The most capable person in the room who cannot speak in it.
Fear of public speaking is consistently ranked above fear of death. MTP™ addresses the specific conditioning behind it — not the speaking, but the being seen.
Fear of public speaking is the fear of judgment at scale — the primitive social terror of tribal exclusion, activated in a conference room. It is not about speaking. It is about being seen, evaluated, and found wanting by multiple people simultaneously. The nervous system treats this as genuine danger.
Voice changing, shaking, or going blank when speaking to groups
Avoiding meetings, presentations, or any situation requiring speaking
Preparation so intense it becomes avoidance
The experience of being watched feeling physically dangerous
Shame about the fear — especially for people in leadership roles
The fear of public speaking is one of the fastest-resolving phobias with hypnotherapy. It has a specific structure — a set of conditioned responses to the social attention state — that responds well to trance-based reprocessing. MTP™ additionally addresses the identity-level beliefs that maintain the fear: "I am not the kind of person who can do this."
Peer-reviewed evidence supporting MTP-aligned interventions for Public Speaking Fear.
"Hypnotherapy for public speaking anxiety produced significant improvements in self-reported anxiety and objective performance measures within 4 sessions in multiple case series."
Hammond, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental HypnosisMTP™ is a complementary intervention. It does not replace medical assessment or treatment. Dr. Maruti Sharma works collaboratively with medical professionals where appropriate.
Good fit
Leaders and professionals whose careers are limited by this fear
Students who cannot participate in class or presentations
Anyone who has organised their professional life around avoiding speaking
Not the right fit
Selective mutism requiring specialised assessment and treatment
Can this really change something I have had my whole life? +
Yes. Lifelong public speaking fear has a specific structure — and that structure is accessible in trance. The duration of the fear is not its depth. Many clients with lifelong fear resolve it within 4–6 sessions.
Will I have to practise speaking as part of the treatment? +
No. The work is internal. The change in the neurological response comes first. Speaking practice then reinforces what has already changed, rather than fighting against an unchanged fear response.
Your voice matters. Let's remove what is in its way.
Every engagement begins with a conversation. No commitment. No pressure. Just an honest exchange to understand whether this is right for you.
Dr. Maruti Sharma · RCI Reg. A100310 · Clinical Psychologist · 25+ years · 100+ countries