PERSONALITY COMPASS

Traits You Need for the Life You Want

Helping people break out of their personality type boxes & intentionally cultivate traits that will bring them closer to their values/goals. 

PERSONALITY COMPASS

Traits You Need for the Life You Want

Helping people break out of their personality type boxes & intentionally cultivate traits that will bring them closer to their values/goals.

Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala

Shannon Sauer-Zavala, PhD AuthorSpeakerScientific ResearcherLicensed Psychologist

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Meet Shannon

Dr. Sauer-Zavala is Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with people struggling with anxiety and depression. She is also an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky (UK) where she develops new treatments for common mental health conditions and tests them in rigorous clinical trials. Dr. Sauer-Zavala is the lead developer of a short-term intervention personality difficulties to address common mental health problems – COMPASS (a loose acronym for cognitive behavioral modules for personality symptoms). Dr. Sauer-Zavala is also the Founder and Director of Compass Mental Health Training & Consulting, through which she has been invited all over the country and the world (Ireland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, South Africa, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Canada) to train therapists in her potent, parsimonious interventions.  

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What We Do

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Helping people break out of their personality type boxes & intentionally cultivate traits that will bring them closer to their values/goals

for Individuals Seeking One-on-One Support

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Personality Coaching & Psychological Treatment

for Mental Health Providers & Organizations

Expert Training in COMPASS

Personality-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • for Meeting Planners
  • for Individual Support
  • for Mental Health Providers

for Meeting Planners and Event Organizers

Keynotes & Workshops

Helping people break out of their personality type boxes & intentionally cultivate traits that will bring them closer to their values/goals

for Individuals Seeking One-on-One Support

Work with Dr. Sauer-Zavala

Personality Coaching & Psychological Treatment

for Mental Health Providers & Organizations

Expert Training in COMPASS

Personality-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

personality coaching
PERSONALITY COMPASS

Take Personality Compass Assessment

Break free from your "Personality Type" and intentionally develop the traits that will move you toward the life you want.

For Mental Health Providers & Organizations

Clinician Training

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Workshops

We offer training workshops of various lengths (one-day, two-day, three-day) and formats (in person, zoom)
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Certification Programs

Become certified as COMPASS practitioner or trainer. These programs involve weekly, remote consultation (with optional tape review), following a course of treatment with one client.
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Program Implementation

Interested in rolling out efficient, personality focused treatment at your site? Our experts can provide guidance on adapting Compass to fit your organization's needs

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For Meeting Planners

"I help people develop the characteristics to achieve the lives they want by busting the myth that personality is set in stone."

Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala
Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala

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Self-help Resources

Everyone deserves access to the resources to become their best selves. Shannon is proud to free tools to help people cultivate lasting change.
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Personality Coaching

What if, instead of getting stuck in a "personality" type box, you imagined the life of your dreams and intentionally cultivated the the traits that will help get you there. Shannon can help set meaningful changes in motion.
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Psychological Treatment

Dr. Sauer-Zavala is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with people with anxiety, depression, & borderline personality disorder. She is able to provide Teletherapy in 42 US states.
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What people are saying

    "I enjoyed the real-life applications from the speaker’s own clinical experience”

      "Dynamic presenter with unassuming, but well-informed approach”

        "Very articulate – enough energy to sustain a day"

          “Dr. Sauer-Zavala’s enthusiasm for the topic was much appreciated”

            “The best public speaker I’ve seen”

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