pathological demand avoidance, The Occuplaytional Therapist

You Don’t Have Any Blocks

February 5, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

“I want you to build a tower,” I say. You agree, and you stand up to go get the bucket of blocks off the shelf. I shake my head sternly. “No. Did I tell you […]

Diagnosing

December 28, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

If a child called “oppositionally defiant” could label the adults in their life, what kinds of things might they call them? Needlessly antagonistic? Endlessly demanding? Perhaps their adults themselves would receive the diagnosis of ODD […]