PDA: Seeing Through Two Lenses
Exploring life, behaviour and experiences through two lenses – a parent’s and a clinician’s, to build understanding instead of judgement.
What is PDA?
Understanding demand avoidance through both a parent’s experience and current clinical evidence
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Every person and family are different – what works for one may not work for another. Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t and most importantly be kind to yourself.
LATEST POSTS
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“Do as I Say, Not as I Do”: Understanding Equalising Behaviour in PDA
What in the world is equalising behaviour, you may be asking? It certainly was not a term I had heard until relatively recently. Yet once…
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Why Anxiety Matters
An introduction to understanding anxiety in demand avoidance, exploring how an oversensitive nervous system can shape behaviour and why looking beneath the surface often changes our response
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What Is PDA? Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance / Pervasive Drive for Autonomy
A gentle introduction to demand avoidance, exploring the evidence, the role of anxiety, and why understanding what lies beneath behaviour often changes everything
