Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC, LPC, LIMHP
@anxietyocd.bsky.social
#OCD, #BFRB, #Anxiety Specialist
Teletherapy in KS, CO, NE, MO, MI, ME, & FL!
www.amandalcpc.com
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Teletherapy in KS, CO, NE, MO, MI, ME, & FL!
www.amandalcpc.com
linktr.ee/anxietyocd
In my theories textbook/reading for class this week, I came across this excerpt.
This story demonstrated the idea of #mindfulness and I wanted to pass it on for those it might help.
Just because you have a thought, doesn’t mean you have to ‘pick’ it up. 🪨
#mentalhealth
This story demonstrated the idea of #mindfulness and I wanted to pass it on for those it might help.
Just because you have a thought, doesn’t mean you have to ‘pick’ it up. 🪨
#mentalhealth
October 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
In my theories textbook/reading for class this week, I came across this excerpt.
This story demonstrated the idea of #mindfulness and I wanted to pass it on for those it might help.
Just because you have a thought, doesn’t mean you have to ‘pick’ it up. 🪨
#mentalhealth
This story demonstrated the idea of #mindfulness and I wanted to pass it on for those it might help.
Just because you have a thought, doesn’t mean you have to ‘pick’ it up. 🪨
#mentalhealth
OCD Awareness Week continues y’all!! 🎉
Here are the top things I want everyone in the community to know 📝
#OCD #mentalhealth
Here are the top things I want everyone in the community to know 📝
#OCD #mentalhealth
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
OCD Awareness Week continues y’all!! 🎉
Here are the top things I want everyone in the community to know 📝
#OCD #mentalhealth
Here are the top things I want everyone in the community to know 📝
#OCD #mentalhealth
Providers tend to know a bit about Postpartum Depression but not as much about Postpartum #OCD.
In preparation for my upcoming webinar on Perinatal OCD, which includes the postpartum period, here is a little info about the differences and similarities!
Check out the link on my profile for 🎟️ !
In preparation for my upcoming webinar on Perinatal OCD, which includes the postpartum period, here is a little info about the differences and similarities!
Check out the link on my profile for 🎟️ !
October 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Providers tend to know a bit about Postpartum Depression but not as much about Postpartum #OCD.
In preparation for my upcoming webinar on Perinatal OCD, which includes the postpartum period, here is a little info about the differences and similarities!
Check out the link on my profile for 🎟️ !
In preparation for my upcoming webinar on Perinatal OCD, which includes the postpartum period, here is a little info about the differences and similarities!
Check out the link on my profile for 🎟️ !
I needed this 🤣 🌮
September 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I needed this 🤣 🌮
OCD doesn’t show you reality; it only shows you its narrative.
Like blinders on a horse, it limits your perspective and keeps you focused on what it wants you to believe. Inference-Based CBT helps widen your view so you can see beyond OCD.
To learn more about I-CBT for #OCD, message me!
Like blinders on a horse, it limits your perspective and keeps you focused on what it wants you to believe. Inference-Based CBT helps widen your view so you can see beyond OCD.
To learn more about I-CBT for #OCD, message me!
August 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
OCD doesn’t show you reality; it only shows you its narrative.
Like blinders on a horse, it limits your perspective and keeps you focused on what it wants you to believe. Inference-Based CBT helps widen your view so you can see beyond OCD.
To learn more about I-CBT for #OCD, message me!
Like blinders on a horse, it limits your perspective and keeps you focused on what it wants you to believe. Inference-Based CBT helps widen your view so you can see beyond OCD.
To learn more about I-CBT for #OCD, message me!
Here’s a common question in the #OCD world:
How do you know if your doubt is obsessional (OCD) or reasonable (something you really should do something about)?
Luckily there is a way to distinguish between the two! Come learn more about I-CBT; check out the link on my profile for upcoming webinars.
How do you know if your doubt is obsessional (OCD) or reasonable (something you really should do something about)?
Luckily there is a way to distinguish between the two! Come learn more about I-CBT; check out the link on my profile for upcoming webinars.
August 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here’s a common question in the #OCD world:
How do you know if your doubt is obsessional (OCD) or reasonable (something you really should do something about)?
