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Public Speaking Anxiety: Obsessive Thinking 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.

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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.

Resolving Fear of Public Speaking: Start the Process

Public speaking anxiety is resolvable when the patient learns to control the “physiology of performance” and understand “autonomic hypersensitivity” concurrent to emotional restructuring. The treatment experiences of Tom, Robert, and others who successfully resolved public speaking and performance integrate cognitive, behavioral, and physiological dynamics.

Jonathan Berent, LCSW, has worked with literally thousands of social anxiety sufferers since 1978. He has heard every facet of anxiety around public speaking - from people who considered getting into accidents to avoid a public speaking engagement - from those who became physically sick to avoid a speaking commitment - to those who said that they would “rather die than speak in a front of a group”.

Jonathan has done well over a thousand television and radio shows - everything from “Oprah” to “Opie and Anthony”. His public speaking experience has included just about every type of show imaginable. Hear his recent show on WFAN, New York’s #1 sports station. If you are motivated, he and his staff can teach you the art and science of effective public speaking through management of your performance anxiety.

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