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...

👋🏻 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 🧵 👇🏻

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 👈

⭐️ 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

A 30 second primer on why we need a Dimensional TREATMENT System to make psychotherapy more potent, parsimonious, and personalizable.

My student, Martina Fruhbauerova won the Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award for her project examining a mechanism-focused (hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness), single-session intervention for suicidal thoughts/behaviors! www.nationalregister.org/fruhbauerova...

144 mental health professionals have already signed up for our BPD Compass Webinar happening THIS FRIDAY!!! That means we have 56 spots left. Sign up today for a smoking hot deal ($25 off registration with code MONDAY)! Always free for trainees with code FREE4TRAINEES 🔗 in the comments!

go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi I started a personality psychology starter pack. If I missed you or put you here by mistake, please reach out.

📣 Our Clinical Program at the University of Washington is hiring a new Clinic Director! If you're passionate about shaping the clinical training of the next generation, please consider applying! For more info: apply.interfolio.com/159126 Please share broadly!

We came, we ABCTed, and now we’re headed back to Kentucky. Glad these youths let me tag along with them to feel relevant 🙃 @abctnow.bsky.social

CBT therapists should care about dimensional models of personality/psychopathology. Thank you to Anton Mays, Alex Hines, @dsamuel.bsky.social Katherine Hein & Nicole Stumpp for bringing this point home. @abctnow.bsky.social

What a privilege to present along side @katieleedg.bsky.social Julianne Wilner, Ramya Ramadurai and Sonya Varma with the incomparable Jen Cheavens as our discussant! @abctnow.bsky.social

So proud of my student, Maddie Kushner, who closed down @abctnow.bsky.social by chairing her first symposium and giving a phenomenal talk on using network models to identify idiographic mechanisms that maintain symptoms of #BPD

Happening now in the good place (Loews Hotel 4th floor, congress B).

We're one week away from our virtual @BpdCompass workshop (hosted by @matt_southward_ & me). We still have spots - sign up today! Friday 12/8 ⭐️ 2-5pm Eastern 3 CEs for professionals ($75) Free for trainees (use code FREE4STUDENTS) www.bpdcompass.com/event-detail...

For any ABCTers here but not on twitter: 2:30pm Friday - We'll be discussing what BPD is, how those definitions impact treatment, & where we need to prioritize new research! Featuring Katie Dixon-Gordon, Skye Fitzpatrick, @shannonsauerzavala.bsky.social, & @aidangcw.bsky.social (+ my large head)!

Started my talk at #isspd23 by taking a pic of the audience. After days of walking along the beach and petting koalas, I felt like I needed to prove to my family that I did actually work on this trip

LEX🐎 ✈️ SYD🦘 Anyone else going my way (i.e., to ISSPD in Sydney)?

Update: The score was there at 5pm tonight. NIH staff gotta get to inbox zero before a long weekend like the rest of us.

NIMH grant review was at 12:00pm today. When is the appropriate time to start checking commons? PS. 🙏 thank you government for not shutting down like you did right before my K review

👋 Blue Sky (re)Introduction - I am a Clinical Psychologist (researcher, trainer, provider) interested developing and testing a modular, transdiagnostic treatment system that corresponds to dimensional models of classification. We have 3 modules so far: neuroticism, antagonism, & disinhibition.