@shannonsauerzavala
Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky Licensed Clinical Psychologist Improving mental health treatment, especially for BPD, via research on personality-focused interventions Visit me: https://konect.to/ssz
To 💯% toot my own horn, here is some of the feedback I got from my last BPD Compass Workshop:
Over the past 5 workshops, 100% of attendees said they would recommend this webinar to others! 💁♀️
And I'm hosting another one on Friday January 30th.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/bpdcompasswo...
📞 Is there a quick and dirty measure that captures symptoms of all categorical personality disorders that's not...like...over 100 items long?
👩🏫 I'm giving a continuing education webinar on @BpdCompass on January 30th from 1-4 pm ET.
$99 for Professionals
$10 for Students
Learn a transdiagnostic, personality-focused treatment that address BOTH BPD and common comorbid conditions. 🤩
Learn more: personality-compass.com/bpd-compass-...
This is the coolest 🤩
Big Five hype-women over here putting categories on blast...
I used my interview on @vox.com's Explain it to Me podcast as an opportunity to clear up some myths many people have about personality (particularly introversion vs extroversion).
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I just submitted my abstract to (hopefully) give an intro workshop on #BPDCompass at @nasspd.bsky.social's conference in Toronto this coming April.
You should submit something too: nasspd.org/abstract_sub...
Let me know in th comments what you're (hoping to) present!!
Y’all! It’s gonna be awesome. Get your abstracts in!
Why We're Like This Ep. 1: Shannon Sauer-Zavala on how to be less neurotic
open.substack.com/pub/olgakhaz...
The primary project on which the postdoc will work is a federally-funded clinical trial in which patients with BPD will received personalized treatment based on their personality elevations. You would be a study assessor or therapist!
Learn more here: reporter.nih.gov/search/kT63P...
The position will provide clinical hours for licensure + protected research time (and ample archival treatment data).
👋🏻 I am so excited to announce that I'll be hiring a postdoc at the University of Kentucky!
We study mechanism-focused (e.g., personality traits), transdiagnostic treatment development and personalization.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
More details in the 🧵 👇🏻
Please share!
It is obvi a weird time for science, psychological or otherwise.
The Coalition for the Advancement & Application of Psychological Science (CAAPS) is looking for YOUR ideas on how to best meet the moment with our initiatives.
🚨 Psychologists: Take our brief survey 👇
redcap.uky.edu/redcap/surve...
Did you know that your personality isn't set in stone? You can intentionally shape your traits to align with life you want. I spoke with 🌞 @CBSSunday Morning's Susan Spencer on the science of personality change and you can watch the segment right here: www.cbsnews.com/news/the-sci...
Here's a run-down on BPD Compass:
18 sessions of Compass leads to sig. large reductions in self-reported #bpd, #anxiety, #depression, #PTSD
We also see improvement in negative affectivity, antagonism, and disinhibition #AMPD
We've trained 100s of therapists. Want to be next?
Spend an afternoon with me and learn our short-term, generalist treatment for borderline personality disorder, @BpdCompass
🌻 Friday May 16th, 2-5 PM ET
🌻 $99 for professionals, $10 for students (code: TRAINEE)
🌻 CE credits
🌻 Register here: personality-compass.com/bpd-compass-...
I'm partnering with @newharbinger.bsky.social and Praxis to deliver a 5-week course on the Unified Protocol (UP)
✅ Treat Multiple Conditions with One CBT Framework
📅 Starting Tuesdays, April 1
Sign up today! www.praxiscet.com/events/simpl...
Now is a good time to remind folks that proven mental healthcare should not be behind a paywall...
People with #BPD looking for resources → download the BPD Compass workbook
Providers who work with BPD (so, all y'all) → download the BPD Compass workbook
👉 personality-compass.com/bpd-compass 👈
Get ahead of the curve before BPD Compass is officially published with @newharbinger.bsky.social in 2026
⭐️ NEWS! ⭐️
We've got an Introductory Webinar for BPD Compass coming up! Friday May 16th (2-5 ET). 3 CEs for psychologists. Learn more & register: personality-compass.com/bpd-compass-...
$99 for professionals, $10 for students with code TRAINEE
Hope to see you there 💁♀️ ❤️
I could not be prouder of my TWO students in the Match this cycle - both matched to top sites!
Nicole Stumpp is headed to the Durham VA
Martina Fruhbauerova is off to Brown
Thrilled. I am thrilled.
Happy Christmas to me!
BPD Compass leads to significant improvements in neuroticism, agreeableness, and conscientious and effects were mostly medium and large.
Doesn’t matter if you use the PID-5, the BFI-2, or the FFBI.
For criterion A stans, LPFS improves significantly too
Personality Dimensions are, by definition, not categorical. They are processes that functionally maintain symptoms and can be targeted in treatment. So, this approach is complementary to process based therapies - just focusing on personality as the mechanism to target!
Amazing!!! Come to my next workshop - prob will hold it in may. This clip is from the one I held last Friday and it’s on applying a personality based treatment called compass. Also, follow me on inst at @self.made.personality (I post there more) and even email me and I’ll send you some RCT articles
and I learned how to add subtitles in pretty colors, so pls clap 🙃
A 30 second primer on why we need a Dimensional TREATMENT System to make psychotherapy more potent, parsimonious, and personalizable.
Thank you so much, Erik 🥰
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I could not be more proud...so proud in fact that I hearted my own post :)
