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-...

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!!

So it's a wrap, what a conference, rich reflections learning. Leave feeling exhausted yet re-energised if that makes any sense. Special thanks to Fi absolutely loved co-chairing in our first outing as co-presidents of #BIGSPD25 Next stop Blackpool #BIGSPD26

"The integration of lived experience into professional roles is not a compromise - it's an (r)evolution." Thank you Jen for a fabulous #BIGSPD25 keynote. You're paving the way for many many other people in the room here @bigspd.bsky.social in Liverpool. 👏🏽

What could future roles look like if we tried to synthesise the professional and lived experience? #BIGSPD25

Our final #BIGSPD25 keynote today will be given by Jenifer Dylan from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. Redefining expertise: exploring the synthesis between ‘patient’ and ‘professional’. Jenifer is an Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner and DBT Therapist. 🧵 THREAD

Michaela encourages people to think less about diagnosis and more about individual experiences of distress #BIGSPD25

A 2024 RCT by Assmann et al found that patients with BPD showed substantial improvements from both DBT and schema therapy, suggesting that even severely affected patients with BPD and various comorbid disorders can be helped by these treatments #BIGSPD25 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38986457/

Social hubs and sensory lenses in inpatient settings presentation by Jennifer and Raf @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

Really interesting talk from Mike Crawford about rapid tranquillisation study @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

It’s been a busy morning with talks on of Epistemic trust, a debate, meaningful brief psychological interventions, co-creating relational learning environment principles, to name but a few! Excited to hear the pitches this afternoon at the BIGSPD oven! #BIGSPD25

Our next #BIGSPD25 keynote talk is from Prof Michaela Swales from Bangor University. Thirty Years of #DBT: Where are we now and what next? 🧵 THREAD

Michaela is going to be talking about DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) #BIGSPD25 - An update on efficacy - The moderators and mediators of treatment - New client populations - Clinical developments - More about the implementation of DBT

@danwarrender.bsky.social likens containing risk as "holding jelly in the hands" A fab talk today - read more in his publication below: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #BIGSPD25

Prof. Jason Davies is next up, presenting "trauma informed staff supervision and reflective practice" #BIGSPD25

Really reflective and thoughtful presentation from @danwarrender.bsky.social @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

The action/consequences model is a model to aid critical thinking and decision making where risk is a concern, asking questions and provoking thought based on consequential ethics, and asking "what has happened? What is happening? What might happen?" #BIGSPD25

Great talk from @dr-kjgardner.bsky.social really important and interesting area @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25 @uclan.ac.uk

@danwarrender.bsky.social now speaking about his action consequence model @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

@dr-kjgardner.bsky.social compassionate care and collaboration essential #bigspd25 @bigspd.bsky.social @uclan.ac.uk

This morning at #BIGSPD25 I'm presenting on the action/consequences model, a thinking tool for working with recurrent suicidality. A longer recording of me talking about it is available here: youtu.be/sC3CVq10XCM?...

@dr-kjgardner.bsky.social @uclan.ac.uk is presenting her study @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

@dr-kjgardner.bsky.social is talking about the significance of location of self-injury on the body. I've enjoyed collaborating with Kathryn over the years so looking forward to this talk on an important topic. Important to keep yourself safe during this topic #BIGSPD25

Does it matter where on the body someone self-injures? I discuss the psychology of self-injury location on the body with Dr Nicolas Westers. the-psychology-of-self-injury.simplecast.com/episodes/sel...

Childhood adversity has a serious impact on personality disorders, says Peter. Read (for example) Hengartner et al (2020) #BIGSPD25 doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...

When the I becomes a we, illness becomes wellness (Malcom X). #BIGSPD25 This would be a much more widely used phrase if it hadn't have been said by Malcolm X, says Peter

When I becomes a we, illness becomes wellness @pfonagy.bsky.social @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

Morning all, and welcome to Wednesday at #BIGSPD25 It's time for a keynote talk on Epistemic Trust, Mentalizing and Trauma from Peter Fonagy @pfonagy.bsky.social 🧵 THREAD

We’re officially opening Day 2 and Gary and Fi are reminding us about the BIGSPD oven after lunch and our ‘hot topics box’ and Carine is introducing our plenary speaker, Professor Peter Fonagy #BIGSPD25

Day two plenary Epistemic Trust, Mentalizing and Trauma @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

Excited for day 2 @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

Race is a delusion, racism is an enactment of that delusion that upholds that delusion - a powerful message from Maxine Dennis #BIGSPD25

Read Mick McKeown's paper on the bullshitisation of mental health nursing #BIGSPD25 Thanks for sharing @mickmckeown24.bsky.social

Our second plenary, the wonderful Maxine Dennis is going to talk about ‘containing the containers’ for about 25 mins and then will open up the floor for wider discussion #BIGSPD25

@mickmckeown24.bsky.social #bigspd25 @bigspd.bsky.social Bullshitisation

First #BIGSPD25 speaker is a local Mental Health Nurse Academic - Prof Mick McKeown @mickmckeown24.bsky.social Professor of Democratic Mental Health at the University of Central Lancaster. Mick's talk is: Relational Practice: making hope possible rather than despair convincing. 🧵 THREAD

Now @hoppypelican.bsky.social and @thementalelf.bsky.social are talking about how to take the conference beyond the room. We are going to use the hashtag #bigspd25 so you can follow along but….get your ideas in here too. Ask us questions. Add your comments. 😊

A representation of the delegates at #bigspd25 - the bigger the writing the more people from that area of work. Great to see #livedexperience the biggest group of delegates! I can’t think of another conference where that is the case! @bigspd.bsky.social

@mickmckeown24.bsky.social encourages people to do a bit less talking and a bit more doing. It’s not enough to pontificate about relational working, people need to be doing it. #BIGSPD25

@uclan.ac.uk @mickmckeown24.bsky.social @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

So excited to hear my wonderful colleague @mickmckeown24.bsky.social @bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25

A reminder to get your nominations in for awards for presentations at conference next year! #BIGSPD25

@bigspd.bsky.social #bigspd25 BIGSPD yearly conference started

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Excited for #BIGSPD25 @bigspd.bsky.social this week, first day today in Liverpool

Have a listen to Mick, one of our plenary speakers, interviewed by our lovely friend @thementalelf.bsky.social as a taster for #BIGSPD25

Are you going to #BIGSPD25 in Liverpool? Bluesky will be our main platform for live reporting, so follow everyone on this starter pack, and give me a shout if you want to be added. @bigspd.bsky.social #PersonalityDisorders #ComplexEmotionalNeeds #BPD #Research #Coproduction go.bsky.app/GxyXyTX

💥 Are you interested in #personalitydisorder #complexemotionalneeds #complexPTSD or #neurodivergence then keep up to speed with live reporting from Liverpool from June 10th. Not just a conference focused on ‘personality disorder’ but ways of understanding distress. Follow our hashtag! #BIGSPD25 💥