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Nik & Eva Speakman
BornNik Speakman
December 1961
England
Eva Speakman
April 1969
England
ResidenceLittleborough, England
OccupationSchema Conditioning Therapists[1]
ChildrenTwo
WebsiteOfficial website

Nik Speakman (born 1961)[2][3][4] and Eva Speakman (born c.1969),[3][4] known collectively as The Speakmans, are British therapists and life coaches.

Career

Nik Speakman started a finance company, Personal Money Management, aged 26 with his former partner and was working as a success coach at the time of his and Eva's 2005 appearance in That's Rich, a Granada Television series focusing on entrepreneurs in the north west of England.[5] Eva Speakman ran the Heavenly Bodies gym in Oldham, at the time of the show.[5]

The Speakmans were subsequently hosts of a Living TV show, A Life Coach Less Ordinary, and in 2007 published a book, You Can Be Fantastic, Too!.[6] The couple hosted a television pilot for the American FOX network, Panic Attack, in 2010.[7]

A second daytime television show, The Speakmans, was broadcast by ITV. In The Speakmans they attempted to 'successfully treat ordinary people with extraordinary problems'.[8] The show aired for 20 episodes, beginning on 14 July 2014.[9]

The Speakmans are regular columnists in 'Love It Magazine'. The couple regularly appears on ITV's This Morning hosting a segment about anxiety issues and phobias.

The Speakmans use 'schema conditioning psychotherapy' to 'find and tackle the root cause of anxiety disorders'.[10] Nik Speakman said of their approach on their television series that "We're really hoping people will look at it and think: 'I can apply that to my life.' Even if it’s an entirely different problem, ultimately our therapy is the same...That’s what we want. There's no need for anyone to suffer. There is absolute hope for everyone."[10] The Speakmans also believe in "practising gratitude", asserting that "Everybody’s got problems and issues but equally everybody has got amazing things to be thankful for."[10]

Therapeutic techniques utilized by the couple include putting clients into a DeLorean DMC-12 sports car in order to 'travel 'back to the future' to confront past demons', a reference to the DeLorean time machine from the Back to the Future film series.[2] The Speakmans presented a DeLorean car to the former Liberal Member of Parliament for Rochdale, Sir Cyril Smith, at his 80th birthday party in 2008.[11]

Noted celebrity clients of the Speakmans have included Peter Andre, Kerry Katona, Kym Marsh, Liz McClarnon, Katie Price, Holly Willoughby and Jeremy Kyle.[2][10][12]

The Speakmans have diplomas in an unspecified subject from Newcastle University,[4] but are not accredited psychotherapists.

In December 2015, The Speakmans appeared on BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show with Sara Cox [13]

Personal life

The Speakmans have lived in Littleborough near Rochdale in Greater Manchester since 2000.[14][10] The Speakmans converted their house from a former pub and restaurant into a nine-bedroomed house.[2] The couple put their house up for sale in 2010 as they worked on the Panic Attack pilot in the United States, and planned to move to the south of England owing to their work in London and America.[2]

The couple have two children and are supporters of a local children's home, the Duke Bar Burnley Wood NCH Children's Centre[15], and are Celebrity Ambassadors of Variety Children's Charity.[16]

Awards

In October 2017, the Speakmans were awarded a Legends of Industry Award for their contribution to the Therapeutic/Motivational Industry.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "The Speakmans: speedy shrinks for the TV age - The Speakmans". ITV.com. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Celebrity duo put £2m home on the market". Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Interview: Nik and Eva Speakman". Blackpool Citizen. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sarah Dempster (7 January 2006). "Gurus on the rise". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "TV shares tales of life on millionaires' row". Manchester Evening News. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Nik Speakman (1 November 2007). Your Life Can Be Fantastic Too!. Goldwing Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-0-9793965-0-2.
  7. ↑ "Fox orders 'Panic Attack'". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Speakmans". Rochdale Online. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "ITV - The Speakmans". ITV.com. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Emily Heward (13 July 2014). "Celeb gurus Nik and Eva Speakman try to help people overcome anxiety disorders in new TV series". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sir Cyril Smith - 80th Birthday Party". Rochdale Online. 29 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "The Speakmans cure Jeremy Kyle of his creepy crawly phobia". Itv.com. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Sara Cox sits in, The Chris Evans Breakfast Show - BBC Radio 2". BBC. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Interview: Nik and Eva Speakman". Blackpool Citizen. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  15. ↑ http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/leisure/tv/1948119.Interview__Nik_and_Eva_Speakman/?ref=ms
  16. ↑ https://www.variety.org.uk/photos/i-love-a-bit-of-variety/the-speakmans
  17. ↑ "Legends of Industry Awards 2017". Seriestop. Retrieved 2018-08-30.

External links

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