Sindromul impostorului

This book asks why some people feel they have not earned their success. They doubt their skills, though their success gives clear proof. They may think they have fooled those around them.

It is a hands-on book about how the mind works. It is for readers who seek to grasp these feelings. Its nine lessons explain what we call impostor syndrome. They show how those who study it first found it. They trace how it grows from childhood into adult life. Parents may help shape it. So may pressure from others and a person's traits. The book looks at how it affects well-being, too.

Kevin Chassangre and Stacey Callahan draw on their work. Both work as clinical psychologists and psychotherapists. They show ways to address these feelings through psychotherapy, or talk therapy.

This edition is in Romanian. Oltea-Mihaela Catineanu translated it from French.