Speaking Anxiety Sessions in DorsetSpeaking anxiety sessions can help all sorts of people, of all ages gain confidence with their speaking skills. Would you like to change your career but your anxiety about speaking is stopping you? Are you worried about a wedding speech or a work/college presentation? Most of us suffer from speaking anxiety at one level or another. You might not want to be able to deliver a speech to hundreds of people, but wouldn’t it be great to have the confidence to be able to ask your boss a question? Even the quietest of people can have an inner confidence. They know that if they have to speak they can do it!
Wedding SpeechesDo you need help with the delivery of the speech?Have fun but be confident. Learn the tricks of the trade at a speaking anxiety session.
PresentationsNumerous people are asked to give presentations every day – business people, sports coaches, health visitors etc.
StorytellersPerhaps you want to be able to read aloud to grandchildren or the elderly with more ease.
Coaches/teachersWhen you’re in the classroom or on the sports field you need to be able to make yourself understood and your voice is often the only tool you have available.
What is Speaking Anxiety?There are 8 levels of Speech Anxiety ranging from no anxiety at all to acute anxiety – some are listed below.
Level 1. No anxiety at all.
Level 3. Can speak to people you know and strangers you meet on a bus, train etc. where you have to speak for an unlimited amount of time, you can't easily get away.
Level 4. Can speak to people you know & strangers when only a few sentences are required such as shop assistants etc. You can easily get away.
Level 5. You speak to family, friends, work mates, bosses and teachers, but panic speaking to strangers.
Level 8. Acute anxiety, only comfortable speaking to family.
Most of us fall in the middle and can manage quite well at this level. However sometimes a change in job or family circumstances may mean we need to change and Serena runs one to one sessions for individuals who feel they need to move from one level to another.
Will these sessions help me?These speaking anxiety sessions will help anyone who has doubts about their ability to speak clearly.Serena will ask you to read aloud pieces of prose. These prose pieces will be extracts from books, magazines, flyers etc. Slowly you will progress from sitting and reading to standing and reading, then to sitting and talking without notes, then standing. All the time Serena will be giving you tips and advice to make you feel more comfortable and to enable your voice to sound stronger and more confident. Before you leave you speakig anxiety sesisons Serena will also give you various voice exercises that you can practise at home.
How many sessions will I need?Some people only want one speaking anxiety session - perhaps they have to give a wedding speech and just want to run through it to make sure it can be understood and they can be heard.Some people will want more speaking anxiety sessions so that they can slowly progress from one level to the next.
Times and fees for Speaking Anxiety SessionsAvailable 7 days a week
Early mornings a speciality
30 minutes £15
About SerenaWhen I was about ten, my school had a parents evening - you know the type of thing -the parents go along and chat to the teachers to find out how their children are getting on.I remember my teacher well - he was young and not very chatty (at least not with ten year olds), During the course of the conversation with my mum, he told her that I seemed happy enough but that he couldn't remember speaking to me during the year! My mum was furious. I was an incredibly shy girl and if he didn't speak to me I certainly wasn't going to go out of my way to speak to him. As a result of this I was taken to elocution lessons - my mum had gone as a young girl. I thoroughly enjoyed these lessons and took - and passed - various exams in speech and drama and bible reading and took part every year in the Bournemouth Festival. I was still a very shy girl but I knew how to speak when I had to. At my senior school, the different classes used to take it in turns to participate in the morning assemblies. We had a very elderly Maths teacher who claimed that the only time he could hear the assembly was when I did a reading! In return for this I was excused Maths tests in his class. (Luckily my maths didn't suffer - I went on to pass 'A' level Maths). I took a degree in Law and Economics and went on to become a trainee accountant - for all of 12 weeks!! Sitting in an office all day was not for me! Years later when my daughters were 2 and 5 I went back to the same elocution teacher and studied to take my teaching exams. Since then I've taught sports coaches, business men, health care workers, stroke victims, at schools and with national charities. I'm still a shy person BUT when I have to speak in front of groups or to strangers I know all the secrets to make it a bit easier for myself! I understand totally how it feels to be frightened to speak.
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