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Personality Compass with Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala

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Personality Compass with Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala

Using science-backed strategies to empower people to become the best version of themselves. Visit my website to work with me!

Dr. Shannon is mental health expert, personality scientist, and TEDx speaker who busts myth that personality is set in stone. Expert Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Specialized mental health services for anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Evidence-based therapy tailored to help clients feel better and live a more fulfilling life. Personality Coaching for Goal Achievement: Develop the traits and skills needed to reach your personal and professional goals with personalized, growth-oriented coaching. Supervision, Consultation, and Training for Mental Health Providers: Expert guidance in CBT, Unified Protocol, and BPD Compass. Training workshops available for therapists seeking advanced, evidence-based methods. Certification programs and program implementation also available.

02/25/2026

If you’ve ever felt like some part of your personality is holding you back, this is for you.

I’m hosting a free masterclass called:

Be Who You Want: Using Personality Science to Become the Person Who Can Create the Life You Want

In this session, I’ll walk you through what decades of personality science, including my own clinical trial research, tell us about how people actually change:

✨ Why most personality tests explain who you are but fail to show you how to change.

✨ How the same traits that fuel your success can quietly limit your growth.

✨A practical way to map your personality traits to the life you want next.

✨What it really takes to change personality—without trying to become someone you’re not.

This isn’t about fixing yourself or fitting into a box.
It’s about developing the traits that support the life you want.

Be Who You Want
📅 Friday, February 27, 2026 | 12 PM ET
📍 Live on Zoom — 60 minutes with Q&A
🎥 Register to attend live and/or get emailed the replay: https://tinyurl.com/bwyw-webinar

02/23/2026

Ever notices how the traits that helped in you succeed in one area of your life are limiting your potential in others.

In my latest Psychology Today article I share three different examples of how the same traits that help can also hinder.

I also share how you can evolve your personality to rise to the next phase of your life.

You can read the full article right here: https://personality-compass.com/the-personality-paradox/

02/18/2026

The personal growth world is loud.

Everyone has a hack.
A system.
A promise that this will finally change everything.

The problem?
Most of it isn’t grounded in how humans actually change.

Real growth doesn’t come from manifesting or the “right” product. It comes from systematic shifts in how you think, feel, and behave—practiced in real situations over time.

And that's what I research in my job as a personality scientist.

And it’s what I teach my clients as a clinical psychologist.

And what I'd love to share it with you in my upcoming FREE masterclass.

Be Who You Want
📅 Friday, February 27, 2026 | 12 PM ET
📍 Live on Zoom — 60 minutes with Q&A
🎥 Register to attend live and/or get emailed the replay: https://tinyurl.com/bwyw-science

02/16/2026

Personality tests are great for providing insight on our patterns.

But they can all limit our potential if we take the results as guardrails for what we're capable of.

I unpack how to use personality tests as a starting point for growth in my latest Psychology Today article.

Read it here: https://personality-compass.com/the-personality-test-trap/

02/13/2026

I'm giving a free masterclass on how you can use personality science to intentionally cultivate the traits that will set you up for success in your next step.

Learn more and register right here: https://tinyurl.com/cbssundayclip

02/11/2026

🙋 Raise your hand if you're ever counted yourself out from an opportunity because you thought your personality disqualified you.

Personality science tells us that you can cultivate the traits you need to have success in whatever you choose!

📦 Instead of letting your "type" put you in a box, you can learn proven strategies to nudge the traits that are no longer serving you as you move toward your next step.

I'm offer a free masterclass this month to share how personality science can improve your life.

Be Who You Want
📅 Friday, February 27, 2026 | 12 PM ET
📍 Live on Zoom — 60 minutes with Q&A
🎥 Register to attend live and/or get emailed the replay: https://tinyurl.com/bwywmasterclass

02/05/2026

I'm a clinical psychologist and personality scientist and I'm giving a FREE Webinar on how you can use personality science to become the person who can create the life you want.

Be Who You Want
📍Friday, February 27
📍12 PM ET
📍Live on Zoom

To learn more, register, and ensure the replay is sent right to your inbox: https://tinyurl.com/be-who-you-want-fb

01/29/2026

📍 Mental Health Providers: Tomorrow is the big day!

You can still register for this continuing education event:

🧭 BPD Compass: A Cognitive-Behavioral Roadmap for Personality Symptoms
Learn more & register here: https://lnkd.in/eP3iFERd

Learn a transdiagnostic framework to address borderline personality disorder symptoms + comorbid conditions in short(er) term outpatient care.

Perfect if you’re a generalist and want to adequately address BPD without getting expensive certifications for long-term, intensive treatments

Perfect if you’re a BPD specialist and you have people on your caseload with lower acuity BPD and might not need all the bells and whistles of gold-standard BPD treatments

DM me WORKSHOP and I’ll send the link to register your way.

01/28/2026

One of the hardest parts of my job as a psychologist is knowing I can help—and not always being able to.

People from all over the country reach out asking if they can participate in my research on personality change. And because of licensing laws, I often have to say no unless they live in Kentucky.

That’s frustrating, because the need is clearly much bigger than one state.

Even in places with relatively good access to care, only a fraction of people receive evidence-based mental health treatment. And the reality is that there will never be enough therapists to meet the demand for one-on-one care alone.

We 100% need to train more therapists in evidence-based methods.

AND we need to be considering additional, responsible ways to share science-backed tools with people who don’t need—or can’t access—weekly care.

That’s why I created a self-guided program using the same personality change methods I test in my clinical trials.

Science only matters if it reaches people.
This is one way I’m trying to make that happen.

If you'd like to learn more about my self-guided program, visit my site: https://tinyurl.com/hardestpartfb

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Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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