Words Of Thanks

The Speakmans have demonstrated their therapies on television since 2000, releasing thousands of people from a whole host of anxiety disorders.

Comments from some of those individuals are below.

  • Holly Conway

    Holly Conway

    Holly Conway talks about how she overcame her chocolate addition in a VSDR demonstration whilst attending a Speakmans event.

  • Sharnie Christie

    Sharnie Christie

    In 2011 The Speakmans helped Sharnie overcome her phobia of costume characters and after that clip going viral in 2024 she talks about how The Speakmans changed her life.

  • Emma Russell

    Emma Russell

    Emma had PTSD from her friend having a cardiac arrest and dying in front of her.

  • Sarah O'Toole

    Sarah had a fear of knives that completely blighted every mealtime.

  • Kat Warner

    Kat Warner

    Kat suffered PTSD from a trauma 19 years ago and felt suicidal because of it.

  • Hannah Long

    Hannah Long

    Hannah suffered with emetophobia for eight years and it completely overpowered her life to the point she had to finish work and stay at home.

  • Mollie Haynes

    Mollie Haynes

    Whilst on a school trip Mollie was caught up in the Bastille Day massacre in 2016. She developed PTSD and struggled to leave the house.

  • Kev Williams

    Kev Williams

    Kev Williams spent nearly five decades terrified of lifts, trains and buses. He simply cannot contain his delight to be free of his fear.

  • Charlotte Kelly

    Charlotte Kelly

    Charlotte Kelly suffered with emetophobia (fear of vomit) and its debilitating symptoms for 12 years. She posted this video on TikTok in response to some other sufferers.

  • Paul Ribbons

    Paul Ribbons

    Paul Ribbons has suffered with alcoholism for many years, self-medicating and becoming addicted to drinking in an effort to cope with many unresolved traumas throughout his life, such as tragically losing his mother at a very young age.

  • Ashley Peckett

    Ashley Peckett

    Ashley suffered with extreme OCD symptoms for 18 years, practising numerous rituals such as tapping, biting and stamping her feet, debilitating her everyday life.

  • Russell Dean

    Russell Dean

    In 2011, police officer Russell was attacked in the line of duty, which left him with PTSD. Considering himself a burden to his family, he planned on taking his own life.

  • Erica Brauer

    Erica Brauer

    Erica Brauer was sexually assaulted and previously had therapy for her PTSD that didn’t help.

  • Theo Breaux

    Theo Breaux

    Theo Breaux is an LA actor who had a crippling fear of public speaking (glossophobia), suffering with anxiety and panic attacks whenever he entered an audition room to land a new role.

  • Natalie Sentence

    Natalie Sentence

    Natalie could’t go into an elevator for 18 years. Claustrophobia then began to restrict many parts of her life. With Nik & Eva’s help she overcame her issues and now uses an elevator daily.

  • Charlie May Hill

    Charlie May Hill

    Charlie May Hill suffered with a fear of vomit (emetophobia) and anxiety since the age of 10. She constantly felt sick, and had several medical tests that showed nothing medically wrong with her. Charlie even ate crisps with a spoon for fear of contamination.

  • Nina Hughes

    Nina Hughes

    From the age of 3, Nina Hughes had suffered with emetophobia. Nina explains how her emetophobia started and how she had lived with anxiety for 57 years because of it.

  • Christine Keown

    Christine suffered from health anxiety and driving on the motorway. She has now overcome both.

  • Vicky Pattison

    Vicky Pattison

    Geordie Shore celebrity Vicky Pattison suffered with low self-esteem after not being able to forgive herself over past mistakes in her life.

  • Sherrie Hewson

    Sherrie Hewson

    Celebrity Sherrie Hewson says The Speakmans are her go-to people. She said The Speakmans somehow can answer any question in a helpful fashion, and she has learned from them a great deal.

  • Kerry Katona

    Kerry Katona

    Kerry Katona was told she had incurable bipolar disorder, which can only be managed and never cured. She was also told she would have to be on medication for the rest of her life.

