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Panic Attack Therapy for Panic Disorder

Breaking the Panic Cycle with Compassionate, Evidence-Based Therapy

Panic attacks can feel sudden, intense, and frightening, often arriving without warning and leaving you worried about when the next one might happen. The physical sensations can be overwhelming, and many people begin to avoid situations for fear of triggering another attack.

Panic disorder therapy at Wyke Therapy uses evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and EMDR, to help you understand what’s happening in your body and mind during panic. Together, we work to reduce fear of symptoms, break the panic cycle, and restore a sense of control.

Therapy is offered online, providing a safe and supportive space where you can work at your own pace to build confidence, reduce anxiety, and feel more able to engage fully in daily life.

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Panic Attack Therapy

Panic attacks can feel overwhelming, frightening, and completely out of the blue. Many people describe a sudden rush of intense fear, physical symptoms like a racing heart or shortness of breath, and the sense that something is seriously wrong. If you’re living with panic attacks or panic disorder, you’re not weak – your nervous system is stuck in a cycle of threat and alarm.

At Wyke Therapy, panic attack therapy is offered using evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and EMDR. Therapy is available online, allowing you to access support from the comfort and safety of your own space.

How Therapy Can Help with Panic Attacks

Panic attacks are maintained by a cycle between thoughts, physical sensations, and behaviours. In therapy, we work together to understand how this cycle operates for you and how it can be gently interrupted.

Through panic attack therapy, you’ll learn practical tools to:

  • Understand what’s happening during a panic attack, helping the experience feel less frightening and more manageable.
  • Challenge unhelpful or catastrophic thoughts such as “I’m going to faint” or “Something terrible is happening”, replacing them with more balanced and reassuring perspectives.
  • Reduce fear of physical sensations through carefully paced techniques, helping your body learn that symptoms like a racing heart or dizziness are not dangerous.
  • Gradually face situations you may have been avoiding, rebuilding confidence and freedom in everyday life.

CBT and EMDR for Panic Attacks

CBT for panic attacks focuses on breaking the panic cycle by addressing the thoughts, behaviours, and physical responses that keep panic going. It is a well-established and effective treatment for panic disorder.

EMDR can be helpful where panic attacks are linked to past experiences, trauma, or distressing memories. By processing these experiences safely, EMDR can reduce the intensity and frequency of panic responses in the present.

Online Therapy for Panic Attacks

Online therapy for panic attacks offers flexible, accessible support without the need to travel or sit in a waiting room. Many clients find online therapy particularly helpful for panic, as it allows sessions to take place in a familiar and calming environment.

Benefits of online panic attack therapy include:

  • Access to therapy from anywhere in the UK
  • Greater comfort and privacy
  • Reduced anxiety around attending appointments
  • Flexible scheduling to fit around daily life

Whether panic attacks are a recent experience or something you’ve lived with for years, therapy can help you feel more in control and less fearful of your own body and mind.

You don’t have to manage this alone. Support is available, and change is possible.

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Why online therapy might work for you

Online therapy is just as effective as in-person sessions, allowing you to receive high-quality support wherever you are. Some additional benefits include:

  • Not having to face the difficulties of travelling to a location if you have health issues or disabilities.
  • It takes less time to fit in a session if you have a lack of spare hours in the day and a busy lifestyle.
  • You won’t have any transport issues or need to pay for parking.
  • Flexibility to work around your work hours and other commitments.

How the booking process works

  • Get in touch via email or phone
  • We’ll agree a good time for your free 15-minute online consultation
  • I’ll send you a link for your phone or via MS Teams, whichever you prefer
  • We ‘meet up’ online on the day and time agreed
  • If you are happy to proceed, we’ll book your first appointment
  • 24 hours before your appointment, I’ll send you a payment link or you can pay via the website here 
  • Our therapy sessions begin!

NICE Guidelines

All of the therapy techniques I use, including EMDR and CBT, are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. You can find out more about the framework I work within here.

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Reviews

Michelle adapted to my way of understanding... she was very clear and had a wealth of knowledge. She has given me so many tools to help. 

Great support from Michelle, I can't thank her enough. Thank you for getting me back on track. So grateful. I will miss my weekly sessions. Kind regards xxx

Michelle was amazing. I really connected with her and she helped me through my problems and has made a significant change to my life. Very thankful!

I can't speak highly enough of Michelle Woods. I can only imagine your experience of online CBT is largely due to the person you are paired with and I couldn't wish for a better one than Michelle. Thank you for everything.

Michelle was really good at understanding me and helping me with what I have been through. I understand myself better now. I appreciate her help so much.

Michelle has been incredible! I've never found a therapist so empathetic.

I wasn't very hopeful about starting any kind of treatment or therapy but I have been blown away by the success and effects of the EMDR therapy I received. Michelle put me at ease instantly and explained things to me in a way that really helped me to absorb and feel 100 per cent involved in everything we were doing. I couldn't sing higher praises for Michelle and am so very grateful to her.

Michelle Woods was brilliant. She has helped me no end and made life liveable again.

Michelle was lovely and I felt she really cared about my issues. She was very good at addressing those issues too.

Michelle is honestly the best therapist I have ever been to. She is so understanding and listens to my concerns and goes above and beyond with her help. I cannot praise her enough.

Michelle was fantastic, so easy to engage with, even on our first meeting. She was very accommodating with regard to my health issues. All the techniques and helpful tips she has gone over with me have helped in various ways and has improved my depression and given me ways to deal with it. I couldn't recommend her enough and am sad to say goodbye.

Michelle Woods is a remarkable lady. She has transformed my life in the last 20 weeks. It's taken me 14 years to face the trauma that I went through and Michelle took the time to listen, make me feel safe and to support me with every part of the reliving. There are not enough words to thank Michelle for her work alongside me and I will always remember that the reason I got through this was because of her kindness.

Michelle is one of the loveliest people I have ever spoken to! She has been kind, caring and patient with me and I can't thank her enough for everything she has helped me with.

Michelle was the first therapist that I have really clicked with and she helped me understand and process my mental health effectively. Michelle has been amazing and I cannot thank her enough for the help she has given me over the last few months. I honestly couldn't fault her. Michelle, thank you for helping me realise that life isn't all bad and that I can get up and have a happy day despite my mental health. You are amazing and truly helped me figure out my thoughts. Thank you.

How to Contact Me

I offer a free 15-minute consultation to help you decide if my therapy style is right for you.

Please note: I do not provide crisis intervention. If you are in immediate distress, please contact your GP or emergency services.

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