Overcome your shyness and become more secure  - while communicating in German, English or other languages

Many of us are afraid or at least uncomfortable to admit this. Especially if we are in a professional environment. 

As professionals, we often communicate less, or avoid certain conversations altogether, because of our shyness or our fear of making mistakes while speaking.How comfortable do you feel in the following situations - in English or in any other foreign language?

• Making presentations
• Giving live interviews
• Selling 
• Negotiating
• Handling conflicts and disagreement

You may even feel a bit uncomfortable doing this in your own native language.

It is normal to feel like this. 

However, here are factors that explain why it may be a bit more difficult for you personally.

• You are rather introverted.
• You are currently experiencing emotional distress in your private life.
• You have traumas of varying degrees.
• You feel you are working in a rather hostile or antagonistic environment.
• You are convinced that others expect you to always speak perfectly.

As a child,

• You have been made fun of for the way you speak.
• You have often been told to shut up.
• You have been interrupted often before being able to express yourself.
• People have told you that you cannot express yourself clearly.
• You started believing that you have no talent for languages.

Gerhard Ohrband is a psychologist and language teacher from Hamburg, Germany, specialized in helping his clients overcome shyness, social awkwardness and outright fear when having to communicate in foreign languages.

You will

• Be better prepared to enter challenging communication situations.
• Open up countless alternative ways of expressing yourself, so you no longer become blocked due to lack of words.
• Become actually better in speaking clearly and confidently.
• Shift your focus from making a perfect impression towards creating a valuable experience for the other person.
• Actually enjoy difficult situations by transforming them into real life training experiences.

He typically does this in the following formats.

• Language instruction (for German and English)
• Seminars on communication psychology
• Individual coaching.

For a free consultation, please contact him using the contact details below.