Luckily there is a way to distinguish between the two! Come learn more about I-CBT; check out the link on my profile for upcoming webinars.
How do you know if your doubt is obsessional (OCD) or reasonable (something you really should do something about)?
Luckily there is a way to distinguish between the two! Come learn more about I-CBT; check out the link on my profile for upcoming webinars.
What beliefs about thoughts (aka metacognitions) do you have? And how do they contribute to perpetual worry and rumination?
Come learn more about Metacognitive Therapy with me! I’m offering an introduction, available to EVERYONE! Check out the link on my profile for more info.
#anxiety #depression
Come learn more about Metacognitive Therapy with me! I’m offering an introduction, available to EVERYONE! Check out the link on my profile for more info.
#anxiety #depression
August 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What beliefs about thoughts (aka metacognitions) do you have? And how do they contribute to perpetual worry and rumination?
Come learn more about Metacognitive Therapy with me! I’m offering an introduction, available to EVERYONE! Check out the link on my profile for more info.
#anxiety #depression
Come learn more about Metacognitive Therapy with me! I’m offering an introduction, available to EVERYONE! Check out the link on my profile for more info.
#anxiety #depression
FOUR EVENTS! One every month for the next four months.
Check out all of these upcoming events I’m either speaking at or helping to organize, because there is something for everyone.
Links for registrations in my bio 💜
#anxiety #depression #OCD
Check out all of these upcoming events I’m either speaking at or helping to organize, because there is something for everyone.
Links for registrations in my bio 💜
#anxiety #depression #OCD
July 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
FOUR EVENTS! One every month for the next four months.
Check out all of these upcoming events I’m either speaking at or helping to organize, because there is something for everyone.
Links for registrations in my bio 💜
#anxiety #depression #OCD
Check out all of these upcoming events I’m either speaking at or helping to organize, because there is something for everyone.
Links for registrations in my bio 💜
#anxiety #depression #OCD
REMINDER 🎉
We can choose to do nothing with our thoughts.
Seems incredibly hard, huh? Come learn more about detached mindfulness and letting our thoughts just exist.
I will discuss this concept and more in my next Metacognitive Therapy webinar. More info at the link on my profile.
#anxiety
We can choose to do nothing with our thoughts.
Seems incredibly hard, huh? Come learn more about detached mindfulness and letting our thoughts just exist.
I will discuss this concept and more in my next Metacognitive Therapy webinar. More info at the link on my profile.
#anxiety
July 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
REMINDER 🎉
We can choose to do nothing with our thoughts.
Seems incredibly hard, huh? Come learn more about detached mindfulness and letting our thoughts just exist.
I will discuss this concept and more in my next Metacognitive Therapy webinar. More info at the link on my profile.
#anxiety
We can choose to do nothing with our thoughts.
Seems incredibly hard, huh? Come learn more about detached mindfulness and letting our thoughts just exist.
I will discuss this concept and more in my next Metacognitive Therapy webinar. More info at the link on my profile.
#anxiety
Let’s hone in on how OCD misapplies facts to fit its narrative.
Info that may be true on paper, but does not apply to our doubt. OCD will misapply it or use it out-of-context to make our obsession sound real and scary.
Does #OCD use any ‘facts’ to confuse you into believing your obsession is real?
Info that may be true on paper, but does not apply to our doubt. OCD will misapply it or use it out-of-context to make our obsession sound real and scary.
Does #OCD use any ‘facts’ to confuse you into believing your obsession is real?
July 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Let’s hone in on how OCD misapplies facts to fit its narrative.
Info that may be true on paper, but does not apply to our doubt. OCD will misapply it or use it out-of-context to make our obsession sound real and scary.
Does #OCD use any ‘facts’ to confuse you into believing your obsession is real?
Info that may be true on paper, but does not apply to our doubt. OCD will misapply it or use it out-of-context to make our obsession sound real and scary.
Does #OCD use any ‘facts’ to confuse you into believing your obsession is real?
OCD loves to distort information. Misapply it. Twist it. Use it out-of-context.
Whether that be past experiences. Stories that have happened to someone else. Facts. Your own values or rules you have learned.
So notice next time if #OCD is using information correctly or not.
Whether that be past experiences. Stories that have happened to someone else. Facts. Your own values or rules you have learned.
