8th International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders
Congress Theme:
βTransforming Futures: Integrating Lived Experience, Research, and Practiceβ
π Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
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Date: 7β9 September 2026
π Website: www.borderline-congress.org
β³ ESSPD Congress 2026 β Submission Deadline Approaching!
About one week to go before the submission portal closes on 9 March.
Prof. Christian Schmahl and the ESSPD Board remind us to submit our best work and contribute to advancing personality disorder research and clinical practice.
#ESSPD
π€ Join us to hear Prof. Kaessβ keynote at the 8th International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders
π Lausanne, Switzerland | ποΈ 7β9 September 2026
π’ Abstract submission is now OPEN!
Submit your work here: π esspd.meetingsavvy.net
π’ Still looking for a way to present your work at ESSPD 2026? Consider a poster presentation.
π Awards--> The three best posters will be awarded during the Award Session at the ESSPD 2026 Congress!
π Submit your abstract here: esspd.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
β³ Submission deadline: 27 February
π Prof. Mario Speranza shows how partnering with families and lived experience reshapes our questions and values. Join #ESSPD2026 in Lausanne (Sept 7β9, 2026). Deadline: Feb 27.
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Thank you to everyone who has already submitted an abstract! π
Chiara De Panfilis, President-Elect of ESSPD, shares her gratitude and invites you to join the 8th ESSPD Congress, 7β9 Sept 2026, Lausanne.
Deadline: 27 Feb 2026 π‘
β¨ ESSPD 2026 Congress β Presentation formats β¨
Present your work as a Poster, Individual Paper, or Research Symposium. Abstracts up to 300 words, oral & poster sessions, awards included. π Submit and join ESSPD 2026!
β¨SAVE THE DATE! π’ The 8th International ESSPD Congress! π
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7β9 September 2026 πLausanne, Switzerland
Transforming Futures: Integrating Lived Experience, Research, and Practice
πSubmissions open 1/12/2025 β lnkd.in/g-ad6Dx
πMark your calendars, spread the word, and start preparing your abstracts!
π¨ Get Ready π¨
Prof. Joost Hutsebaut invites all researchers, clinicians, and lived experience experts to start preparing their best work for the 8th International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders.
π Congress: 7β9 September 2026 | Lausanne, Switzerland
πβ¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β Day 6 β¨π
Whatβs happening in the brain during self-injury? π§
In todayβs video π₯, Prof. Christian Schmahl π, Board member of the ESSPD, explains the neurobiology of non-suicidal self-injury.
#BPD #ESSPD #AwarenessWeek #ResearchToPractice
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π
π#ESSPD#ESSPDCongress2026
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π
π#ESSPD#ESSPDCongress2026
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π
π#ESSPD#ESSPDCongress2026
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π Each day this week: expert videos π₯
π#ESSPD, who explains what BPD is and invites you to #ESSPDCongress2026
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π Each day this week: expert videos π₯
Starting with Prof. Michaela Swales π, President of #ESSPD, who explains what BPD is and invites you to #ESSPDCongress2026
β¨SAVE THE DATE! π’ The 8th International ESSPD Congress! π
π
7β9 September 2026 πLausanne, Switzerland
Transforming Futures: Integrating Lived Experience, Research, and Practice
πSubmissions open 1/12/2025 β lnkd.in/g-ad6Dx
πMark your calendars, spread the word, and start preparing your abstracts!
On our final day all our groups presented their exceptional research worksπ©πΌβπ«...
... And we couldn't be more proud of all of them!
We wait all of you next year for another overwhelming #ESSPD #Summer #School π§
#Summer #School is a whole different experience and you don't want to miss it!
#ESSPD
Work groups βπΌ, discipline and huge smiles π during our #Summer #School
#ESSPD
Another day, another bless at our #Summer #School
Our colleagues keep working, improving and sharing experiences, giving new light and perspectives to the increasing disease of #Personality #Disorders π©πΌβπ«π§
Prof. Dr. Rasa BarkauskienΔ has just traced the complex trajectories of Personality functioning in #adolescence...
... And it left us speechlessππΌπ©πΌβπ«
#ESSPD #Summer #School
Which are the underlying mechanisms of #social #dysfunction in Personality Disorders?
Prof. Dr. Katja Bertsch just made a stellar presentation at the #Summer #School β¨π§
#ESSPD
#Summer #School had the most beautiful moment π« with Prof. Dr. Katja Bertsch and her poignant sunset talk in an exclusive cellarπ£οΈ
#ESSPD
Our exceptional colleagues did a fabulous job on their first day at our #Summer #School π©πΌβπ«
We explored and dissected many aspects of #PDs...
... And we can't wait for what comes next tomorrowβ
#ESSPD
Today's FIRST day at our #Summer #School started with activities en plein airπ§πΌββοΈ
And it was a time of connection and interactionπ«π§
β¨ Itβs happening! β¨The 4th ESSPD Summer School has officially started ππIn the beautiful hills of Parma, wonderful knowledge exchange is about to begin... ππΏ
Our students and faculty are ready to begin! π€
Stay tuned for a week full of science, collaboration & unforgettable moments! π«
πΈ Closing three powerful days at the ESSPD Clinical Skills event in Riga, Latvia πͺ
A heartfelt π thank you to our incredible local hosts Ieva Bite and Inta Zile for their outstanding organisation and warm hospitality π«Ά Thank you all for your energy, π openness, and dedication πΏ
π οΈ Therapy-interfering behaviours β how do we address them without rupturing the alliance?
Amy Gaglia Essletzbichler led a practical and reflective DBT workshop on managing the very behaviours that can derail therapy β from missed sessions to silence in the room π¬
π Role-play in action at the ESSPD Clinical Skills event in Riga!
In π§ Svenja Taubnerβs workshop on Mentalizing Ruptures, participants explored how to navigate therapeutic alliance ruptures using techniques from Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT).
π£οΈ What happens when the therapeutic alliance breaks down?
During the GIT-PD workshop at the ESSPD Clinical Skills event in Riga, Prof. Joost Hutsebaut guided participants through strategies π€ to recognize and repair alliance ruptures in the treatment of personality disorders.
