Are You Experiencing Imposter Syndrome?
Maybe...
✓ You minimize your achievements or attribute them to luck
✓ You compare yourself constantly to colleagues who seem more certain
✓ You over-prepare to the point of exhaustion, convinced anything less means failure
✓ You avoid opportunities because you're afraid of being exposed
✓ Positive feedback feels uncomfortable—you dismiss it or don't believe it
✓ You're waiting for someone to realise you don't actually belong here
✓ When you make a mistake, it confirms your worst fear: you're not good enough
✓ You can't internalise success and every achievement feels like you've fooled someone
✓ You've achieved your way through it, hoping one more promotion would finally make you feel secure, but it hasn't
It's Not About Skill Gap - It's About Internal Safety
Imposter syndrome isn't about lacking competence. It's about lacking internal safety.
You don't trust your own abilities. You don't feel secure in your right to be here. Achievement doesn't build confidence - it just raises the stakes for the inevitable moment when you'll fail.
For many high-achievers, this has been the background hum for years.
You've achieved your way through it, hoping that one more promotion, one more qualification, one more external validation will finally make you feel secure.
It hasn't.
Because the problem isn't external. It's internal.
How We Work Together
We'll assess whether this is an ongoing pattern or if there's a specific incident that intensified it.
For ongoing imposter syndrome: We use psychotherapy to understand where this belief came from (often childhood, family dynamics, early experiences), challenge the internal narrative that you're fooling everyone, build internal safety, and shift perfectionism and impossible standards.
For a specific trigger: Sometimes imposter syndrome intensified after a specific event—a crushing performance review, being passed over for promotion, a public mistake, a moment of humiliation. If there's a specific incident, we can use EMDR to process it so it stops reinforcing the belief that you're an imposter.
Often it's both: A longstanding pattern AND a recent incident that made it worse.
We can address both. You don't need to figure out which category you're in. That's what the free consultation is for.
Investment: £80 per 60 minutes
Whether we use psychotherapy, EMDR, or both—one clear price for flexible, expert support.
💳 Insurance Accepted (AXA, Aviva, Vitality, and WPA)
What to Expect
First session:
We assess whether there's a specific trigger or if this is a longstanding pattern.
Ongoing sessions: You'll understand where imposter syndrome came from. You'll learn to recognise when it's showing up. You'll get practical tools for managing the anxiety. We'll work on building internal safety, not just external achievement.
Timeline: Most clients work with me for 12-20 sessions for imposter syndrome.
This isn't quick-fix work.
But it's work that actually shifts something, not just helps you cope better with feeling like a fraud.
Why I Understand Imposter Syndrome
I've sat in rooms full of people who looked more certain than I felt, wondering when they'd realise I didn't belong there.
I've achieved things and immediately discounted them - "Anyone could have done that. I just got lucky."
I've experienced what it's like to carry the fear of being exposed while appearing competent on the outside.
After 25 years in corporate and years of therapy training, I understand this:
Imposter syndrome isn't a skill gap. It's an internal safety gap. And that's what we work on.
Investment
£80 per 60 minutes
💳 Insurance Accepted Registered with AXA Health, Aviva, Vitality, and WPA.
Whether we use psychotherapy for ongoing imposter syndrome, EMDR for a specific trigger incident, or coaching for building confidence you get the same expert support at one clear price.
Many professionals have their sessions fully covered by employer health insurance.
I provide detailed invoices for insurance claims.
All sessions online via secure video.
Based in West Yorkshire, supporting professionals across the UK.