So notice next time if #OCD is using information correctly or not.
July 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
OCD loves to distort information. Misapply it. Twist it. Use it out-of-context.
Whether that be past experiences. Stories that have happened to someone else. Facts. Your own values or rules you have learned.
So notice next time if #OCD is using information correctly or not.
Whether that be past experiences. Stories that have happened to someone else. Facts. Your own values or rules you have learned.
So notice next time if #OCD is using information correctly or not.
Happy Pride.
If your initial reaction to Pride is discomfort or disdain, that’s exactly why it’s necessary. Pride was born out of protest; so no one is shamed into silence. It’s a reminder that everyone deserves to live openly, safely, & without fear of being treated as “less than” for who they are.
If your initial reaction to Pride is discomfort or disdain, that’s exactly why it’s necessary. Pride was born out of protest; so no one is shamed into silence. It’s a reminder that everyone deserves to live openly, safely, & without fear of being treated as “less than” for who they are.
June 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy Pride.
If your initial reaction to Pride is discomfort or disdain, that’s exactly why it’s necessary. Pride was born out of protest; so no one is shamed into silence. It’s a reminder that everyone deserves to live openly, safely, & without fear of being treated as “less than” for who they are.
If your initial reaction to Pride is discomfort or disdain, that’s exactly why it’s necessary. Pride was born out of protest; so no one is shamed into silence. It’s a reminder that everyone deserves to live openly, safely, & without fear of being treated as “less than” for who they are.
Where do I like to go to find an OCD specialist?
iocdf.org
adaa.org
icbt.online
#ocd #therapy #mentalhealth
iocdf.org
adaa.org
icbt.online
#ocd #therapy #mentalhealth
May 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Where do I like to go to find an OCD specialist?
iocdf.org
adaa.org
icbt.online
#ocd #therapy #mentalhealth
iocdf.org
adaa.org
icbt.online
#ocd #therapy #mentalhealth
Happy Tuesday, Happy Spring, Happy end of the semester for a lot of students…
Here are a few tips for loved ones who are asking how they can help someone with #OCD 💜
Here are a few tips for loved ones who are asking how they can help someone with #OCD 💜
May 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Happy Tuesday, Happy Spring, Happy end of the semester for a lot of students…
Here are a few tips for loved ones who are asking how they can help someone with #OCD 💜
Here are a few tips for loved ones who are asking how they can help someone with #OCD 💜
OCD plays so many tricks to make its obsessional doubts feel real… I might have to do a Part 2 to just name them all!
Do any of these feel familiar to you?! Has #OCD used any of these to pull you in?
Do any of these feel familiar to you?! Has #OCD used any of these to pull you in?
May 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
OCD plays so many tricks to make its obsessional doubts feel real… I might have to do a Part 2 to just name them all!
Do any of these feel familiar to you?! Has #OCD used any of these to pull you in?
Do any of these feel familiar to you?! Has #OCD used any of these to pull you in?
Compulsions are sneaky…
They may feel like they are helping. However they are only fueling the OCD cycle. Worsening our anxiety and obsessions in the long-run.
Like putting gasoline on a fire.
What are your compulsions to be aware of?
#OCD #mentalhealth
They may feel like they are helping. However they are only fueling the OCD cycle. Worsening our anxiety and obsessions in the long-run.
Like putting gasoline on a fire.
What are your compulsions to be aware of?
#OCD #mentalhealth
April 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Compulsions are sneaky…
They may feel like they are helping. However they are only fueling the OCD cycle. Worsening our anxiety and obsessions in the long-run.
Like putting gasoline on a fire.
What are your compulsions to be aware of?
#OCD #mentalhealth
They may feel like they are helping. However they are only fueling the OCD cycle. Worsening our anxiety and obsessions in the long-run.
Like putting gasoline on a fire.
What are your compulsions to be aware of?
#OCD #mentalhealth
See you all this summer at the IOCDF conference in Chicago!
Registration is now open. This conference is unique in that it’s open to providers (therapists, psychiatrists, etc), researchers AND individuals with #OCD and their families.
Check it out! I have two presentations on I-CBT!
Registration is now open. This conference is unique in that it’s open to providers (therapists, psychiatrists, etc), researchers AND individuals with #OCD and their families.
