Avoidance Behavior Tracker

The Avoidance Behavior Tracker is a valuable tool designed to help individuals identify and monitor their avoidance behaviors, which are actions taken to avoid situations that trigger anxiety. While these behaviors may provide temporary relief, they often contribute to increased anxiety over time. This tracker encourages self-reflection by assessing how frequently you engage in avoidance behaviors, ranging from avoiding social situations to delaying important tasks. By regularly tracking these patterns, you can gain insights into your avoidance tendencies and begin to develop healthier coping strategies. This tool is instrumental in helping you confront and manage anxiety, paving the way for more proactive and positive interactions with your environment.

Developed by Dr. Hal Baumchen, PsyD, LP, LADC, this tracker is formatted for easy daily or weekly use. Clients complete it independently between sessions and bring it in for review, giving clinicians a concrete picture of what’s happening outside the office – patterns and triggers a single-session snapshot can miss.

How clinicians use it: for symptom monitoring over time, to identify triggers that inform the treatment plan, to measure progress with real data rather than recall, and as a shared clinical record completed by the client and reviewed together.