Your English is holding you back.
Not because it isn't good enough.
Because nobody ever taught you
what's actually failing you.
Speak Like You Think™ is a 12-session 1:1 coaching program for professionals who are done guessing — and ready to communicate in English with the precision and confidence their work demands
You already speak good English.
So why doesn't it always feel that way?
You prepare more than your colleagues. You know your subject matter inside and out. You've taken courses, practiced, and pushed yourself.
And yet...
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You go quiet in meetings when you should be contributing.
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You over-explain and lose the thread.
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You walk out of a presentation or a difficult conversation knowing your English didn't reflect who you actually are professionally.
You blame your vocabulary. Your accent. Your nerves. You tell yourself you just need more practice.
But here's what twenty years of working in high-precision language environments taught me: the professionals who struggle most in English under pressure are rarely struggling because of deficiency.
They're struggling because of three specific, identifiable patterns that traditional language learning never addresses — and that nobody has ever pointed out to them.
Once you know what they are, everything changes.
Not because the English suddenly gets easier.
Because you finally understand what's actually getting in the way.
It's not your English.
It's three things nobody ever taught you.
After working with professionals across law, business, consulting, tech, and clinical practice, I've identified three specific patterns that explain why competent English speakers lose clarity and confidence under pressure.
They have nothing to do with vocabulary. Nothing to do with accent. And nothing to do with how much you practice.
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You don't know what your words are doing
In English, the words you choose don't just convey meaning — they signal intent, authority, obligation, and precision. A single word choice tells a native speaker whether you're making a recommendation or issuing a directive. Whether you're certain or hedging. Whether you're in command or deferring.
Most professionals have never been taught this. So they guess. And under pressure, the guessing shows.
02
You're translating instead of communicating
Your brain is trying to build sentences in your first language and find the English equivalent in real time. That process creates a lag — and by the time you've found the words, the meeting has moved on.
This isn't a vocabulary problem. It's a strategy problem. And it's completely solvable once you stop trying to solve the wrong thing.
03
The more self-conscious you feel, the more you say. And the more you say, the worse it gets
Self-consciousness triggers overexplaining. Overexplaining collapses clarity. Collapsed clarity triggers more self-consciousness. It's a loop — and it has nothing to do with how good your English actually is.
What breaks the loop isn't more English. It's learning to regulate before you speak and knowing exactly what you want your listener to walk away with.
What Speak Like You Think™ is
Speak Like You Think™ is a 12-session 1:1 coaching program delivered over 12 weeks — one session per week, each one built entirely around your professional reality.
This is not a course. There are no modules to work through at your own pace, no generic exercises, and no content designed for someone else's situation. Every session is built around the specific professional contexts where your English needs to perform — the meetings, negotiations, presentations, client conversations, or clinical sessions that actually matter to you.
From session two onward, every session opens with a challenge that mirrors your real goals. If you're preparing for a high-stakes presentation, you explain a key concept from it. If you're working toward a promotion interview, we zero in on the questions you'll face. If you work with English-speaking clients, we simulate the conversations that require the most precision from you.
You perform first. Then we work.
This approach does something traditional coaching doesn't: it puts you under realistic pressure from the very beginning, so that by the time the real moment arrives, it already feels familiar.
What the 12 weeks look like:
Weeks 1 & 2
Find the gap.
Close it fast.
We identify exactly which of the three patterns is most active for you — and fix the first thing immediately. Most clients notice something tangible within the first two sessions.
Weeks 5 & 6
Change how
your sentences land.
You discover how the same idea, expressed slightly differently, lands completely differently with a native speaker — and how to use that deliberately in your professional context.
Weeks 3 & 4
Make your words
do more work.
You learn how specific language choices signal authority, precision, intent, and credibility to native speakers — and how to make those choices deliberately instead of guessing.
Weeks 7 — 12
Perform under
real conditions.
Six weeks of applied practice in scenarios drawn directly from your professional world. By the end, the right language doesn't require effort. It comes automatically.
Every session is 50 minutes.
One session per week.
Delivered online.
Conducted entirely in English.
Who Speak Like You Think™ is for
This program is designed for professionals who are already functional in English
and want it to perform at the level their work demands..
Not quite there yet? We've got you too
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If you are just beginning to learn English or cannot yet hold a professional conversation
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You want to develop your professional English at your own pace without the pressure of high-stakes scenarios
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You're not quite ready for Speak Like You Think™ yet — but you want to be
then Finally Fluent™ might be a better fit. Finally Fluent™ is a different program designed for an earlier stage than Speak Like You Think™ that will give you the precise, expert-led foundation you need to get there.
→ Learn more about Finally Fluent™
Speak Like You Think™
is perfect for you if
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You use English at work — in meetings, presentations, negotiations, client conversations, or clinical and coaching sessions — and you know your English doesn't always reflect your actual level of competence
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You've tried traditional English courses and found them useful up to a point — but the point where they stopped working is exactly where your problem lives
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You're goal-oriented. You want a precise diagnosis and a clear path forward, not an open-ended learning journey
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You work in law, business, consulting, tech, international organizations, or clinical and therapeutic practice
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You're ready to be challenged from session one — because you understand that real improvement happens under realistic conditions, not in a classroom
Not sure where your English stands or which option is right for you?
