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A British and Irish network of academics/clinicians/lived experience/carers interested in the field of ‘personality disorder’.

Follow #BIGSPD25 for our live reporting throughout conference!
The 8th Annual ESSPD Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder & Allied Disorders: 7-9th September 2026.

Transforming Futures: Integrating Lived Experience, Research, and Practice

The portal for submissions opens on 1st December 2025!

www.borderline-congress.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
BIGSPD is hosting a CoP in September "Autism, ADHD, ‘personality Disorder’: thinking about brain, body and diagnostic journeys" more info to follow! #autism #ADHD #personalitydisorder #BIGSPD #CoP
July 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Next year we’re off to Blackpool!!!

That’s all for #BIGSPD25.

Our last big thanks go to Northern Networking who make all of this possible!!

Stay tuned for exciting community of practice events throughout the year. BYE!!
June 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Congrats to our work in progress/research protocols winners and runners up!!
June 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Huge congrats to our research/eval winners and runners up!!
June 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Massive congrats for our winners in the perspectives in practice category!
June 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Huge congratulations to our poster presentation runners up!!
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A way of breaking down the brief intervention model #BIGSPD25
June 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Sawubona - a Zulu word meaning ‘I see you, you are important to me and you are valued’.

Maxine highlights how that ‘seeing’ or feeling seen is often missing for racialised communities #BIGSPD25
June 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Maxine highlights how we all have multiple identities; how we identify with ourselves and our roles but also how we identify with one another creating a complex dynamic mix #BIGSPD25
June 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@mickmckeown24.bsky.social reminds us that we can’t drop the ball with relationships and hide from them. As
an organisation we believe in the importance of relational practice to the extent it forms one of our core values. We are nothing without the relationships we have with people. #BIGSPD25
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A reminder to get your nominations in for awards for presentations at conference next year! #BIGSPD25
June 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Getting ready for our opening conference address! #BIGSPD25
June 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Excited to announce Mick McKeown will open the BIGSPD conference as our first of many great plenary speakers. His talk "Relational Practice: making hope possible rather than despair convincing" Limited tickets available bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confe...
April 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We are excited to welcome Jenifer Dylan to Liverpool & #BIGSPD25
Plenary Talk: Redefining expertise: exploring the synthesis between ‘patient’ and ‘professional’
Register to attend here bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confe...
April 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We are excited to welcome Michaela Swales to #BIGSPD25 as one of our plenary speakers. Presentation title is "Thirty Years of DBT: Where are we now and what next?" Register to attend here ➡️https://bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-conference-2025/
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
💥Registration is open for #BIGSPD25 in Liverpool! Check out our preliminary programme and amazing keynote speakers! bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confe...
March 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
📢 A reminder that applications for exhibitors at our Liverpool conference is open. If you’re interested in showcasing your organisation to over 500 delegates, get in touch! bigspd.org.uk/elementor-26...
March 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Welcome to our new Bluesky account. Looking forward to seeing you in June in Liverpool! #BIGSPD25
March 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Excited to announce Peter Fonagy will deliver a plenary talk "Epistemic Trust, Mentalizing and Trauma" at #BIGSPD25 bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confe...
March 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM