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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Our next keynote here at #BIGSPD26 is from Dr Rachel Gibbons and Dr Mary Ryan. The Clinician-Patient Relationship: Helpful Illusion or Harmful Delusion? 🧵 THREAD below.

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Ad de Jongh @adjongh.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

People who are interested in the underlying research and want to download and read the papers can follow this link (use the password: interweave): www.psycho-trauma.nl/persoonlijkh...

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Persoonlijkheidsstoornissen – Centrum voor Psychotherapie en Psychotrauma

Deze inhoud is beschermd met een wachtwoord. Voer hieronder je wachtwoord in om het te bekijken:

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

👋 Good morning! Wednesday opens now at #BIGSPD26 with Raf Hamaizia, Expert by Experience Lead at Cygnet. Lived Experience and Co-production: A bridge of mutual understanding. 🧵 THREAD below.

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A quick opening from our co-presidents and now we’re into Raf Hamaizia’s keynote talk about lived experience & co-production: a bridge of mutual understanding. Raf kicks off his talk with sharing a video sharing parts of his journey through life, services and into lived experience working #BIGSPD26

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Emma Jones @emmajones23.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Fantastic first day yesterday looking forward to today #bigspd26 @bigspd.bsky.social

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Emma Jones @emmajones23.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We run modules and masters courses exploring the term and diagnosis of personality disorder @unilancashire.bsky.social get in touch for information ☺️ #bigspd26

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

So that's Prof Ad de Jongh @adjongh.bsky.social making the case for brief trauma-focused treatment of 'personality disorders'. Key papers in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology & JAMA Network Open #BIGSPD26 Full Google Scholar list of publications here scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

These are my top tips for live reporting if you are here in the room at #BIGSPD26

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The hashtag for the 2026 @bigspd.bsky.social conference here in Blackpool is #BIGSPD26

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Mike Haslam @mbhaslam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

On the eve of #BIGSPD26, I'm delighted to announce the publication of a 2nd paper from my PhD, exploring the mental health crisis encounter from dual perspectives of those delivering & receiving care This paper describes the novel concept: the Reciprocal Insecurity Paradox doi.org/10.1111/nin....

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The Reciprocal Insecurity Paradox: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Crisis Encounter Between the Mental Health Nurse and Service User With Complex Emotional Needs

While research is emerging, there remains an inadequate focus upon the experiences of those delivering and receiving care specifically for service users with complex emotional needs (CEN) within Cris...

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The BIGSPDers are gathering in Blackpool for 3 days of talks, workshops and conversation about trauma, mental health, neurodiversity, lived experience and complex emotional needs. Follow #BIGSPD26 from 1.30pm today. I’ll be reporting live. Full programme 👇🏽 bigspd.org.uk/conference-2...

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

There’s a buzz in the air in our exec pre conference meeting! We’ll be sharing content across a range of socials inlcuding here and LinkedIn follow us along with the hashtag #BIGSPD26 Registration is open in the foyer and our opening address will begin at 1:30pm Welcome to Blackpool!🎡 🌊🗼

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The programme for #BIGSPD26 is now available: bigspd.org.uk/conference-2... What presentation are you most looking forward to?

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Conference 2026

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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-...

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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!!

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Dr Gary Lamph PhD @garylamph.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

"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. 👏🏽

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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/

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The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Compared to Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed

Patients in both treatment groups showed substantial improvements indicating that even severely affected patients with BPD and various comorbid disorders can be treated successfully with DBT and ST. A...

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Emma Jones @emmajones23.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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Emma Jones @emmajones23.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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Mike Haslam @mbhaslam.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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Ellie Wildbore @elliewildbore.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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Dr Dan Warrender @danwarrender.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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?...

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Thoughtful & ethical approaches to risk for people with a diagnosis of personality disorder

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Ellie Wildbore @elliewildbore.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

@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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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Emma Jones @emmajones23.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

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BIGSPD @bigspd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

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