By Valery Satterwhite

* Locate Submodalities - The client is directed to relax and close their eyes and is asked to:

          a) "locate a time when they performed at their best" - therapist notes submodalities V-A-K, then
         b) "locate a time when you really messed up" - therapist notes submodalities V-A-K,
         c) Break state

Do a full round of EFT [Emotional Freedom Technique] on “I’m not good enough.”

The therapist instructs the client to feel the full strength of the emotion (e.g. fear of making mistakes during presentations) and directs the client to proceed with the abbreviated EFT sequence, affirming "Even though I’m not good enough, I deeply love and accept myself'.) Even though I can’t get out of my own way, I choose to release this conflict. Even though I make mistakes, I choose to accept myself anyway.

Tapping points with statements: alternating positive and negatives; I’m not good enough. Yes, I am. I can’t get out of my own way. I’m in the process of overcoming getting in my own way.

Visualization:

Define how you want to perform during your presentation.

Step 1: Instruct Client:

Describe to yourself in your own words the way you want to perform during a presentation in front of others. I.e. “I see myself dressed in a nice suit, I am relaxed, I am calm, I have energy. I am confident in my presentation and the words just flow through me. I know exactly what to say if someone asks me a question. The presentation goes easily and effortlessly and its over quickly. I exude confidence.

Step 2: Mentally rehearse from the perspective of an observer.

Instruct client:

In your imagination visualize yourself during your presentation comfortable and at ease, feeling relaxed and confident. Pretend that you are observing yourself from the other side of the room. The trick here is to imagine events unfolding vividly with rich colors. Make the vision large and close so it feels more realistic. Make it like you’re watching it in a big screen movie theater.

Take care also to introduce sounds - maybe the click of your mouse as you go to the next slide, the squeak of a moving chair or the sound of your own voice exuding authority and confidence. Turn up the volume as you imagine that you are listening to full, resonant sounds in the room so that it is as if you are really there. Sense the atmosphere in the room, the temperature and mood, the time of day. Embrace the feeling of success that you exude in the imagined picture.

Then introduce different scenarios for different types of people attending your presentation. Imagine answering a question from someone who doesn’t agree with your statements. See yourself politely dealing with everything thrown at you. Picture yourself at ease whoever you talk to Be sure to consider all worst-case scenarios and to visualize yourself handling each challenge with unstoppable confidence.

Step 3 - Mentally rehearse the interview from your own perspective.

Instruct client:

When you are pleased with the imagined performance you are producing, step inside the image of yourself and run through the scenarios again as if YOU are now doing it. See, feel and hear it as if it is really happening. This time, you are looking out into the world from your own eyes, so your arms are directly in front of you with people facing you, as you feel your clothes on your body. Allow it all to unfold in great detail - make it as real as possible by letting your imagination free to create a rich and colorful panoramic view of a successful presentation. Pay special attention again to feelings, really spend time imagining yourself feeling exactly the way you want to feel, and then crank it up and double the intensity until it gets better and better. Then, increase it even more.

Step 4 - Set up a peak performance signal.>/B>