Imposter syndrome is common among helping professionals, especially those working in high-responsibility, high-stress environments where performance is closely monitored and mistakes are often emphasized more than competence. Despite training and experience many clinicians privately struggle with persistent self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy, and difficulty internalizing success.
This training provides helping professionals with a clear, clinically grounded understanding of imposter syndrome as both an internal psychological experience and a contextual response to professional environments. Participants will explore how imposter syndrome presents in clinicians and clients, how it intersects with burnout, shame, perfectionism, and trauma, and how it can impair confidence, decision-making, and professional identity. This training will also introduce evidence-informed assessment strategies and practical interventions that clinicians can use both personally and in clinical practice.
Learning Objectives
Objective 1: Define imposter syndrome and describe its core cognitive, emotional, and behavioral features as they present in mental health professionals and clinical populations.
Objective 2: Differentiate imposter syndrome from related constructs such as low self-esteem, anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout.
Objective 3: Explain how professional environments, systemic pressures, and role expectations can contribute to the development and maintenance of imposter syndrome.
Objective 4: Select and recommend evidence-informed strategies for addressing imposter syndrome in themselves and their clients, including cognitive, relational, and compassion-based interventions.
Presenter
Telvin Peterson MS, LPC, LAC
Telvin Peterson, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 13 years of experience working in diverse and high-acuity mental health settings, including correctional facilities, addiction treatment programs, college campuses, and community-based care. He specializes in men’s issues, trauma, shame, imposter syndrome, anger management, and co-occurring substance use disorders.
Telvin brings a systems-informed and clinically grounded approach to his work, integrating evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused interventions. In addition to his clinical practice, he is the owner of Inner Depth Counseling & Consulting LLC, where he provides individual therapy, group therapy, professional training, and consultation.
Drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience within high-demand clinical environments, Telvin is known for delivering trainings that are practical, reflective, and directly applicable to clinicians’ real-world challenges. His work emphasizes sustainable practice, professional identity development, and helping clinicians support both their clients and themselves.
Costs:
$20 for SCCMHCA Clinical Members
$10 for SCCMHCA Students Members
$30 for Non-SCCMHCA Members
Continuing Education Information
SCCMHCA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2088. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. SCCMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
SCCMHCA is an approved provider for continuing education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, and Psycho-Educational Specialist licensing board. All hours may count as general social work continuing education hours and Category B educational offerings for psychologists. Provider # 4521
If you need special accommodations, have questions, or need assistance registering, contact SCCMHCA.
Refund Policy Cancellations and Refunds
If canceling more than two weeks before a scheduled event, the registrant is entitled to a full refund less a 5% processing fee OR the option to apply the full dollar amount paid toward a future training or event that will be provided by SCCMHCA. If canceling less than two weeks before a scheduled event, a registrant is entitled to a 50% refund OR the option to apply the full dollar amount paid toward a future training or event that will be provided by SCCMHCA. If an attendee at a scheduled event leaves early for any reason, the attendee is not eligible for a refund. An attendee must attend a minimum of 90% of an SCCMHCE educational event in order to receive continuing education credits.
