Understanding BPD/EUPD: From Diagnosis, Treatment and Care to Hope

TWO DAY CONFERENCE 8TH AND 9TH NOVEMBER 2025

The FACTS programme has been successful because it brings together a group of people who are all supporting a person with similar mental health problems related to BPD/EUPD sometimes also referred to as CEN (Complex Emotional Needs).

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CONFERENCE AIMS

Join us in this beautiful venue for a weekend of learning, sharing, engagement and networking including lunch and refreshments.

We aim to incorporate the key elements of the FACTS training course, modules 1-5 will be presented along with example scenarios. Guest speakers will cover clinical treatment and interventions, compassion-based therapy and their expertise and experience of caring for individuals with BPD in clinical and hospital settings. The FACTS team will present from their experience as trainers in their roles as carers and support group leaders, and guest speakers from their expertise in treatment pathways.

FEE/DONATION

We invite you to make a donation of £50.00 to include your attendance over two days, lunches and refreshments and training materials. When you register you will be sent a confirmation email with information on how to pay the donation. Donations are paid to FACTS at ReThink to fund delivery and development of the programme.

PROGRAMME AGENDA

Day 1 – 8th November

- 09.15 am registration, tea, coffee, juice and pastries to welcome

- 10.00 Welcome to the conference – Christella introduces the conference, brief history of FACTS and module 1 Introduction to BPD/EUPD

- 11.15 comfort break, tea, coffee, water

- 11.30 Speaker 1 Professor Piyal Sen, Medical Director and Consultant Forensic

Psychiatrist, Elysium Healthcare, BPD pathways to rehabilitation and challenges

- 12.45 lunch and networking

- 13.45 FACTS module 2 Mindfulness and Emotion Management

- 14.15 FACTS module 3 Mentalizing

- 14.45 comfort break, tea, coffee, water

- 15.00 Speaker 2 Ali Modaresi, Clinical Consultant Psychologist CNWL NHS Trust,

The secret to being an effective carer

- 16.15 FACTS module 4 Validation

- 17.00 End of Day 1

Day 2 – 9th November

- 09.15 am registration, tea, coffee, juice and pastries to welcome

- 10.00 Welcome to Day 2 FACTS module 5 Problem Solving and how the whole course comes together

- 11.30 comfort break, tea, coffee, water

- 11.45 Speaker 3 Dr Deepti Shah-Armon, Clinical Director for

Harrow Mental Health Services, NHS treatment pathways for BPD

- 13.15 lunch and networking

- 14.00 Speaker 4 Dr Hannah Gilbert, Compassionate Mind, Compassion Based Therapy - Helping carers navigating through the storms with compassion

- 15.45 Thank you to the event sponsor, presenters and attendees

- 16.00 Networking and refreshments

- 17.00 End of Day 2 and close of conference

Host or Publisher FACTS (Families and Carers Training and Support)