You are not an imposter

“I just got lucky.”
“I don’t belong here.”
“Any minute now, they will figure out that I have no idea what I am doing.”
 
These are classic phrases spoken by someone with imposter syndrome, and, in my work as a psychotherapist in Ridgewood, New Jersey, I hear them all the time.
 
Imposter syndrome is the internal belief that your success isn’t earned, and that one day soon you will be found out as a fraud or an imposter.
 
Here’s the truth:
Intelligence and self-doubt can (and often do) coexist.
You don’t have to feel confident to be capable.
Feeling like an imposter doesn’t mean you are one.
 
In therapy, we work on rewiring those critical thoughts and reconnecting you to your actual accomplishments.
 
Does any of this resonate with you? If you would like to explore how this applies to you, contact me via this page or book online for a time when I should call you back.
 
Chris Warren-Dickins
Therapist in Ridgewood, New Jersey
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