Your heart races, your mind goes blank, and your voice isn't quite your own. Whether it's a boardroom presentation, a wedding speech, or simply speaking up in a meeting, the fear of public speaking can feel completely overwhelming — and completely out of your control. You're not alone, and it's not a personality flaw. At Newcastle Hypnotherapy, we've helped hundreds of people across the North East transform their relationship with speaking, performing and being seen — and we can help you too.
Fear of public speaking isn't really about the speaking. It's about what your unconscious mind has come to believe will happen when all eyes are on you. That's exactly where we work.
Hypnotherapy for Public Speaking:
We use clinical hypnosis to access and rewrite the unconscious beliefs driving your fear, replacing panic, self-doubt and avoidance with calm, focus and genuine confidence. Most clients are genuinely surprised by how quickly the shift happens.
NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming):
NLP is particularly powerful for performance-related fears. We use proven techniques to change the mental movies and internal dialogue that fire up your nerves, and install new, resourceful responses that work automatically when you need them most.
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique):
If the fear has a physical component, such as the racing heart, the shaking hands, the dry mouth, etc. EFT is outstanding at clearing those bodily stress responses quickly and effectively, often within just a couple of sessions.
Confidence Coaching:
Beyond the fear itself, we help you build the kind of deep, grounded confidence that means you actually want to speak, present and lead, rather than just surviving the experience.
All sessions are available in person at our Gosforth clinic in Newcastle upon Tyne, or online, ideal if you're based in Sunderland, Durham, Darlington, Northumberland or further afield.
Specialists in performance and confidence:
We've worked with executives, managers, teachers, salespeople, best men and people who've never spoken publicly in their lives. Whatever your situation, we know how to help.
Fast, lasting results:
Our clients across Newcastle and the wider North East consistently report transformation in weeks, not the months you might expect from traditional coaching or CBT.
A trusted, award-winning practice:
10+ years, multiple award wins and 100+ five-star Google reviews from real people who came to us terrified of speaking and left with genuine confidence.
Newcastle Hypnotherapy is led by fully qualified, professionally registered therapists with over a decade of real-world experience helping people across the North East.

Award Winning
Multi-award practice recognised for excellence
Consecutive Years
Three Best Rated in Newcastle — every year since 2018
Five-Star Reviews
Trusted by thousands of clients across the North East
IHA Accredited
International Hypnosis Association Members

Mark is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master NLP Practitioner and Nutritional Therapist with over 10 years of experience helping thousands of clients across Newcastle upon Tyne and the wider North East.
A recognised voice in holistic health — podcast host, public speaker and former health food business owner of 10+ years.

The IHA is a nonprofit professional body established in 1997 that regulates qualified hypnotherapists worldwide. Membership requires recognised qualifications, full liability insurance, a strict code of ethics and ongoing professional development.
Registered practitioner - Fully insured - Code of ethics - Est. 1997
Yes — and it's one of the things hypnotherapy does particularly well. The fear of public speaking is almost always rooted in unconscious beliefs and past experiences, not in any real danger. Hypnotherapy works directly at that subconscious level, which is why it tends to produce faster and more lasting results than conscious techniques like practice or positive thinking alone. Our clients in Newcastle and across the North East regularly tell us they wish they'd done this years earlier.
That's actually very common, and it's exactly the kind of situation we work with every day. You don't need to be able to speak confidently before you come to us — that's what we're here for. The techniques we use, particularly hypnotherapy and EFT, work at the level where the panic is generated, so we're not asking you to push through the fear. We're helping you remove it.
Most clients see a significant shift within two to four sessions. Some people need a little more work, particularly if the fear is tied to a specific experience or if it's been present for many years. We'll give you a clear picture during your free assessment call so you know exactly what to expect before you commit to anything.
Both. We work with people who need to present to hundreds of people and people who dread speaking up in a team meeting or making a phone call to a stranger. The underlying mechanism is the same and so is the solution. Whatever scale your fear operates at, we can help.
Absolutely. We offer online sessions via secure video that are just as effective as coming to our Gosforth clinic in Newcastle upon Tyne. We regularly work with clients in Sunderland, Durham, Darlington, Northumberland and right across the UK. The geography doesn't limit what we can do together.

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