Research Opportunity - We are interviewing prison leavers who can identify with CEN. If you can relate to the information on the flyer below, or indeed are working with someone who you think might be interested in taking part in a short online interview see below #prisonresearhc @bigspd.bsky.social

Prison staff -Research op to take part in interviews. Our research explores support offered to people with Complex Emotional Needs in prison who are ineligible for support under the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway. Please share or PM me [email protected]

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

Listening to today’s @bigspd.bsky.social webinar on #autism, #ADHD & so called #personalitydisorder As a neurodivergent researcher & 25-year #mentalhealth service user, so much of the content resonates with my lived experience as well as my PhD on VCSE roles in MH research, power & lived experience

Community of Practice Event - Autism, ADHD, ‘personality disorder’: thinking about brain, body and diagnostic journeys - Registration now open! more info on the website bigspd.org.uk/community-of...

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

Still absolutely stoked a year later to be part of the exclusive crochet mental elf owner's club! Now growing to 4 members! #BIGSPD25

A busy but enjoyable BIGSPD is over. I come away with new connections and ideas, some great feedback on my own presentation, and lovely to see some of Liverpool. #BIGSPD25

So important to remain curious about our experiences. Great to have lots of interest in our presentations at #BIGSPD25

I was so emotional I forgot to use the hashtag 😳 #BIGSPD25

Thank you so much #BIGSPD team, a wonderful organisation, so passionate to improve the quality of care ! It was my pleasure to be part of the #beyondtheroom team 🙏

My #BIGSPD25 poster contribution, challenging the “BPD” diagnosis & current practice of using OOA placement. If you fancy a chuckle at my poor presentation skills give the central QR code a scan & I’ll talk at you for about 15 minutes 😉

Thanks so much for joining us Arghya and for being such a fantastic addition to our #beyondtheroom team 🙏

Do check out Kelly’s reels on Insta and big thanks to her for being part of the #beyondtheroom team! #BIGSPD25

It was an absolute pleasure to have you join us Suz. We hope we see you again next year for #BIGSPD26

Date for your diary #BIGSPD25! The 2026 @bigspd.bsky.social conference will be in Blackpool #BIGSPD26 16-18 June 2026 Sign up later in the year on the BIGSPD website so you don't miss the announcements when they come later this year: bigspd.org.uk/conferences-...

We have been delighted to exhibit at @bigspd.bsky.social 2025 and launch our new Care in Mind branding and website! It’s been a great few days in Liverpool, we’ve loved meeting lots of the delegates and hearing some thought provoking presentations #BIGSPD2025 #BIGSPD25 www.careinmind.co.uk

First blue sky post & feels fitting to mention one of my highlights from @bigspd.bsky.social 2025, @mickmckeown24.bsky.social mentioning the amazing work of my former place of work, Edith rigby house PIPE AP & the incredible relational work they’re doing with the women 🙌🏼

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!!

It’s incredibly sad to say goodbye to 4 of our past presidents who are stepping down from the exec. Huge heartfelt thanks for @mikejcrawford.bsky.social @oliverdale10.bsky.social Tom Mullen and Kath Lovell. You’ve been integral in our journey and we appreciate you all 💖😭

Congrats to our work in progress/research protocols winners and runners up!!

Huge congrats to our research/eval winners and runners up!!

Massive congrats for our winners in the perspectives in practice category!

Huge congratulations to our poster presentation runners up!!

Well. I’d just like to confirm this isn’t a fix but it turns out I’ve won the elf 🥴 #BIGSPD25

A reminder and encouragement for all our delegates to fill in their feedback forms! Massive thanks to @thementalelf.bsky.social for all of his support and our wonderful team of elves who have done such a fantastic job of getting conversations #beyondtheroom we appreciate your efforts #BIGSPD25

Who is not in the room here at BIGSPD? asks Fi. We are still not reflective. We need more people from the global majority in the room at future events. Fi also speaks about the increased diversity in the @bigspd.bsky.social Executive, which is a really positive step forward.

