Paige Pradko Therapy

Paige Pradko Therapy Therapy Services for adults and teens including treatment for Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Health Anxiety Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Health Anxiety, Depression

02/13/2026

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼   PDF: What to do when Panic Strikes
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Recovery from PANIC ATTACKS:
👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼  https://www.paigepradko.com/panic

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼   Panic Attacks Self Assessment
https://www.paigepradko.com/panic-quiz

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼   Help for Health Anxiety
https://www.paigepradko.com/healthanx...

In this video I describe how to treat driving phobia or driving anxiety, often experienced by people that are also suffering from agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is an intense fear of becoming overwhelmed or unable to escape or get help, and it is often triggered by leaving places outside of their homes, like driving or traveling by public transportation. Although some people can  have driving anxiety without having agoraphobia.

To recover from anxiety and a phobia, you exposure yourself to what you fear. That sounds simple, right? But, there actually is a lot to consider. Let me review a few basics on how to do exposure therapy.

You may use
• real life (in vivo) or situational exposures. Those would be driving exposures.
• You may use imaginal exposures like scripts or even virtual reality exposures.
• And, you may use interoceptive exposures.

Situational or real-life driving exposures are always going to be best here, but I often have my clients working on interoceptive exposures as well if they have panic attacks or are afraid of how high anxiety symptoms feel in their body. I have a panic course at paigepradko.com where I take you through an easy-to-follow program on how to do interoceptive sensitivity reduction exercises and exposures if you are interested.

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02/11/2026

DO YOU NEED HELP WITH OCD & ERP?

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 If you are tired of your OCD and need help treating it with ERP so that you can feel better, I can help you.

Find out more about my COURSE for OCD here:
https://paigepradko.com/ocd.

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Here is a link to a FREE SELF ASSESSMENT for OCD:
https://www.paigepradko.com/ocdquiz

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Here is a GIFT for you. A PDF for The Top 10 Things to Know to Practice ERP for OCD, Phobias & Anxiety:
https://www.paigepradko.com/erp

02/09/2026

DO YOU NEED HELP WITH OCD & ERP?

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 If you are tired of your OCD and need help treating it with ERP so that you can feel better, I can help you.

Find out more about my COURSE for OCD here:
https://paigepradko.com/ocd.

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Here is a link to a FREE SELF ASSESSMENT for OCD:
https://www.paigepradko.com/ocdquiz

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Here is a GIFT for you. A PDF for The Top 10 Things to Know to Practice ERP for OCD, Phobias & Anxiety:
https://www.paigepradko.com/erp

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02/06/2026


👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼  Free PDF: What to do when Panic Strikes: F.A.C.E. Fear
https://paigepradko.com/facefear

Recovery from PANIC ATTACKS:
👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼  https://www.paigepradko.com/panic

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼   Panic Attacks Self Assessment
https://www.paigepradko.com/panic-quiz

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼   Help for Health Anxiety
https://www.paigepradko.com/healthanx...

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼   Free PDF: Why Do I Feel That in my Body? Explanations of Bodily Symptoms Due to Anxiety, Stress and Panic
https://www.paigepradko.com/bodyanxiety

In this video, I share the difference between panic attacks, anxiety attacks and panic disorder. I also discuss a limited symptom attack.

The dsm 5 defines a panic attack as periods of intense fear or discomfort in which at least four of the following 13 symptoms develop quickly and peak within 10 minutes. The 13 symptoms include:

1. palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate,
2. sweating,
3. trembling or shaking,
4. sensations of shortness of breath or smothering,
5. feeling of choking or a lump in the throat
6. chest pain or discomfort,
7. nausea or abdominal distress,
8. feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or faint,
9. derealization or depersonalization,
10. fear of losing control or going crazy,
11. fear of dying,
12. numbness or tingling sensations,
13. chills or hot flushes.

Panic Disorder is defined as recurrent, unexpected panic attacks. Along with being concerned about them or changing any behaviors due to having panic attacks or worrying about possible implications of panic attacks. The worries might be things like “what if panic causes me to have a heart attack”, “what if my derealization symptoms make me go crazy or get even worse”.

Research suggests that panic attacks are often triggered by a combination of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors including one’s level of anxiety sensitivity. Anxiety sensitivity is the degree to which someone misinterprets anxiety symptoms as dangerous.

To illustrate how panic disorder is developed, I share what happens in the panic cycle.

