Therapy for Panic Attacks

Do you experience intense terror, rapid breathing, and a racing heart?
Do these symptoms appear seemingly out of nowhere and on a regular basis?
Panic attacks are a very scary thing and have a few important characteristics:
Uncomfortable or intense body sensations:
- Racing heart
- Shallow and quick breathing
- Stomach pain
- Shaking
- Sweating
A busy and overactive mind: The anxious mind ignores the present moment and comes up with all types of "What if" scenarios (most of which are very unlikely to happen). The anxious mind also takes "What if" thinking to the extreme:
- "What if I lose control and die"
- "There is something wrong with me"
- "What if this never stops"
Avoidance and reassurance seeking behavior: The anxious mind pleads with itself not have another panic attack. It tells us to avoid the things that trigger panic attacks. It also tells us to constantly seek comfort and reassurance.
Take back control from anxiety:
I provide confidential and practical therapy using CBT. Many clients suffering from anxiety notice a considerable difference in just a few sessions.
I help alleviate anxiety by assisting clients:
- Uncover and change behaviors that keep us hooked in the vicious cycle of anxiety.
- Discover new ways to respond to anxiety provoking thoughts and start building new helpful thought patterns.
- Build confidence in themselves, their social skills, and their ability to handle uncomfortable and challenging social interactions.

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Do you experience intense terror, rapid breathing, and a racing heart?
Do these symptoms appear seemingly out of nowhere and on a regular basis?
Panic attacks are a very scary thing and have a few important characteristics:
Uncomfortable or intense body sensations:
- Racing heart
- Shallow and quick breathing
- Stomach pain
- Shaking
- Sweating
A busy and overactive mind: The anxious mind ignores the present moment and comes up with all types of "What if" scenarios (most of which are very unlikely to happen). The anxious mind also takes "What if" thinking to the extreme:
- "What if I lose control and die"
- "There is something wrong with me"
- "What if this never stops"
Avoidance and reassurance seeking behavior: The anxious mind pleads with itself not have another panic attack. It tells us to avoid the things that trigger panic attacks. It also tells us to constantly seek comfort and reassurance.
Take back control from anxiety:
I provide confidential and practical therapy using CBT. Many clients suffering from anxiety notice a considerable difference in just a few sessions.
I help alleviate anxiety by assisting clients:
- Uncover and change behaviors that keep us hooked in the vicious cycle of anxiety.
- Discover new ways to respond to anxiety provoking thoughts and start building new helpful thought patterns.
- Build confidence in themselves, their social skills, and their ability to handle uncomfortable and challenging social interactions.
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Common Concerns
To save money, most people prefer to use insurance. I do not accept insurance for a few reasons:
When using insurance, the insurance dictates how many sessions are needed for therapy. Not you and I.
Also, many people are unaware that therapy records must be sent to insurance companies throughout the course of treatment.
Lastly, most insurance companies require you to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder to qualify for therapy.
Confidentiality will be discussed at the beginning of our first session. In general, what we talk about is kept confidential, but I do have some limits:
- If you are in immanent risk to harming yourself
- If you are in immanent risk to harming others
- Suspected child abuse
- Suspected elder abuse
I take confidentiality very serious. It's the foundation to therapy and is especially important in a small expat community like Okinawa.