Nik & Eva Speakman

Nik Speakman (born 7 December 1961)  and Eva Speakman (born 30 April 1969),  known collectively as The Speakmans, are British writers, therapists, life coaches and TV presenters.

Career
Nik Speakman started a finance company, Personal Money Management, aged 17. He 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. Eva Speakman ran the Heavenly Bodies gym in Oldham, at the time of the show.

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!.

The couple are regular contributors on ITV's This Morning, hosting a segment about issues and anxiety disorders ranging from obsessive–compulsive disorder to fears, phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder. In 2014, the pair briefly hosted a spin-off daytime ITV show of their own entitled The Speakmans.

The Speakmans have diplomas in an unspecified subject from Newcastle University, but have stated these are not related to their work.

The Speakmans use a technique known as Visual Schema Displacement Therapy (VSDT). A non-clinical study into the technique found that in the short-term it was more effective than an abbreviated version of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, the treatment which is recommended by the NHS for post-traumatic stress disorder. The study noted however that there was no clear explanation yet for why VSDT worked, and that a clinical trial would be necessary to ascertain whether the results were repeatable on a larger scale

In 2001, the pair participated as contestants on an episode of Channel 5‘s Fort Boyard titling themselves as Lord Nik and Lady Eva. The couple also took part in series five of Celebrity Hunted in 2023.

Personal life
The Speakmans have lived in Littleborough near Rochdale in Greater Manchester since 2000.

Awards & honors

 * Legends of Industry Awards 2017