As a hypnotherapist I am often asked to assist with confidence development. As
part of my regular screening process I ask clients to undertake a questionnaire,
which assists with the process of pinpointing their specific issues. I have gradually
developed a view of confidence which has proved to be very useful in analyzing
the specific areas where an individual needs to develop.
This approach is based on 5 components of confidence :
- Social Confidence
- Peer Independence
- Status Confidence
- Physical Presence
- Stage Presence
These terms are all described in depth on the Confidence
Club website.
Out of this work we have developed a questionnaire which not only identifies
the specific components of confidence which require attention, but which also
points to other personality traits. We are now using the questionnaire to help
people who have not previously identified confidence as a specific issue.
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This, I think, is an observation which will resonate with many anxiety sufferers;
confidence is not a stand-alone quality, but one which pervades all aspects
of our psychological health and wellbeing. All too often I encounter anxious
clients who feel, in some way, deficient - as though their anxiety is some
kind of personal failing. The simple act of completing a questionnaire, and
finding that their anxiety symptoms are not irrational, and relate to objectively
measurable personality traits, is often a source of comfort.
With any condition, we often have a sense of 'there but for the grace of God
go I', yet with psychological conditions this empathy is sometimes absent.
I would love to see a wider appreciation of the very normality of anxiety,
and an awareness that it is founded on universal human qualities.
Author: Jim Sullivan
Website: http://www.confidenceclub.net/
Whether you want to develop Peer Independence, Physical Presence,
Social Confidence, Stage Presence, or Status Confidence, Jim Sullivan
has you covered. Order Jim's confidence boosting CDs from the
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