Imposter Syndrome Therapist (UK)

I'm Tara, an accredited psychotherapist based in the UK. I help people manage anxiety and quiet overthinking.

I work with people who feel like they're not doing enough. People who overthink everything, struggle to trust themselves, and carry a quiet but persistent feeling that somehow, despite everything they do, they're falling short. That feeling has a name. It's called imposter syndrome.

It doesn't always look the same. For some people it shows up at work. That creeping sense that success is luck rather than ability. For others imposter syndrome lives closer to home, in relationships, in the way they shrink themselves to avoid taking up too much space. It can show up as anxiety that hums in the background or spikes when things feel uncertain. As an inner critic that picks apart every decision. As exhaustion from constantly performing, constantly proving. Sometimes it's so woven into how you move through life that it just feels like who you are.

It isn't who you are.

And I know that because I've lived it. I was the peacekeeper, the people-pleaser, the one who read every room. Thoughtful and caring, yes, but also quietly doubting myself at every turn. Overthinking every decision. Searching for reassurance that never quite landed. I looked like I had it together. Inside, I was exhausted.

Training as a therapist changed everything. I learned that imposter syndrome, anxiety and overthinking are not character flaws. They are patterns, shaped by experience, and they can genuinely change.

I rebuilt my relationship with myself, learning to trust my own judgement, feel grounded without needing validation, and stop treating uncertainty like a threat.

Now I help others find that same shift through imposter syndrome therapy, using evidence-based tools grounded in real psychological research. Whether that's anxiety, burnout, overthinking or simply feeling more like yourself again, the work is the same.

Not affirmations. Not a temporary fix. Self Work Studios is about real, felt, lasting change.

Above all, I prioritise making self-work grounded, accessible, and transformative so your mind no longer feels like it is working against you.

Qualifications:

• BSc in Clinical Psychology

• MSc in Forensic Psychology (specialist training in understanding human behaviour and evidence-based interventions)

• PGDip in Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions (BABCP Accredited)

• PGDip in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (BABCP Accredited)

• NHS Training in Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Long-Term Conditions (for PWPs)