Sasha Feldman, LMFT · Los Angeles & California
Anxiety &
Panic Disorder.
When your mind keeps scanning for danger, even ordinary life can feel demanding. Therapy offers a way to understand the alarm, change your relationship with it, and move toward a life that is less organized around fear.
Explore the workUnderstanding anxiety
When the alarm
stays on.
Anxiety can look like constant overthinking, tension you cannot switch off, or a need to feel certain before you take the next step. You may keep checking, preparing, or avoiding—only to find that relief never quite lasts.
Together, we look at what fuels these patterns and what they cost you. The work is not to eliminate every anxious thought. It is to help you respond with more flexibility, tolerate uncertainty, and make room for the relationships and experiences that matter to you.
Understanding panic
The fear
of the fear.
A panic attack can feel sudden and overwhelming: a racing heart, dizziness, breathlessness, or a powerful sense that something is wrong. Afterward, the fear of another attack can become as limiting as the attack itself.
One of the biggest roadblocks to overcoming panic is the fear of panic itself. Monitoring every sensation, fighting to suppress it, or avoiding places where it might happen can reinforce the belief that panic is something you cannot handle.
Therapy helps loosen that cycle. As you learn to tolerate uncomfortable sensations and accept the possibility of panic—rather than making its prevention your main task—the fear that feeds the cycle can begin to ease. For many people, attacks become less frequent or less disruptive over time. Progress is not a promise that panic will never return; it is growing confidence that you can meet it without letting it run your life.
The goal is not to become fearless.
It is to become less governed by fear.
How we work
Small steps.
More freedom.
01Understand your pattern.
We identify the sensations, predictions, and avoidance habits that keep anxiety or panic going, while making space for the broader stresses and experiences shaping your life.
02Practice manageable discomfort.
Together, we build small, deliberate exercises that bring you into contact with feared sensations or situations. We choose them collaboratively, considering your health and readiness—not as a test of willpower, but as an opportunity to learn.
03Build capacity, not overwhelm.
The aim is a meaningful, tolerable challenge—not flooding you with more than you can work with. We adjust the pace together, repeat what helps, and gradually expand what you feel able to face. You do not have to feel perfectly calm for practice to count.
04Bring the learning into life.
As confidence grows, we work toward returning to the places, relationships, and activities fear has narrowed. The measure of progress is not just fewer symptoms. It is more freedom to live.
A note on physical symptoms. New, severe, or unexplained physical symptoms deserve medical evaluation rather than an assumption that they are panic. Exercises involving bodily sensations should be tailored with a qualified clinician, especially if you have a medical condition.
Complimentary 15-minute consultation