“Demand avoidance”—a knee-jerk, defiant reaction to any direction to cooperate with a task or to make a transition—is a phenomenon that I see frequently in my work with families of highly sensitive ...

Avoiding experiences associated with pain can be an adaptive behavior, but generalized avoidance can become problematic, even potentially culminating in disability. Chronic pain can seriously restrict ...

Welcome to the third module of LUNA! This week, you will learn more about avoidance and about why avoiding things that cause anxiety will not help your child overcome their fears. You will also learn ...