The ability to speak with confidence and poise is an essential life skill. If this is a challenge for you, Mark Bottinick, LCSW-C can help.

Does anxiety hijack your brain and leave you tongue-tied when you think your speech and behavior are being evaluated?  Do you become even more anxious as you become aware of your difficulty finding words and appearing calm?  It’s a vicious circle.

Situations that commonly provoke the anxiety response include:

• School admissions interviews
• Oral exams
• Class presentations
• Job  interviews
• Work presentations
• Meetings
• Attempting to establish a romantic relationship

Unfortunately, your discomfort can become clearly evident and it can be misinterpreted.  An uncomfortable speaking style can make one seem less capable, less knowledgeable, even less trustworthy. This may seem unfair, but confidence is certainly an important criterion people use to make decisions about who to admit, hire, promote, follow, or date.

Using Energy Psychology, Mark can assist you in staying calm in all sorts of social situations.  It is possible to release those worries that distract your mind and disturb your body while you‘re trying to speak.

Call Mark at 301-593-7494 or email him at Mark@FearlessExams.com for a free consultation or to schedule an appointment.

Personal Stories:

My fear of public speaking had often prevented me from applying for jobs that I otherwise would have wanted. At the thought of public speaking I would feel faint. When Mark asked me to rate my anxiety level about public speaking on a scale from 1 to 10, it was definitely a 10 – the worst. After just 2 sessions, I spoke at a press conference, co-MCed a conference and a second press conference and made several national TV appearances within weeks of the treatment. Unbelievable but true!

- Community Organizer

Before working with Mark, I rarely enjoyed social outings. I often felt so awkward and uncomfortable in social situations that I started to cancel or avoid them whenever possible. After just one session with Mark, I began feeling calm and confident when meeting new people or spending time in crowded places. I’ve become more comfortable and more outgoing.

- Association Director

Anxiety Over Speaking in Public

I still don’t believe it. I have always been faced with overcoming my anxiety of speaking in public. Over the years, I have had to develop some techniques to rise above the anxiety, but it was always there. Two months after your sessions, I had to speak to an audience in Atlanta, and worse yet, I had to use PowerPoint, which I had never used. I also thought that since your treatment was two months earlier, it probably wouldn’t work. Much to my surprise, I got up to speak and had no anxiety. Also, the dreaded event occurred, I messed up the PowerPoint and started at the end of my speech. However, just like a pro, I laughed it off (with the audience) and started all over again. I wasn’t crippled at all. And again on Friday, I had to do a different speech. Once again, no anxiety and the speech went wonderfully. I wish I had met you earlier in my career.

- Federal Executive