iConquer Speech Anxiety (eBook)

A Workbook to Help You Overcome Your Nervousness About Public Speaking

Karen Kangas Dwyer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020 | 2. Auflage
242 Seiten
Distributed By Ingram Spark (Verlag)
978-1-7334218-5-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Does nervousness about public speaking seem to overwhelm you? Have you tried to avoid public speaking most of your life? iConquer Speech Anxiety is a practical and comprehensive guide to help anyone overcome the nervousness and anxiety associated with public speaking. The book is user friendly, research based, and offers you a step-by-step plan to conquer your speech anxiety. The strategies, exercises, techniques, examples, and charts will encourage you, give you confidence, and help you make speech anxiety a thing of the past. It has helped thousands overcome public speaking anxiety and it will help you!

Inhalt

CHAPTER ONE    

The Truth about Speech Anxiety    

The Fear of Public Speaking is a Common Fear    

A Good First Step    

The Four Keys to Success    

Chapter Summary    

CHAPTER TWO

Definitions and Assessments    

Research in Communication Apprehension

Evaluating Your Goals

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER THRE

Causes of Speech Anxiety    

Assessing the Causes of Your Speech Anxiety    

Chapter Summary    

CHAPTER FOUR

Excessive Activation and    41

The Fight-Flight-Freeze Response

A Perceived Threat

Triggering Nervous Sensations    

 Halting the Fight-Flight-Freeze Response    

Assess Your Activation and Sensations    

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER FIVE

The Multidimensional Plan for     Conquering Speech Anxiety

BASICS SELF-ASSESSMENT    

Track Your Firing Order: Get to the Root of Your Anxiety

Tracking Your Firing Order Self-Assessment

Match Treatment to Personality Dimensions    

Matching Techniques to Your Personality

Start with the Top of Your Firing Order

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER SIX    

Schedule Your Plan

Develop a Personal Plan and Practice Schedule

Personal Practice Schedule    

Kim’s Practice Schedule & Time Commitment

 Keep a Journal of Your Progress    

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER SEVEN

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Diaphragmatic Breathing Induces Relaxation

Breathing Self-evaluation

The Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique

Practice Diaphragmatic Breathing

The Calming Sigh

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER EIGHT

Cognitive Restructuring

Cognitive Restructuring Adjusts Thinking

List Your Anxious Thoughts    

Identify Perfectionistic Must Thoughts

 Must Thoughts and Unrealistic Demands

Irrational Beliefs Use a Performance Orientation

Must Thoughts Lead to Irrational Conclusions

My Irrational Conclusions

Must Thoughts Lead to Cognitive Distortions

Develop Positive Coping Statements

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER NINE

Systematic Desensitization

The Three Steps of Systematic Desensitization (SD)

Systematic Desensitization Step One

Checklist of Anxious Events in Public Speaking

Train Your Body in Progressive Muscle Relaxation    

Condition Relaxation by Adding Mental Pictures

Chapter Summary    

CHAPTER TEN    

Mental Rehearsal    

Cognitive Psychology of Positive Mental Imagery

Mental Imagery and Athletic Success

Mental Rehearsal & Practice Go Together

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Physical Exercise & Social Support

Chapter Summary    

Review Questions    

CHAPTER TWELVE    

Skills Training    

Public Speaking Skills Assessment    

Basic Skills to Get You Started    

SOFTEN Your Delivery    

Chapter Summary    

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Positive Self-Statements and Final-Moment Tips    

My If-Then Plan Chart

Final Moment Tips

Chapter Summary

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Put Your Plan into Action

Commit Yourself to Your Goal    

Check Active Learnin

Chapter Summary

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.3.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: anxiety-reduction techniques • Communication apprehension • Presentations • Public speaking anxiety • speech anxiety • Speech Anxiety Multidimensional plan • speech fear
• ISBN-10: 1-7334218-5-8 / 1733421858
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7334218-5-0 / 9781733421850