Anxiety & OCD Treatment: Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC

02/16/2026

What would you choose?!

02/13/2026

02/12/2026

Co-existing with anxiety…

02/12/2026

Attention all therapists!

Check out the presentations offered at the annual Kansas Counseling Association conference.

I hope to see and meet many of you there! I will be presenting on perinatal anxiety vs OCD with Kristine Page. Along with a presentation on Metacognitive Therapy.

Register here:
https://kscounseling.org/event-6075355

02/11/2026

What if I told you your OCD isn’t so random…

01/27/2026

See you in Chicago! I hope a few of my colleagues will join at ADAA; I will be presenting on these two topics.

12/11/2025

🧠 Detached mindfulness: doing nothing with your thoughts.

Detached mindfulness is a core skill in Metacognitive Therapy, and it is all about changing our relationship with our thoughts. Not changing the thoughts themselves. Instead of analyzing, arguing with, or neutralizing them, we practice doing absolutely nothing with them. 

In MCT, we learn that it’s not the presence of a thought that creates distress, but what we do with the thought. For example, worrying about it, ruminating on it, avoiding or suppressing it.

I find MCT especially helpful for anxiety and depression however it can be beneficial for many diagnoses.

What questions do you have about detached mindfulness or MCT?! If you are a clinician wanting to learn more, message me for some resources!

12/11/2025

The next I-CBT consultation group filled up so fast that we have opened another time!!
Tuesdays, same time (1:00pm EST/12:00pm CST/10:00am PST)
If interested, email me (info@amandalcpc.com)

12/09/2025

This Friday!
Final few days to get registered:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anxiety-sensitivity-tickets-1693583266139?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/20/2025

Anxiety sensitivity creates a sneaky cycle. You experience a normal sensation, like a heartbeat, interpret it as dangerous/harmful, heightened anxiety can then increase the sensation and we may respond with avoidance and safety behaviors.

Anxiety sensitivity is not a diagnosis, rather an underlying factor in many common diagnoses, like panic disorder, trauma, health anxiety, social anxiety, and more.

It must be identified in order to be properly treated, as anxiety sensitivity can sustain these diagnoses.

Check out my profile for my upcoming webinar on Anxiety Sensitivity!

11/19/2025

My next I-CBT consultation/training group is scheduled! I have been thoroughly enjoying my first group this fall and look forward to doing it again.
If you are a therapist, interested, and the dates/times work for you, email me at info@amandalcpc.com

11/19/2025

🎈 I am super excited that I will be sharing more knowledge about Inference-Based CBT (an evidence based treatment for OCD) at the annual Anxiety and Depression conference this year! Not 1, but 2 presentations to continue disseminating education about this treatment 🎈

🧠 With that said, take a glimpse inside my OCD brain and what has helped me from an I-CBT perspective.

🧠 What is OCD like for you? What has helped you?! Good news is that there are several treatment options; no treatment works for everyone and that is why we are thankful there are more approaches that are effective. Check out ADAA and IOCDF for more information on OCD and treatment guidelines.