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
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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
08.10.2025 07:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π
π#ESSPD#ESSPDCongress2026
05.10.2025 13:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π
π#ESSPD#ESSPDCongress2026
04.10.2025 14:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
β¨ Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week β¨
We join the global community in raising awareness of #BPD π
π#ESSPD#ESSPDCongress2026
03.10.2025 14:23 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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
02.10.2025 15:00 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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
01.10.2025 14:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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!
13.09.2025 08:22 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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§
04.09.2025 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Prof. Dr. Rasa BarkauskienΔ has just traced the complex trajectories of Personality functioning in #adolescence...
... And it left us speechlessππΌπ©πΌβπ«
#ESSPD #Summer #School
02.09.2025 14:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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
02.09.2025 14:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#Summer #School had the most beautiful moment π« with Prof. Dr. Katja Bertsch and her poignant sunset talk in an exclusive cellarπ£οΈ
#ESSPD
02.09.2025 12:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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«
31.08.2025 19:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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¬
08.06.2025 14:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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).
08.06.2025 14:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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.
08.06.2025 14:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π₯ Live from the ESSPD Clinical Workshop in Riga!
π€ Expert panel explores tough therapy challenges using real vignettes from attendeesβshowcasing unique insights across therapeutic models and what unites them. #ESSPD #BPD #Psychotherapy #TherapySkills
06.06.2025 02:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π₯ Live from Riga! At the #ESSPD #ClinicalWorkshop, Anna Babl (Leiden Univ) dives into alliance ruptures & repair.
She highlights task renegotiation & metacommunication as key tools for resolutionβvital for improving clinical outcomes. #ESSPD #BPD #psychotherapy
05.06.2025 16:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Clinical workshops on personality disorders
ESSPD Clinical Workshops | Dealing with alliance ruptures: perspectives from different therapies | June 5β7, 2025
π Still time to register..π Register now before spaces fill!
Join us in Riga, Latvia | 5β7 June 2025 for the ESSPD Clinical Workshop-Conferenceπ¬ Theme: Dealing with alliance ruptures: perspectives from different therapies
www.esspd.eu/workshops/#1...
31.05.2025 13:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Therapy ruptures are inevitableβrepair is possible.
π£οΈJoin Chris Korevaar for a hands-on Schema Therapy workshop on spotting rupture signs, using modes, empathic confrontation, and chair workπͺ to rebuild trust through limited reparenting.
#esspd #workshop #schematherapy #psychotherapy
21.04.2025 17:46 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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June 6β7 | β° 9:00β13:00
π Join Prof. Joost Hutsebaut in Riga for a dynamic #workshop where you will learn about Guideline-Informed Treatment for #PersonalityDisorders.
π¬ Learn to navigate alliance ruptures and clinical challenges.
π More info: esspd.eu/workshops/
π₯ Hear more from Joost π
16.04.2025 09:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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June 6β7 | π Riga, Univ. of Latvia
π Secure your spot at a reduced rate! β
www.esspd.eu/workshops/
Amy Gaglia Essletzbichler is an accredited Dialectical Behaviour Therapist Supervisor (SfDBT). She is a consultant trainer in DBT with BiDBT.
14.04.2025 17:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Clinical psychologist
St. John's University
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Professor Mental Health Nursing #RMIT University | President #ACMHN | #MentalHealthNurse | #MHNurse | #DigitalHealth | #FirstNations | #Menopause | Wiradjuri yinaa on Darkinjung Land, Central Coast, Australia | Spain, Europe | https://drrhondawilson.com/
Professor Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Freie UniversitΓ€t Berlin
Website: https://wdbta.org
Director of Research in Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool. Research on psychopathy, emotion, sexual offending. Proud Mancunian π
The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is an effort by psychiatric nosologists to improve the organization, description, and measurement of mental health
Learn more: www.hitop-system.org
UZH Psychology Professor
Personality, Interpersonal Processes, Human-Animal Intergroup Relations
Editor https://phair.psychopen.eu/index.php/phair
Professor of psychology; Lover of sports (esp. [American] football); Rider of horses; Sole owner of all opinions
Cognitive neuroscientist studying brain and cognitive factors related to poor decision-making and antisocial behaviours in forensic populations.
Psychologist | Implementation Scientist | Data Champion
Incoming psych PhD student at University of Rochester | personality, interpersonal dynamics, & experience sampling | formerly Pitt Psychiatry | she/her π³οΈβππΎ
Postdoc position @University of Kassel | interests in personality psychology | construct validation | measurement | statistical modeling
#Antiracist Prof of Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychology Uni Wuppertal ππ| π±developmental psychopathology, suicide risk, NSSI, EMA π±π€³πππ
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PhD, Mental Health Nurse, MBT Practitioner, Lecturer, Researcher, Writer. Interests: philosophy, 'personality disorder' and mental health care. Own views. #MHDeservesBetter
Therapy, Training, Consultancy: https://danwarrender.wordpress.com
Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds. Past President RCPsych.
MH Consultant Lived Experience Practitioner. Lived Experience Lead. Integrative Counsellor. Psychology Grad. Autistic. Sweary. Follow #BIGSPD25 for live reporting of BIGSPD conference
