Feeling Like a Fraud

Feeling Like a FraudThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 5, Episode 48, Segment 3

Feb 25, 2016 • 16m

Dr. Jaime Kurtz is an associate Professor of Psychology at James Madison University in Virginia. Her research focuses on enjoying well-being and she presents seminars on mental health to continuing education health care professionals nationwide. Dr. Jamie Kurtz discusses the “imposter syndrome” and where this feeling of inadequacy comes from.

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