Therapy for Panic Attacks

A panic attack can feel overwhelming with your heart racing, breath shortening, mind spinning. It can seem as if something terrible is about to happen, even when you know you are safe. The body floods with adrenaline and time distorts. When this happens repeatedly, it can leave you anxious, exhausted, and afraid of it happening again.

Therapy for panic attacks offers a calm, confidential space to explore what these experiences mean for you. It is not about controlling every feeling, but about understanding what lies behind them, what your mind and body might be trying to express or protect you from.

What Is Therapy for Panic Attacks?

Panic attacks are often the body’s way of signalling distress when feelings or memories have become too much to manage consciously. They can appear suddenly, but their roots often go deeper shaped by stress, trauma, loss or long-held fears.

Therapy for panic attacks helps you explore how these experiences developed and what triggers them. It is a process of curiosity rather than control, and learning to recognise patterns, understand sensations, and gently rebuild a sense of safety within yourself.

In our work together, we may explore:

• What happens in your body before, during and after a panic episode

• The emotional or situational triggers that set it off

• What the panic might be communicating beneath the fear

• How to meet intense feelings with compassion rather than resistance

The aim is not to make panic disappear overnight, but to help you relate to it differently, so it no longer defines your day-to-day life.

Signs You Might Benefit from Therapy

You may be considering therapy if you:

• Experience sudden waves of fear, dizziness, or breathlessness

• Avoid certain places or situations in case panic arises

• Feel constantly on edge, waiting for the next attack

• Struggle to explain your symptoms to others

• Notice anxiety spreading into wider areas of your life

• Feel detached, ashamed, or exhausted afterwards

Therapy can offer a chance to slow these experiences down, to make sense of what panic means for you, and to begin to rebuild confidence and trust in your own body.

How Therapy for Panic Attacks Works

Our sessions begin by creating a space where everything that happens in panic can be talked about openly. Many people have never described a panic attack in detail before - putting it into words and feelings can itself be grounding.

Together, we will explore the emotional, psychological and physical aspects of panic. Sometimes that means looking at recent stresses and sometimes it means exploring earlier experiences that shaped how your body responds to fear.

We may use mindfulness or breathing awareness to help you stay present when anxiety rises, alongside deeper reflection on the themes that panic seems to repeat such as control, safety, loss, or vulnerability.

Over time, therapy may help you notice the first signs of panic more clearly, respond to them with gentleness, and understand what your body is asking for rather than reacting in fear.

My Expertise and Approach

I trained at the Minster Centre, one of the UK’s leading psychotherapy training centres. My approach to therapy for panic attacks is integrative, drawing on psychodynamic, humanistic and mindfulness-based methods.

I have worked with many clients who experience panic, generalised anxiety and trauma. My role is to offer a consistent, non-judgmental space where we can explore together what panic means for you, both as a physical event and as part of your emotional story.

Therapy is not about forcing calm but allowing space for understanding to unfold naturally, at your pace.

The Benefits of Therapy for Panic Attacks

Each person’s experience of panic is unique, so the process will look different for everyone. Many people experience therapy as a gradual softening with moments of awareness where panic begins to feel more familiar and less frightening.

Over time, you may find:

• More understanding of how panic arises and what sustains it

• Greater confidence in meeting the sensations that once felt unbearable

• The ability to recognise early signs and respond calmly

• A growing sense of safety and connection to your body

• Space for calm and presence to return to daily life

These changes often happen slowly and unevenly, but they can bring a deeper sense of resilience and trust in yourself.

Why Contact Me?

✓ Trained at the Minster Centre, one of the UK’s leading psychotherapy institutions

✓ Experienced in supporting people with anxiety, depression, grief, stress and burnout

✓ Over two years working in a bereavement service, alongside specialist work

✓ An integrative therapist, drawing from different traditions to tailor therapy to each person

✓ A background in working with activists, changemakers, leaders and ex-boarders

✓ Committed to creating a safe, empathic and collaborative therapeutic space

Start Your Therapy Journey Today

If you'd like an introductory session, please email me or message me using the details below. Alternatively, please schedule a call using calendly.

Phone

+44 7356 082880

Email

andrew.tobert@gmail.com

Location

231 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6PJ or Online

FAQs About Therapy for Panic Attacks

What happens in sessions?

In therapy, we talk about your experiences of panic, when they occur, and how they feel in your body and mind. Together we can explore what may underlie them and how to respond to them differently.

Do you use specific techniques for panic?

We may draw on mindfulness or grounding practices to help you stay connected during anxious moments, but the work also focuses on understanding the emotions and patterns behind the panic.

How long does therapy take?

There is no set length. Some people find short-term therapy helps reduce fear around panic while others continue longer term to explore deeper roots of anxiety. We will decide together what feels most supportive.

Do I need to have regular panic attacks to benefit?

No. Therapy can be helpful whether panic is frequent or occasional, or if you simply feel anxious about the possibility of it returning.

Do you offer online sessions?

Yes. Alongside in-person sessions in Hackney, East London, I also offer therapy online via secure video call. You can choose whichever feels most comfortable.

How do I begin?

You are welcome to arrange an introductory session. It is a chance to meet, ask questions and see if working together feels right. There is no obligation to continue, simply an invitation to begin.