Imposter Syndrome Blog
Blog posts and information on Imposter Syndrome and related topics including worry and self-doubt, perfectionism, procrastination, and self-criticism.
Part of the Awareness → Action Framework: Four Steps to Working with Imposter Feelings If you’ve followed this series from the start, you’ve already developed three essential foundations: Awareness: recognising the patterns that fuel imposter feelings. Understanding: making sense of why the mind reacts the way it does. Skills: learning how to steady yourself when […]
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Step 3: Skills to Overcome Imposter Syndrome Part of the Awareness → Action Framework: Four Steps to Working with Imposter Feelings If you’ve followed the first two steps of this series – Awareness and Understanding – you’ll have a clearer picture of what keeps imposter feelings alive and why your mind works the way it does. […]
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Step 2: Understanding your Imposter Syndrome Part of the Awareness to Action Framework: Four Steps to Working with Imposter Feelings If you’ve followed this series so far, you’ll know that Step 1 (Awareness) is about recognising the patterns that keep imposter feelings alive, learning to notice the triggers, thoughts, and behaviours that pull you into […]
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Awareness & Imposter Syndrome When people come to therapy for imposter feelings, they often want to jump straight to the solution:“How do I stop feeling this way?”“How can I finally feel confident?” It’s understandable as feeling like a fraud is exhausting. But the truth is, we can’t change what we don’t yet understand.That’s why the […]
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4 Step Framework for Working with Imposter Syndrome Introduction Imposter feelings can be surprisingly persuasive, even when you’re doing well, earning respect, delivering results, being told you’re capable, there’s a part of you that quietly doubts you, “They’ve got the wrong person.” You might find yourself over-preparing, avoiding visibility, or pushing harder than ever to […]
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The Five Imposter Types Summary Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared a series of posts exploring five common imposter patterns: the Perfectionist, Expert, Soloist, Natural Genius, and Superhuman, as identified by the work of Dr Valerie Young. This final post brings everything together. It’s not another “type” or framework to memorise, it’s a chance to step […]
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The Superhuman Imposter In the fifth post focusing on the five types of Imposter Syndrome as identified by Dr Valerie Young, we look at the fifth type which is less about perfectionism, knowledge, or doing things alone, and instead is about doing everything, and still feeling like it’s not enough. This is the Superhuman Imposter: the […]
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The Natural Genius Imposter In the fourth post in this series looking at the different types of Imposter Syndrome as identified by Dr Valerie Young we will be looking at the Natural Genius, the fear isn’t about being wrong, it’s about struggling at all. This type believes that competence should come easily. And when it […]
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The Soloist Imposter This is the third post in the series looking at the one of the five patterns of Imposter Syndrome identified by Dr. Valerie Young. In the previous two posts we looked at the Perfectionist Imposter, and then the Expert Imposter. For others, imposter syndrome isn’t about being perfect or knowing everything, it’s […]
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Imposter syndrome doesn’t show up in the same way for everyone. For some it shows up through perfectionism and in my previous blogpost I wrote about the Perfectionist Imposter (click here to read). For others it can show up as expertise and the belief that you should always know more, have all the answers, and […]
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