Lived Experience Half-Day:
Approaches to Advocacy – Learning from Experience
Are you an advocate working to change systems, improve support, and shift narratives around personality disorders? Join us for a free half-day event dedicated to learning from lived experience and carers at the ISSPD 2025. This is a day where we unite as a global community to connect and learn from each other.
Key themes
💚 Building strong connections – uniting a global community for change
💚 Making an impact – sharing experiences and insights about what works
💚 Navigating challenges – tackling stigma, disclosure, and barriers to support
💚 Bridging perspectives – the possibilities in bringing together lived experience storytelling and clinical expertise
This half-day is designed by and for advocates and peer workers with lived experience and carers who are driving change. Whether you’re a volunteer, work in the field, or simply want to learn more, you are welcome to take part.
Cost
There is free to participate in this half-day program, if you would like to participate for the full day the registration fee is $175. If you are registered for the full conference there is no additional fee for this workshop. Just make sure you have selected this workshop on your registration form.
Target audience
This half-day forum is open to anyone who is a lived experience individual, carers, and/or an advocate for lived experience.
Sunday Program - 9 November
08:00 |
Welcome |
08:45 |
Language and Stigma - Emotions Matter, Inc. |
09:45 |
Break |
10:00 |
Storytelling workshop - Xannie Stavert / BPD Bunch |
10:45 |
Successful advocacy and outreach stories |
11:45 |
Closing remarks |
12:00 |
Lunch on own |
1:15-3:00 |
Congress Begins Keynote: Lived Experience Panel - Rebbie Ratner, Xannie Stavert, moderated by Ase-Line Baltzersen |
Other Lived Experiences sessions scheduled for Sunday at 3:45 will be posted shortly.