When Panic and Anxiety Take Over

You may not walk around thinking, “I have panic a disorder.”

What you notice instead are moments that feel overwhelming or alarming.

Your heart starts racing.
Your chest feels tight.
Your thoughts speed up or scatter.
You feel an urgent need to escape, fix, control, or make the feeling stop.

Sometimes these moments come out of nowhere. Other times they show up when you’re already under stress, anticipating something important, or worrying about how you’re coming across to others.

Afterward, you might replay the experience in your mind.
Why did I react like that?
What if it happens again?
What if people notice?

Over time, fear of these moments can become just as distressing as the moments themselves.

Panic Is an Experience, Not a Personal Flaw

Panic and intense anxiety are not signs that you’re weak, broken, or incapable. They’re often the result of learned patterns in how your mind and body respond to internal experiences.

Many people respond to panic by:

• avoiding situations where it might happen again

• closely monitoring their body for signs of danger

• seeking reassurance from others

• trying to control or suppress feelings

• judging themselves harshly for having reactions at all
  

While these responses make sense in the moment, they often keep the panic cycle going.

Therapy helps you understand these patterns and learn how to respond differently.

How I help

I’m a licensed therapist in New York State and the founder of Teletherapy AG, a virtual therapy practice serving adults throughout New York.

I offer active, skills-based therapy focused on changing how you respond to internal experiences, not just talking about them. Therapy with me is about learning new ways to relate to anxiety, panic, worry, and discomfort so they no longer dictate your choices or limit your life.

In our work, we focus specifically on how you respond when panic or internal intensity shows up, including fear of bodily sensations, attempts to control or escape feelings, and the worry about panic happening again.

My work is grounded in the Unified Protocol, an evidence-based approach that focuses on the common patterns underneath many emotional experiences. Rather than treating concerns as separate problems or relying heavily on labels, we look at the shared processes that keep difficult emotional experiences going, such as avoidance, overthinking, emotional reactivity, and harsh self-judgment.

This is not a spiritual approach, not a somatic-only therapy, and not a space for venting without direction. Therapy involves learning new ways to interpret what’s happening inside you and practicing different responses, even when emotions feel intense or uncomfortable. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be willing to learn.

Sessions are collaborative, grounded, and practical. We slow things down, look at your patterns with clarity, and build skills you can actually use in your everyday life.

I’m also a first-generation, West Indian New Yorker 🇹🇹🇧🇧🗽. That lived experience shapes how I show up in the therapy space. There’s no pressure to code-switch here or fit into a version of therapy that doesn’t feel authentic to you.

Clients often tell me, “I’ve never thought about my emotions this way before.”

That shift, from feeling overwhelmed by internal experiences to understanding how they work, is often where meaningful change begins.

What You Work On

In therapy, we focus on helping you:

• Understand how panic and anxiety cycles operate

• Reduce avoidance and safety behaviors

• Build tolerance for uncomfortable internal experiences

• Respond to anxiety without escalating it

• Reduce over-monitoring of thoughts and bodily sensations

• Shift out of harsh self-judgment and fear of fear

The goal is not to eliminate anxiety, but to help you move through intense moments without panic running the show.

What Changes Over Time

Clients often begin to notice that:

• panic feels less alarming, even when it shows up

• anxiety no longer dictates decisions or limits life

• intense moments pass more quickly

• confidence grows in handling discomfort

• self-trust increases

• fear of future panic decreases

You learn that anxiety can be noticed and managed, even when it feels intense.

Next Steps

If you’re feeling stuck in cycles of anxiety, worry, or self-criticism and want to learn new ways to respond, I’d be glad to connect.

Schedule a free 15-minute consultation
to see if this approach feels like a good fit.
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