  • Alison Hammond

    Alison Hammond

    This Morning presenter Alison Hammond talks about her crazy five-year plan to be in a Hollywood movie.

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    Megan McKenna

    Megan speaks highly of Nik & Eva and how they have helped her in many ways over the years.

  • Holly Willoughby

    Holly Willoughby

    This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby had a fear of flying, suffering from anxiety whenever she had to get on a plane for work or in her personal life.

  • Kym Marsh

    Kym Marsh

    Actress and singer Kym Marsh suffered with a phobia of driving (amaxophobia) and panic attacks.

  • Lauren Emptage

    Lauren Emptage

    For 18 years, Lauren Emptage had a fear of hospitals and corridors (nosocomephobia), suffering with panic attacks whenever she was near them. Lauren’s Mum was in a critical coma in a hospital when she was younger — this was the origin of her phobia.

  • Jenna Smith

    Jenna Smith

    Jenna Smith has had a phobia of spiders (arachnophobia) ever since she was 5 years old, after someone unexpectedly showing her a bucket with a spider inside. As an adult, Jenna stays over at her father’s house whenever she comes across a spider in her own home.

  • Sophie Reu

    Sophie Reu

    Suffering with OCD, anxiety and grief for 15 years, her parents booked her onto a Speakmans workshop and everything changed.

  • Sophie Baldwin

    Sophie Baldwin

    Sophie Baldwin was anorexic since the age of 10. She had a huge phobia of food in general, suffering from the very real fear of getting fat instantly. Sophie was told that if she was a healthy girl, her height and age should be 10 stone (144 lbs) but she was seriously underweight at 7 stone (98 lbs).

  • Emma Pardoe

    Emma Pardoe

    Emma Pardoe suffered through diagnoses of depression, bipolar, BPD, low self esteem, lack of confidence & anxiety for many years, taking a whole host of medication.

  • Claire Larravide

    Claire Larravide

    Claire Larravide had suffered with serious anxiety, depression and trichotillomania for 30 years.

  • Charlotte Kelly

    Charlotte Kelly

    Charlotte Kelly suffered with emetophobia (a fear of vomit) and its far-reaching symptoms for 11 years. She candidly goes into great detail about what caused her emetophobia, and how she struggled with daily panic attacks.

  • Paul Curran

    Paul Curran

    Former transport police officer Paul Curran's life was left in tatters, after witnessing first-hand the horrors of the London bombings on 7/7. After suffering from PTSD, he lost his job, his wife and at rock bottom even contemplated suicide.

  • Andrew Osbourne

    Andrew Osbourne

    In 2011, Andrew Osbourne set off for his job as a security guard at the supermarket where he had worked for over 20 years. But just over an hour into his shift, Andrew was attacked by a man armed with knives who threatened to kill him and all his family. The assault left Andrew suffering with severe PTSD.

  • Tracy Chapple

    Tracy Chapple

    From the age of 4, Tracey Chapple has had a phobia of lifts, always having to take the stairs whenever she had to get up a building. The Speakmans identified that it was also claustrophobia (a fear of enclosed spaces) that was perpetuating Tracey’s fear.

  • Stacey Marriott

    Stacey Marriott

    Since she was very young, Stacey Marriott has had a really bad phobia of dolls (pediophobia) — avoiding them at all costs, not going into supermarkets and toy stores.

  • Teresa Greenhalgh

    Teresa Greenhalgh

    Teresa Greenhalgh was struggling with direction and motivation to achieve her goals and gaining further aspirations.

  • Karen Knight

    Karen Knight

    Karen Knight suffered with social anxiety and panic attacks for 10 years, not being able to go anywhere without her husband.

  • Mikki Singsley

    Mikki Singsley

    Mikki Singsley has suffered with her body image and low-esteem for many years.

  • Howard Griffiths

    Howard Griffiths

    Howard Griffiths had suffered with sleepwalking since a young child. Over the years, it affected his relationships, his moods, and even caused him several injuries.

  • Bethany Tollon

    Bethany Tollon

    Bethany Tollon suffered with a serious phobia of needles (trypanophobia) for many years. She fainted at the sight of needles and couldn’t go near hospitals.

