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Theory of personality change

How targeting the trait to experience negative emotions in treatment leads to efficient improvement in mental health symptoms
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Patient Workbook

Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Client Workbook (2018). Oxford University Press.
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Therapist Guide

Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Therapist Guide (2018). Oxford University Press.
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Shannon Sauer-Zavala, PhD, is an internationally respected author, speaker, and academic researcher. She maintains a private practice providing one-on-one services to clients and is sought after to train other clinicians.

Dr. Sauer-Zavala received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from UK in 2011; she completed her predoctoral residency at Duke University Medical Center and her postdoctoral fellowship at Boston University.

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