Fear of Judgement - Colleagues, Clients and the Internet

Fear of Judgement - Colleagues, Clients and the InternetWelcome to the Business of Psychology Podcast, and welcome back to our miniseries on the beliefs that can make it really difficult for us to get started in independent practice or to grow our practice if we already have one. In this series, I'm reflecting on the beliefs that I hear most commonly from my coaching clients and the ones that have been pinging around in my head for years as well, and thinking about where they come from, but also what we can do to try and move through when we want to act against some of these beliefs and how uncomfortable that that can make us.

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Links:

Episode 182: Neurodivergence: Having the big conversations and living your values with Dr Naomi Fisher

Episode 68: How to launch an online course as a psychologist with Dr Marianne Trent

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Fear of JudgementThe thing that I want to talk about today is the fear of judgment. This sounds different in different people's heads, but I hear a lot of, "Oh, I'm really scared about what my ex-colleagues are going to think," or "Will people think I've sold out? Will people accuse me of being a charlatan, or not good enough, or not experienced enough to offer this thing?" And that really drives a lot of people's reluctance to be visible, especially online. And as you'll know if you've listened to previous series’ of The Business of Psychology, I've recorded episodes recently with people like Naomi Fisher and Marianne Trent, where we've talked about this because it's a very big deal in our community; this is not in people's heads. I think psychology and psyc