Fear of Public Speaking

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Jonathan Berent, L.C.S.W. has treated over 10,000 individuals of all ages with social anxiety. He is the author of “Beyond Shyness: How to Conquer Social Anxieties” (Simon & Schuster). He has been featured on over 1500 television and radio shows; from “Oprah” to “Opie and Anthony”. His public speaking experience has included just about every type of show imaginable. He has mastered the art and science of controlling the physiology of performance and can teach it to you.

When Fear of Public Speaking is an Anxiety Disorder

While patient E was approaching a 7 figure salary at age 42 as a financial portfolio manager, he avoided any scenario which required a monologue in front of a group. He had a very active relationship with alcohol as his primary means of "repressing" his social and performance anxiety.Read full article...

Public Speaking Anxiety: The Obsessive Mind at Work

Performance anxiety within a public speaking context is based on worries about being noticeably nervous and losing control due to panic. Physical symptoms such as increased pulse, blushing, breaking out into a sweat, nausea, and eye contact difficulty are common. A myriad of deeper negative thoughts run rampant such as, “people will see who I really am”; “I will humiliate myself”; or “people will not get to see my true ability”. These are characterized by varying degrees of obsessive thinking. When public speaking anxiety and panic turn into avoidance, a social phobia is present. The more avoidance takes place, the more there is the risk of an avoidant personality disorder developing. Click here to listen to interviews with real people who have resolved fear of public speaking and public speaking anxiety.

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Fear of Public Speaking can be Resolved: Hear the stories

Hear real interviews with real people who have resolved their public speaking and performance anxieties:

Listen to “Tom”, a senior executive of a billion-dollar company, who describes how anxiety management changed his life and enabled him to conquer his fear of public speaking.

Listen to “Robert”, a gifted salesman who suffered greatly from fear of public speaking, as he details his success in resolving public speaking anxiety without the use of medication.

Hear “Kevin”, a successful lawyer, describe insightfully and in depth how he learned psycho physiological control of performance anxiety, and accomplished his therapeutic objectives.

Follow “Mike”, a successful salesman-entrepreneur, as he shares his alcohol insights and describes in detail his “mindset” in resolving his fear of public speaking.

Hear “Rob”, a highly successful salesman, who shares his 12-session treatment experience which enabled him to overcome public speaking panic and obsession.

Listen to “Carol”, an ovarian cancer survivor who once said that “she would rather be back in chemotherapy than speak in front of a group,” as she describes her success in managing public speaking anxiety and involuntary blushing.

Visit our Social Anxiety Resolved interview resource library to hear more interviews with real people who have successfully overcome their social anxieties.

Start the process: Resolve Your Performance Anxiety

If you understand your public speaking challenge as an anxiety problem rather than just a skills issue, and are truly motivated to change, this is the program for you. Your performance anxiety is resolvable when you learn to control “the physiology of performance”, and understand “autonomic hypersensitivity” concurrent to emotional and cognitive restructuring.