What is it?

Imposter phenomenon is a term that was developed in the 1970s by psychologists Pauline Clancy and Suzanne Imes. In an article they wrote called “The Imposter Phenomenon in High Achieving Women: Dynamics and Therapeutic Intervention”, they defined it as “an internal experience of intellectual phoniness”… “despite outstanding academic and professional accomplishments” (Clancy and Imes, 1978). […]