All About Low Self Confidence & How To Improve it with CBT, Therapy & Counselling in Wolverhampton & West Midlands

Whats is Low Self Confidence?

Low self confidence is a lack of self-belief or a lack of belief in the ability to solve life’s problems.

When a person believes in themselves and their abilities to succeed in life we describe them as “being full of Self Confidence”.

People with high self confidence tend to have certain characteristics associated with them such as the ability to be:

• Successful
• Highly Sociable
• Popular with others
• Un-ruffled by problems
• Un-phased by illnesses
• Relaxed

Many people will experience low confidence at some point in our lives and this is a perfectly normal.

However, there are some people whose entire lives seem to be experienced with these feelings of low self confidence, often expressed as feeling not good enough.

People with low self esteem will almost certainly also suffer from what is called Social Anxiety which is the degree to which a person feels judged by others

In fact, there is a recognised relationahip between low self confidence and high Social Anxiety.

The more social anxiety you suffer, the lower your self confidence.

What causes low self confidence?

There are many things that can result in low self confidence and they generally fall into two main categories:

• Some sort of negative or emotional experience that has taken place, normally where you failed to live up to some “standard” and felt, or were made to feel, embarrassed or “small” as a consequence. It is particularly important to note that this “standard” which was not achieved may be real, or simply imagined.
• The slow development, over time, of negative or unhelpful thinking patterns that start to impact more widely on the way you feel about yourself.

These unhelpful thinking styles or limiting beliefs, can self-reinforce and lead into a downward spiral of low self confidence that gets worse over time.

CBT for Low Self Confidence

If you’re committed to overcoming your confidence issues then we highly recommend following our Tranceformental CBT 10 session programme.

The Tranceformental programme is a highly successful & pragmatic course of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) run over 10 sessions, that will teach you everything you need to know to understand the psychological aspects of your problem.

It can also help you to identify any unhelpful thinking styles or limiting beliefs that might be reinforcing the issue.

The programme is also available as an online self-help CBT programme. if you prefer not to consult a therapist directly.

CBT is an empirically supported approach used by mental health practitioners around the World.

Free Initial Consultations for Low Self Confidence

We offer all prospective clients a FREE initial consultation to discuss your self-confidence problems prior to commencing any treatment plans.

The consultation is free and lasts around 50 minutes.

During this consultation we will discuss the various therapy options that are available to you and make a considered recommendation based on your individual personal circumstances.

Initial consultations are also available as part of our online therapy service.

At Tranceform Psychology we recognise the importance of the therapeutic relationship in helping people to bring about effective change, so its important to be able to ‘meet’ to discuss any therapy treatments BEFORE proceeding.

Our policy is to help people make a fully balanced & considered decision about undertaking work with us, including both the financial and personal implications.