Come join this dynamic convergence of the world’s biggest experts, high impact researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience for a comprehensive update of our evolving field this November 9-11, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts for the 19th International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD) Congress. This exciting conference promises to be a one stop shop for a high yield review of the latest advances, treatment developments, and clinical and personal experiences of treatments for personality disorders, with over 280 talks, scientific speed rounds, and posters presented by over 180 presenters from around the globe, connecting together in Boston, a city famous for intellectual exchange and challenge.
 
Our keynote sessions will feature voices of social media influencers, clinical leaders, and digital psychiatry innovators in addition to live role plays by experts in evidence-based therapies for personality disorders.

Li Cailhol

Chris Conway

Chiara De PanFilis

Marco Di Sarno

William Ellison

Sarah Fineberg

Peter Fonagy

Brin Grenyer

Sabine C. Herpertz

Steven Huprich

Joost Hutsebaut

Yogev Kivity

Nancy McWilliams

Babette Renneberg

Elsa Ronningstam

Anthony Ruocco

Christian Schmahl

Mario Speranza

Brandon Unruh

Aidan Wright

Karen Yirmiya

Mark Zimmerman

Steven Ackerman

Maya Amestoy

Jérémie André

Gisèle Apter

Madisyn Arnold

Kennedy Balzen

Rebecca Barnes

Kristen Batejan

Kendra Becker

Alex Behn Berliner

Benjamin Bellet

Marc Birkhölzer

Robert Biskin

Mark Blanchard

Jose Blanco Machinea

Marcelo Branas

Katherine Brazaitis PhD

Jillian Broadbear

Valéry Brosseau

Kiana Cano

Jolie Chaelen

Soumya Choudhary

You Sun Chung

Zachary Cordner

Marcos Signoretti Croci

Nikolai Czajkowski

Natasha Daly

Frédérique Delisle

Delfine d'Huart

Marco Di Sarno

Manoel Dias

Michaelle Evangeline DiMaggio-Potter

Pascale Dion

Jonathan Dubé

Samnatha Duff

Devika Duggal

Andreea Izabella Dumitrel

Laurie Edmundson

Jaime Ellis

Klara Ernback Schon

Huiting Fang

Erika Fanti

Sofia Fernandez

Ellen Finch

Sarah Fineberg

Michaela Flum

Maggie Flynn

Logan Folger

Zachary Fontaine-Dussault

Ronald Fraser

Laura Furtado Fernandes

Megan Fydenkevez

Danielle Ganchrow

Tess Gecha

Maria Lidia Gerra

Kimberly Gilbert

Valerie Giroux

Michaela Glinsky

Sebastian Gonzalez Sanchez

Evan Good

Marie-Céline Gouwy

Agnė Grigaitė

Aina Gullhaugen

Rachel Hafner

Laura Harvey

Sophie Hauschild

Katherine Hein

Fabian Hernandez Alvarez

Sabine C. Herpertz

Richard Hersh

Kung-Yu Hsu

Rodrigo Huereca

Gabrielle Ilagan · s

Laura Iozzino

Aleksandra Eriksen Isham

Monika Olga Jańczak

Benjamin Johnson

Katherine Jones

Michael Kaess

Brian Kang

Moises Kassin Nahmad

Rosie Kidane

Heidi Elizabeth King

Yogev Kivity

Maria Kostyanaya

Sheetal Lakhani

Sean Lane

Jessica LaRocca

Cameron Le Roux

Carol Lee

Katie Lewis

Zirong Li

Sophie I. Liljedahl

Isabella Lindsay Castelli

Orly Lipsitz

Tom Livni

Nathaniel Lovell-Smith

Ruofan Ma

Sara Masland

Gresa Mazreku

Sam Mermin

Karla Meza

Margaret Mosby

Janan Mostajabi

Elizabeth Mulvihill

Adam Natoli

Sharon Nelson

Julian Nesci

Lina Nordström

Josh Oltmanns

Niharika Parashar

John Perry

Jessica Peters

Seth Pitman, PhD

Giana Pittaro

Francisco E. Ramos-Rivera

Tongyao Ran

Corinna Reichl

Clair Robbins

Elsa Ronningstam

John Rucker

Ipek Salman

Christian Schmahl

Jihed Sehli

Martin Sellbom

Rosa Shapiro-Thompson

Carla Sharp

Kimberley Siscoe

Anne Sonley

Emilia Soroko

Abigail Stark

Alexandra Stein

Sophia Syed

Hitomi Terashima

Griffin Thayer

Alberto Torres

Alec Trahan

Jenna Traynor

Kayla Tsang

Doudou Tshiyena

Paula Tusiani-Eng

Gwendolyne Tuttle-Beaudoin

Caroline Uchôa

Amanda Uliaszek

Glauco Valdivieso

Mathias Valstad

Nathan van der Velde

Bartholomeu Vieira

Alexandra Vizgaitis

Elinor Waite

Mathea Walle

Di Wang

Zonia Weideman

Tianfang Yang

Leonard Yap

Karen Yirmiya

Yunshu  Yu

Anna Zajenkowska

Charlotte Zell

Angelika A. Zollfrank