Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
Everyday demands feel like a battle.
We're here to help.
When everyday demands become standoffs, that's not bad parenting — it's PDA, and we can help.
3 guided 1:1 sessions · vetted UK PDA-aware specialists · written summary after every call
No waiting lists, specialists on-demand
HCPC verified4.9Dr Helen Marsh
PDA & Autism · Ed. Psych
Helps families make sense of a demand-avoidant profile and why the usual strategies backfire.
RCSLT verified5.0Mei Chen
Communication & PDA · SLT
Gentle, pressure-free ways to communicate and connect when direct demands shut things down.
HCPC verified4.8Sophie Bennett
Daily Life & PDA · OT
Practical, collaborative strategies for the daily flashpoints — getting ready, mealtimes, transitions.
Six sessions over eight weeks, and an approach that fits.
All-in — £24 less than booking the three separately (£480).
Map the PDA profile
45 min sessionA PDA specialist maps your child's profile, sets goals and a baseline with you, and checks for anything that needs a different route first.
Understand demand avoidance
45 min sessionWhy the standard strategies backfire, what is actually driving the avoidance, and how demand tolerance gets rebuilt over time.
Declarative language and indirect asks
45 min sessionPractical low-demand communication: phrasing, indirect asks and scripts that lower the temperature at home.
Your family's biggest front
45 min sessionA session on the flashpoint you choose: school and EOTAS, siblings, screens as regulation, or burnout and recovery.
Picking your battles
45 min sessionWhich demands to hold because they are about safety, and which to drop for now, decided deliberately instead of mid-standoff.
Review, plus a school summary
45 min sessionRe-measure against your week-one goals, plan ahead, and leave with a written summary you can hand straight to school.
Remarkable Minds vs. The Current System
What it actually feels like to get support: through us, or through the system.
Common questions
- Is this right if we don't have a PDA diagnosis?
- Yes. PDA is widely understood as a profile of autism rather than a separate formal diagnosis, and many families come to us without one. If the demand-avoidant pattern fits your child, everything here applies.
- How does this compare to going private?
- Privately, an hour with an educational psychologist, therapist or SEND consultant often costs £120 to £150, which puts it out of reach for many families. We built Remarkable Minds to change that: the same calibre of vetted UK specialists, at a price ordinary families can manage. The whole programme is £456 for three 1:1 sessions, because specialist SEND support shouldn't only be for the wealthy.
- What does the programme cost?
- £456 all-in for all three 1:1 sessions: £24 less than booking them one at a time (£480). No subscription.
- Will I be told to be firmer or use reward charts?
- No — quite the opposite. PDA is one of the few profiles where stricter boundaries and reward charts usually make things worse. Our specialists work in the low-demand, collaborative way that families with PDA children consistently find helps.
- Who delivers the sessions?
- Each session is matched to a vetted UK specialist experienced with PDA — an educational psychologist or autism/PDA specialist for understanding the profile, a SEND specialist for school — all checked to the same standard.
Lower the pressure, for everyone.
Three 1:1 specialist sessions, £456 all-in: £24 less than booking them separately. No subscription, and a written summary after every call.