Check it out! I have two presentations on I-CBT!
April 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
See you all this summer at the IOCDF conference in Chicago!
Registration is now open. This conference is unique in that it’s open to providers (therapists, psychiatrists, etc), researchers AND individuals with #OCD and their families.
Check it out! I have two presentations on I-CBT!
Registration is now open. This conference is unique in that it’s open to providers (therapists, psychiatrists, etc), researchers AND individuals with #OCD and their families.
Check it out! I have two presentations on I-CBT!
What’s the difference between an obsessional doubt (OCD) and an ordinary, every day doubt (non-OCD)? I mean, all doubts are questioning information. But some are reasonable and some are imaginative.
Check out Resolving OCD by Dr Frederick Aardema for more information and icbt.online.
#OCD
Check out Resolving OCD by Dr Frederick Aardema for more information and icbt.online.
#OCD
April 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What’s the difference between an obsessional doubt (OCD) and an ordinary, every day doubt (non-OCD)? I mean, all doubts are questioning information. But some are reasonable and some are imaginative.
Check out Resolving OCD by Dr Frederick Aardema for more information and icbt.online.
#OCD
Check out Resolving OCD by Dr Frederick Aardema for more information and icbt.online.
#OCD
What is #emetophobia and how is it treated? Well that depends on the details of the case and how it is conceptualized. Is it a true phobia, anxiety about anxiety (like we see with panic), OCD? A combination?
What questions do you have about emetophobia?!
#anxiety #ocd #phobia
What questions do you have about emetophobia?!
#anxiety #ocd #phobia
April 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What is #emetophobia and how is it treated? Well that depends on the details of the case and how it is conceptualized. Is it a true phobia, anxiety about anxiety (like we see with panic), OCD? A combination?
What questions do you have about emetophobia?!
#anxiety #ocd #phobia
What questions do you have about emetophobia?!
#anxiety #ocd #phobia
Today we are sharing some tips for the common BFRBs (Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors) lip picking and lip biting.
Share in the comments what interventions helped you! You never know if one of your tools will help out another person 💜
#bfrb #mentalhealth #anxiety #ocd
Share in the comments what interventions helped you! You never know if one of your tools will help out another person 💜
#bfrb #mentalhealth #anxiety #ocd
March 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Today we are sharing some tips for the common BFRBs (Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors) lip picking and lip biting.
Share in the comments what interventions helped you! You never know if one of your tools will help out another person 💜
#bfrb #mentalhealth #anxiety #ocd
Share in the comments what interventions helped you! You never know if one of your tools will help out another person 💜
#bfrb #mentalhealth #anxiety #ocd
Cheek biting is a lesser known BFRB (Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior). But you’re not the only one!
Here are a few of my fave interventions. What helps you?!
#BFRB #mentalhealth #OCD
Here are a few of my fave interventions. What helps you?!
#BFRB #mentalhealth #OCD
March 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Cheek biting is a lesser known BFRB (Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior). But you’re not the only one!
Here are a few of my fave interventions. What helps you?!
#BFRB #mentalhealth #OCD
Here are a few of my fave interventions. What helps you?!
#BFRB #mentalhealth #OCD
Happy Friday!
How often do you get inferentially confused? What about? Can you tell when you are?
#OCD #mentalhealth
How often do you get inferentially confused? What about? Can you tell when you are?
#OCD #mentalhealth
March 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy Friday!
How often do you get inferentially confused? What about? Can you tell when you are?
#OCD #mentalhealth
How often do you get inferentially confused? What about? Can you tell when you are?
#OCD #mentalhealth
#OCD can create doubt about reality, existence, purpose and meaning of life and our time here on earth…
Compulsions may include checking, reassurance seeking, avoidance, ruminating and more.
Have you had experience with existential obsessions?
Compulsions may include checking, reassurance seeking, avoidance, ruminating and more.
Have you had experience with existential obsessions?
March 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
#OCD can create doubt about reality, existence, purpose and meaning of life and our time here on earth…
Compulsions may include checking, reassurance seeking, avoidance, ruminating and more.
Have you had experience with existential obsessions?
Compulsions may include checking, reassurance seeking, avoidance, ruminating and more.
Have you had experience with existential obsessions?