Category: Imposter Syndrome Therapy | CBT Therapy

Step 3: Learning to Steady Yourself — The Skills That Help You Handle Imposter Feelings

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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From Awareness to Action: A Practical 4-Step Framework for Working With Imposter Feelings

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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Pulling It All Together: A Summary of the 5 Imposter Patterns

Dean Watkins Therapy, Imposter Syndrome Therapy / dwatkins

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 Natural Genius Imposter: When Success Should Feel Effortless

ACT, Imposter Syndrome Therapy / dwatkins

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: Why Asking for Help Feels Like Failure

ACT, CFT, Imposter Syndrome Therapy / dwatkins

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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The Perfectionist Imposter: When Nothing You Do Ever Feels Enough

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In an earlier blog post I wrote about the 5 different types of imposter syndrome as defined by Dr. Valerie Young. Click here to read. In this post I write about one of those types in more detail – The Perfectionist Imposter. The Perfectionist Imposter Imposter syndrome shows up in different ways for different people.

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