Fi shares how we are still working as an organisation to be more diverse in terms of our membership, delegation, speakers and exec. We want to be continually challenged and held accountable for this. #BIGSPD25

Gary shares how we’ve had the largest amount of abstract submissions this year. Thank you to everyone who has submitted and who has presented. We appreciate you all very much. #BIGSPD25

We’ve reached our closing address 😭 our co-presidents Gary and Fi are wrapping up and reflecting on our experiences at conference and how this coming together to keep learning from one another #BIGSPD25

Thanks for coming MAK team! You’ve been a delight! #BIGSPD25

Gosh, some of our executive committee are energised this morning!! #BIGSPD25

Powerful opening talk on Day 3 of #BIGSPD25 by Prof Brin Grenyer (online from Aus) on stepped care for PD. ✅ Co-production with lived experience ✅ De-stigmatising, welcoming services ✅ Brief intervention clinics - 1 month ✅ Big drop in ED use & hospital stays ✅ clinical governance . #beyondtheroom

It’s been wonderful having you with us! #BIGSPD25

Delighted to hear your cup is again full, Marie. ☕️ The I in BIGSPD is important to us. Let’s keep building together 🤝 #BIGSPD25

Shocking fact: The word "racism" only comes up once in the DBT manual - and in the context of a white person overhearing racism under the theme "disgust", never in "anger" or "frustration" and always passive observation, not experiencing. The decolonised version changes this. #BIGSPD25

Theme 3: Integrating cultural considerations: including non-western examples of activities, understanding concepts in different cultural norms, cultural interpretations of body language ,tone etc. and adjusting skills to different cultural values. #BIGSPD25

Theme 4: Challenging Eurocentric assumptions and notions: acknowledgement of influences eg buddhism & mindfulness, recognising individuals as part of communities instead of the emphasis on individualism,DBT book work choices reinforcing harmful stereotypes, removing racial assumptions #BIGSPD25

Beyond personality differences Northern Ireland, powerful voices speaking in their creative writing project. Creativity is a such a beautiful way to air our wounds, allow us to have our stories witnessed & facilitate healing #BIGSPD25

What a fab & original talk from @bodyandsoulcharity.bsky.social - really thought-provoking, & as a white person who has completed DBT years ago I feel ashamed that I didn't pick up on these nuances that are so white/euro centric. Definitely have a lot of food for thought from this talk #BIGSPD25

This decolonising work is not just for BIPOC community, it is the job of everyone and white people to start to think about what they can do to decolonise not just DBT, but psychotherapy in general. #BIGSPD25

Nuala started by showing a video of a number of the ladies sharing their creative writing projects. I may have shed a few tears 😢 wow! So powerful! She moved onto a panel type question & answer with Marie, Susan & Roisin talking about their experiences #BIGSPD25

#BIGSPD25 @bigspd.bsky.social Wow, hard hitting stuff. Hearing stories of people’s experiences through creativity is truly inspirational. It’s comforting to know you are not alone. 💜

@bodyandsoulcharity.bsky.social are speaking about decolonising the DBT curriculum this morning Decolonising the DBT Curriculum. A comprehensive review led by young adults who are Black or of Colour and have struggled with suicidality @bigspd.bsky.social #BIGSPD25

There’s lots of interesting parallel sessions happening now but I’m listening to BPD NI - a group made of clinicians, those with lived experience and carers who come together to support each other in Northern Ireland. This includes a video which shares powerful lived experience testimony. #BIGSPD25

Huge thanks to Brin for presenting all the way from Australia and helping us to understand that these brief intervention clinics are a fantastic way of supporting people to access containing intervention and ongoing needs led care #BIGSPD25

Brin talks about the trajectory of care and the importance of not creating cycles where people get stuck but feel contained, have needs met so they’re able to move on from their crisis point. #BIGSPD25

One of the questions from the floor asks about the difference between these clinics and crisis teams/HTT. Brin makes it clear that these are therapeutic sessions that are clearly defined as being for the person - the protection of the space to think with the person is imperative. #BIGSPD25

One of the questions from the floor asks about the difference between these clinics and crisis teams/HTT. Brin makes it clear that these are therapeutic sessions that are clearly defined as being for the person - the protection of the space to think with the person is imperative. #BIGSPD25

One of the questions from the floor asks about the difference between these clinics and crisis teams/HTT. Brin makes it clear that these are therapeutic sessions that are clearly defined as being for the person - the protection of the space to think with the person is imperative. #BIGSPD25