BIGSPD
@bigspd.bsky.social
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!
Follow #BIGSPD25 for our live reporting throughout conference!
BIGSPD is excited to announce we have opened Award nominations for Conference 2026!
We want to hear about the individuals & teams making a real difference so please submit your nomination by the 4th of February & help us recognise excellence across the BIGSPD community! bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-award...
We want to hear about the individuals & teams making a real difference so please submit your nomination by the 4th of February & help us recognise excellence across the BIGSPD community! bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-award...
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
BIGSPD is excited to announce we have opened Award nominations for Conference 2026!
We want to hear about the individuals & teams making a real difference so please submit your nomination by the 4th of February & help us recognise excellence across the BIGSPD community! bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-award...
We want to hear about the individuals & teams making a real difference so please submit your nomination by the 4th of February & help us recognise excellence across the BIGSPD community! bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-award...
BIGSPD 2026 Early Bird Registration Is Now Open!
The call for abstracts, award nominations and bursary applications is now also open. Click below to register today and secure your place at the early-bird rate. bigspd.org.uk/conference-2...
The call for abstracts, award nominations and bursary applications is now also open. Click below to register today and secure your place at the early-bird rate. bigspd.org.uk/conference-2...
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
BIGSPD 2026 Early Bird Registration Is Now Open!
The call for abstracts, award nominations and bursary applications is now also open. Click below to register today and secure your place at the early-bird rate. bigspd.org.uk/conference-2...
The call for abstracts, award nominations and bursary applications is now also open. Click below to register today and secure your place at the early-bird rate. bigspd.org.uk/conference-2...
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
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
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
Transforming Futures: Integrating Lived Experience, Research, and Practice
The portal for submissions opens on 1st December 2025!
www.borderline-congress.org
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
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
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!!
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
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!!
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!!
Congrats to our work in progress/research protocols winners and runners up!!
June 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Congrats to our work in progress/research protocols winners and runners up!!
Huge congrats to our research/eval winners and runners up!!
June 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Huge congrats to our research/eval winners and runners up!!
Massive congrats for our winners in the perspectives in practice category!
June 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Massive congrats for our winners in the perspectives in practice category!
Huge congratulations to our poster presentation runners up!!
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Huge congratulations to our poster presentation runners up!!
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
Maxine highlights how that ‘seeing’ or feeling seen is often missing for racialised communities #BIGSPD25
June 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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
Maxine highlights how that ‘seeing’ or feeling seen is often missing for racialised communities #BIGSPD25
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
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
@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
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
@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
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
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
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...
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...
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 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...
Plenary Talk: Redefining expertise: exploring the synthesis between ‘patient’ and ‘professional’
Register to attend here bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confe...
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
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/
💥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
💥Registration is open for #BIGSPD25 in Liverpool! Check out our preliminary programme and amazing keynote speakers! bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confe...
📢 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
📢 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...
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
Excited to announce Peter Fonagy will deliver a plenary talk "Epistemic Trust, Mentalizing and Trauma" at #BIGSPD25 bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confe...