Therapy for Panic Attacks

A panic attack can feel like your body has turned against you. Your heart races, breathing changes, the room feels unsafe, and the fear of another attack can start shaping your life.

Moffat helps clients understand panic as a body alarm that has become too sensitive. The work is to learn what triggers it, how you respond to it, and how to reduce the fear around the fear.

How this can show up

• Sudden waves of terror, breathlessness, dizziness, or chest tightness
• Avoiding places where a panic attack happened before
• Checking your body for signs that panic is coming
• Feeling embarrassed or afraid of losing control in public
• Planning life around escape routes and safety behaviours

What counselling with Moffat can focus on

Sessions can help you map the panic cycle, practise grounding, and understand the stress, grief, pressure, or trauma that may be feeding the alarm. Moffat can also support gradual steps back into avoided situations.

Starting sessions

If you have new chest pain, fainting, or serious physical symptoms, seek medical advice first. If panic is the pattern, counselling can help you work with it.