Take the free Klammer Academy diagnostic and find out in three minutes.
What Happens When You Find
What's Actually Failing You
Most clients come to Speak Like You Think™ convinced they have a vocabulary problem, a fluency problem, or a confidence problem.
What we discover together is usually more specific
— and more solvable —
than that.
Pablo Cereijido
Head of Insurance & Reinsurance Practice Group,
Marval O'Farrell Mairal
What a privilege to have Paula in charge of the Marval O'Farrell Mairal Writing Center. An outstanding linguist and pioneer in her specialization — she gave us the tools to achieve what every law firm needs: clear, precise language in legal practice.
Ophelia Kemigisha
International Human Rights Lawyer,
Georgetown Law LLM
Professor Klammer reframed our unfamiliarity with Legal English not as a weakness but as a strength — a perspective shift that changed how I approached the work entirely. The skills I gained help me every day as a lawyer and remind me to bring rigor to everything I do.
→ View these and other original testimonials on LinkedIn
Allan Achesa Maleche
Global Health & Human Rights Lawyer, Georgetown Law LLM
Professor Klammer's guidance helped me write a paper that not only fulfilled my course requirements but is also pending publication in a leading health and human rights journal. Her feedback was always thoughtful, personalized, and directly relevant to what I was actually trying to accomplish.
RESULTS SNAPSHOT:
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Most clients notice a tangible change in their fluency and communication confidence between weeks four and eight
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From session two, every session opens with a real professional scenario — so improvement is measurable from the start
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Clients have gone from repeatedly being told communication was the only barrier to their next promotion — to receiving direct praise for their communication skills in the room where it counted most
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Other people notice the change before the client does
Why Paula Klammer
Twenty years in environments where the wrong word had real consequences
I'm a lawyer-linguist who taught advanced legal communication at Georgetown University and NYU, translated works by Nobel Prize laureates, and consulted for international organizations including the United Nations and the International Bar Association. I didn't learn how language works under pressure in theory. I learned it by working in rooms where precision wasn't optional and misunderstandings were costly.
Your Investment
A program like Speak Like You Think™ with 12 individualized sessions with an expert coach, built entirely around your professional context would typically cost you:
Speak Like You Think™: €1,500 for 12 sessions.
And that €1,500 includes everything you need to get the result:
Paid once. No subscription. No renewal.
1. Is this program worth €1,500?
Consider what unclear communication has already cost you — in missed promotions, lost clients, opportunities you didn't pursue because your English held you back. Now consider that Speak Like You Think™ delivers €3,507 worth of individualized coaching, resources, and support for €1,500 — at €125 per session with someone who has spent 20 years in environments where the precision of language had real professional consequences.
The question isn't whether €1,500 is a lot. It's whether the problem you're trying to solve is worth fixing.
2. What if I can't commit to one session per week for 12 weeks?
Life happens and sessions can be rescheduled with 24 hours notice. That said, consistency is not optional in this program — it's the mechanism through which the method works. The weekly rhythm is deliberately designed to build on itself, and significant gaps between sessions slow the process considerably. If you know in advance that the next 12 weeks are unusually disrupted, it's worth waiting until you can commit fully. The program will still be here.
3. What if I don't see results?
If you have completed at least two full sessions and don't feel the program is working for you, we will discuss your options — including a full refund. The two-session minimum exists because the first session is largely diagnostic and the second is where implementation begins and you get a clear picture of what the remaining ten sessions will look like. Two sessions gives the program a fair chance and gives you enough information to make an informed decision.
4. How do I know this is the right fit before I enroll?
That's exactly what the free call is for. In 50 minutes we'll identify the specific patterns failing you in your English communication, discuss whether Speak Like You Think™ is the right way to address them, and give you enough information to make a confident decision — in either direction. There is no obligation to enroll and no pitch. Just a precise conversation.
5. What if we discover my problem is different from what I expected?
That happens regularly — and it's one of the most valuable things the program does. Most clients arrive with a diagnosis of their own problem that turns out to be slightly or significantly off. The first two sessions are designed to surface what's actually happening, which means the remaining ten sessions address the real issue rather than the assumed one. The program adapts to what we find, not to what we expected to find.
6. Can my company pay for this?
Yes. Many clients use professional development budgets or have their employer sponsor their sessions. If you need documentation for your employer — a program outline, invoice, or professional development justification — I can provide that.
7. Is my English level right for this program?
Speak Like You Think™ is designed for professionals who are already functional in English — people who can hold professional conversations, follow discussions, and make themselves understood, even if clarity and confidence under pressure are still a challenge.
If you're not sure whether your English is at the right level, the fastest way to find out is to take the free diagnostic. It takes three minutes, tells you exactly where your English stands, and if you're ready for Speak Like You Think™ it will tell you that too.
→ Take the free English diagnostic
Ready to find out
what's actually getting in the way?
If you've read this far, you already know
your English isn't the real problem.
The problem is more specific than that — and more solvable.
A free 50-minute call is where we identify exactly what's failing you in your specific professional context
and what 12 weeks of precise, targeted work
would look like for you.
No obligation. No pitch. Just a precise conversation.