  • Rachael Hughes

    Rachael Hughes

    Rachael Hughes had crippling anxiety of taking her driving test and as a result she kept failing, albeit not having an actual fear of driving.

  • Gemma Richards

    Gemma Richards

    Gemma Richards had a phobia of death (thanatophobia) for 14 years; her fear stopped her from sleeping at night.

  • Louise Hooper

    Louise Hooper

    Louise Hooper had a phobia of all transport (hodophobia) that got so bad that she couldn’t even leave the house. She was housebound for four years.

  • Julie Finley

    Julie Finley

    Julie Finley had a fear of stairs and steps (bathmophobia) ever since she was a child.

  • Mandy Denman

    Mandy Denman

    Mandy Denman suffered with depression, panic attacks and phobias, taking anti-depressants for over thirty years.

  • Julie Peasgood

    Julie Peasgood

    Julie Peasgood was a self-confessed chocoholic. She wanted to lose weight and knew that her chocolate addiction was holding her back.

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    John Barrowman

    John explains how he feels so much better after Nik & Eva’s help.

  • Megan Crocker

    Megan Crocker

    From being bullied ever since she was a small child, Megan Crocker had battled with depression, anxiety and low self-esteem for many years.

  • Luisa Deas

    Luisa Deas

    Luisa Deas previously had a phobia of sand (ammophobia). Luisa’s phobia was so debilitating, she was even going to leave her job because of her fear.

  • Julia Rawlings

    Julia Rawlings

    Julia Rawlings suffered from claustrophobia for 35 years, and more recently developed a fear of driving.

  • Natasha Dove

    Natasha Dove

    Tasha has suffered with OCD symptoms for 7 years, with a compulsion to constantly clear her throat after a traumatic event.

  • Lisa Sterling

    Lisa Sterling

    Lisa Sterling suffered with debilitating emetophobia (a fear of vomit) for many years.

  • Daniel and Rebecca Thompson

    Daniel and Rebecca Thompson

    Daniel and Rebecca share some kind words about The Speakmans. Rebecca previously suffered with emetophobia (a fear of vomit).

  • Stephen Day

    Stephen Day

    In February 2007, Stephen Day was subjected to an unprovoked attack when he was pulled out of his car and beaten up by a group of men. The attack changed his life forever. Left with crippling PTSD, Stephen developed uncontrollable jerking movements.

  • Claire Barnard

    Claire Barnard

    Claire Barnard suffered with emetophobia (a fear of vomit) for most of her life.

  • Louise Clarke

    Louise Clarke

    Louise Clarke had suffered with PTSD for five years. Despite many types of therapy - including EMDR and medication — nothing had made any improvement whatsoever to Louise’s symptoms.

  • Lesley Collins

    Lesley Collins

    Lesley had PTSD after being attacked by someone trying to steal her car with her baby daughter in the back. Ever since, she struggled with debilitating anxiety.

  • Mollie Haynes

    Mollie Haynes

    Whilst on a school trip to Nice, Mollie Haynes became involved in a terror attack that killed 86 people and injured 458. Molly was stricken with PTSD.

  • Louise Macdonald

    Louise Macdonald

    Louise Macdonald suffered with PTSD, which had manifested itself into crippling fears, phobias, panic attacks and anxiety. Louise was never able to be on her own due to an immense fear of death.

  • Michelle Partington

    Michelle Partington

    Michelle Partington suffered with debilitating PTSD for many years and even struggled to leave her house.

  • Jo White

    Jo White

    Jo White suffered with PTSD and was severely overweight.

  • Nina Hughes

    Nina Hughes

    From the age of 3, Nina Hughes had suffered with emetophobia. Nina explains how her emetophobia started and how she had lived with anxiety for 57 years because of it.

  • Emma Flannegan

    Emma Flannegan

    Emma Flannegan shares some positive words about The Speakmans.

  • Em Jay Carter

    Em Jay Carter

    Em Jay Carter has suffered with claustrophobia (a fear of lifts) for as long as she can remember.