02/04/2026

If you have never heard of Interoceptive Exposure Therapy, you must watch this video right away! Interoceptive Exposure Therapy is one of the most effective techniques for curing panic disorder when it is triggered by an internal body sensation like a rapid heartbeat, dizziness or breathlessness. The exposure to the same body sensations that initiate panic allows the brain to stimulate new neuropathways. These new neuropathways are then no longer associated with panic and danger, but with messages of calm and safety. It is very powerful technique, but it is challenging. I do recommend that you consult with an experienced therapist in your area and even your Physician for medical clearance. Here is a FREE PDF for you: Why Do I Feel That in my Body? Explanations of Bodily Symptoms Due to Anxiety, Stress and Panic https://www.paigepradko.com/bodyanxiety I do have a different video that covers exposure therapy in general, when your panic is initiated by an external cue, like a grocery store or driving or seeing a dog. Interoceptive Exposure Therapy," is specifically used when panic is initiated by internal cues or body sensations. See if any of the examples in the video are relatable to your situation or someone you love. Please comment and let me know if you have tried Interoceptive Exposure before or what your thoughts are about the technique. And don’t forget to subscribe and let me know if there is a particular topic that you would like to hear me talk about on a video. Until next time, I will see you in session :D  ,  ,  ,  ,  , exposuretherapyforpanicdisorder, exposuretherapyforagoraphobia, treatmentforPanicdisorder, agoraphobia, exposuretherapyforanxiety, exposuretherapyforbodysymptoms, ExposureforPanicattacks, treatmentforpanicattacks, treatmentforagoraphobia, CalmSeriesforAnxiety

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01/23/2026

Struggling with morning anxiety? This video shares 5 simple tips to help you start your day with calm. Learn why anxiety spikes in the morning due to cortisol, the body's natural stress hormone, and how it can make mornings tough for those with anxiety. I’ll walk you through creating a soothing night routine, designing an easy morning ritual, and normalizing that morning jolt as just “high energy.” Discover the I.A.M. Method to handle racing thoughts, where you identify, allow, and move on from worries. Lastly, get support through “Your Panic Attacks Are Not the Boss” and the WarmHeart Hub community. Start building a morning routine that helps you feel more grounded and in control. Here are links to help you with anxiety, panic and agoraphobia:
👉🏼 Panic Self - Quiz https://www.paigepradko.com/agoraphob... 
👉🏼 Agoraphobia Self - Quiz https://www.paigepradko.com/agoraphob... 
👉🏼 Health anxiety self quiz https://www.paigepradko.com/healthanx... How can I help you? I would love to hear from you. Please send me a message and tell me how anxiety has affected your life.
👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 https://www.paigepradko.com 

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01/21/2026

Our brains are wired to respond to fearful threats immediately by activating our fight/flight or freeze response for survival. That is that rush of adrenaline you feel when you hear a loud noise or have a sudden stop or close call in a car. Our brains are designed to overreact, and then settle down relatively quickly when our cortex, our thinking brain, sends a message to our amygdala that everything is fine and there is no danger. But, what happens if we send fearful thoughts, instead of calming ones to the amygdala? It only makes sense that our amygdala would continue to activate our sympathetic nervous system, keeping us in fight or flight, a highly anxious arousal state. This video demonstrates a brain hack for anxiety and OCD that I call the “I. A.M.” technique. This technique combines an incidental exposure or ERP with mindfulness. “I. A.M.” is an acronym for Identify, Allow, Mindfully connect to the Moment, and Move On. It works as a Brain Hack by interrupting the anxiety and fear cycle by: Identify: the first fear, the first Whoosh as Anxiety or OCD Allow: the anxiety, fearful thoughts and sensations Mindfully: Connect to the Moment you are living Move On: to what you were doing before Please let me know if you what you think about the I. A.M. technique and if you have tried it. Here is a short playlist where you can learn more about Exposure Therapy • Exposure Therapy | Basic to Advanced , , , , , ExposureTherapy, ERP, ExposureandResponsePrevention
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01/05/2026

HELP WITH ERP FOR OCD?
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👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Here is a PDF for The Top 10 Things to Know to Practice ERP for OCD, Phobias & Anxiety:
https://www.paigepradk...​

OCD can make daily life feel like a constant struggle and seeking treatment can be daunting. However, with the right tools and strategies, you can successfully treat OCD and learn how to maintain your recovery.

In this video I discuss 10 tips for helpful tips for your success in OCD treatment.

Here is a link to the VIDEO describing the I. A.M. Method for incidental exposures
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Here is a PLAYLIST for OCD that covers each OCD tip in more detail:
    • OCD Treatment Techniqu...  ​

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