Imposter Syndrome

with Susan L. Saunders, LCSW, NCPsyA, ACS

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

On Zoom Only – 1 CE

Participation is FREE

$17 Admin Fee for each CE

Registration closes December 17 at 10:00 AM EST

Have you ever had times where despite knowing you are knowledgeable and well-educated in your field, you have moments of feeling like a fraud? Have there been moments in a session where you think you don’t know what to say to a patient?

Why do those feelings occur at times? Is this a pattern? How can therapists use their own imposter feelings as insight rather than evidence of inadequacy? We will review psychodynamic understandings about how, where, and when those thoughts and feelings may originate. Pertinent theories will be reviewed, as well as the impact of personal life history and countertransference feelings, both objective and subjective.

Course Objectives – Participants will be able to:

• Describe unconscious dynamics leading to
• thoughts and feelings of Imposter Syndrome.
• Recognize five different personality types
• as described by Valerie Young, EdD
• Identify and understand countertransference feelings
• and their potential impact on clinical work with patients.

Susan L. Saunders, LCSW, NCPsyA, ACS, is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst with many years of private practice experience. She has an office in Livingston where she works with adults, adolescents, couples, and groups. A graduate of ACAP, she is licensed in NJ and NY. At ACAP she is a Teaching Assistant, a Fellow and the coordinator of the Brown Bag Lunch workshops. She is certified as a Clinical Social Work Supervisor and an Approved Clinical Supervisor for counselors.

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Art Therapists

Counselors

Marriage and Family Counselors

NJ Psychoanalysts

Social Workers

NY Creative Arts Therapists

Psychologists

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