sometimes the pressure can become unbearable. For one of our clients a promotion at work meant she just had to face up to her fear.

Lizzie came to us with a fear of public speaking, which was severely retricting her in her job. Whenever faced with the prospect of having to speak to a large audience she found that her left leg shook uncontrollably.

Here in her own words is Lizzie’s account of how she overcame her fear through a combination of hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming…

'My New Year’s resolution was to tackle my fear of public speaking so I decided to try Hypnotherapy. I had no idea that one session of one and a half hours could make such a difference to my life.

About a year ago, I won a promotion to a position that meant a certain amount of public speaking. I thought my embarrassing habit of shaking – I mean really shaking, especially in my left leg – would go away with practice. But it didn’t.

So I had to do something I’d never done before: ask for professional help.

Determined

A mixture of hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming has rid me of my problem. It sounds too good to be true and perhaps I’m making it appear to be a miracle cure. You have to be determined to work with the techniques you learn, do your homework and practise as much as possible. Then the results can be amazing.

Since January I have done a number of quite stressful presentations and, although I’ve been very nervous at times, I’ve always been able to control my shaking.

As a result, my confidence has really grown and I know that with careful preparation I would be able to tackle any kind of public speaking.'