Imposter Syndrome? Overcome Self-Doubt and Boost Your Career Growth ONLINE

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“I’m just lucky”, “I don’t belong here”, “I’m a fraud and people will find out”. Have thoughts like these crossed your mind before? If so, you are definitely not alone. Imposter Syndrome describes a set of beliefs revolving around feelings of inadequacy, not deserving success, and misleading others about our abilities. It limits confidence and can actually lead to failure.

In this workshop, participants will learn how Imposter Syndrome can look like and what’s behind it, will assess their own level of Imposter Syndrome, and will be guided through exercises that help to combat it, all while having room to exchange with other participants. The goal is to leave the workshop with a better understanding of Imposter Syndrome and tools to deal with it when it comes up the next time.

Kursinhalte

• What is Imposter Syndrome?
• Why Imposter Syndrome is independent of one’s performance
• Self-test on Imposter Syndrome
• Negative consequences
• Recognizing trigger moments
• Breaking free from dysfunctional thoughts
• Appropriately dealing with success and failure

Form

• Theoretical input
• Discussions in pairs, small groups, and with the entire group
• (Written) self-reflections
• Techniques from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and metacognitive therapy
• Exercises related to mindfulness and body perception

Adressatinnen und Adressaten

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Please note: If you are in the field of psychology, some of the content might already be known to you, but you are still welcome to attend!

Informationen zu den Dozierenden

Dr. Maria Douneva studied Work and Organizational Psychology and completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Basel. After working as a consultant and team lead, she is now a self-employed corporate trainer and coach based in Berlin and specializes in resilience and mental health topics.

Leistungsspektrum / Workload

Total of 8h (course attendance 8h)

Besonderheiten

Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.