Online therapy for panic disorder from just $25/session with licensed therapists (PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT) specializing in evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, and exposure therapy. At Grouport, we offer online individual therapy, online group therapy, and virtual IOP options designed to help you understand your panic, break the cycle of avoidance, and regain confidence in your daily life.
Whether you prefer personalized one-on-one care or the shared support of a therapist-led group, our online panic disorder therapy connects you to expert guidance and a community that understands what it's like to live with panic attacks.
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At Grouport, we offer a range of online therapy options to help individuals manage panic attacks, reduce anticipatory anxiety, and rebuild confidence through evidence-based treatment. Many members choose to mix and match therapy formats to create a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan.
Online therapy for panic disorder: personalized, flexible, and therapist-led. We'll guide you with dedicated support every step of the way.
Whether you're interested in group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, or a mix, we offer flexible options. Sign up directly, or schedule a free call with a care coordinator who can help you build a personalized treatment plan for managing panic disorder.
You'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will learn about your symptoms, goals, preferences, and schedule. From there, you'll choose the therapist(s) you'd like to work with and select session times that are most convenient for you.
Attend your weekly online therapy sessions (group, individual, couples, family, or a combination) at the cadence that works best for you. Our team will support you at every step to help you reduce panic symptoms, build coping skills, and make meaningful progress.
Whether you're interested in group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, or a mix, we offer flexible options. Sign up directly, or schedule a free call with a care coordinator who can help you build a personalized treatment plan for managing panic disorder.
You'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will learn about your symptoms, goals, preferences, and schedule. From there, you'll choose the therapist(s) you'd like to work with and select session times that are most convenient for you.
Attend your weekly online therapy sessions (group, individual, couples, family, or a combination) at the cadence that works best for you. Our team will support you at every step to help you reduce panic symptoms, build coping skills, and make meaningful progress.
Panic disorder goes beyond occasional nervousness. It involves recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and a persistent fear of when the next one will strike, often leading to significant avoidance behaviors that shrink your world over time.
Common signs to watch for include:
If you recognize these patterns in yourself or a loved one, working with a licensed therapist can help you break the panic cycle and reclaim your life.
Panic disorder doesn't just affect you during an attack. The fear of future episodes and the avoidance patterns that develop can impact every area of your life. Understanding these effects is the first step toward reclaiming your freedom through therapy.
Many people with panic disorder begin avoiding places where they've had attacks. Over time, the "safe zone" shrinks until even routine errands feel impossible. Therapy helps you gradually expand your world again.
The fear of having a panic attack during a meeting, presentation, or commute can lead to chronic absenteeism, underperformance, or avoiding career opportunities altogether. Therapy provides tools for managing panic in professional settings.
Canceling plans, needing to leave events early, or depending on a partner for reassurance can strain relationships. Therapy helps you communicate your experience and reduce reliance on safety behaviors.
Panic attacks mimic serious medical conditions like heart attacks. The cycle of physical symptoms, medical anxiety, and ER visits is exhausting. Therapy teaches you to distinguish panic from danger.
Many people with panic disorder experience nocturnal panic attacks, waking suddenly with intense fear and physical symptoms. Even without nighttime episodes, constant vigilance can make it hard to fall asleep. Therapists help you build calming routines.
Living with panic disorder can make you feel fragile, dependent, or broken. You may stop trusting your own body or feel ashamed. Therapy helps you rebuild a sense of agency, resilience, and trust in yourself.
Starting therapy when you're already anxious can feel daunting. Here's what your first few sessions typically look like, so you know exactly what to expect.
Your therapist will ask about your history with panic attacks, including when they started, what they feel like, how often they occur, and what situations you may be avoiding. This is a collaborative, pressure-free conversation.
Your therapist will explain how panic attacks work, including the role of the fight-or-flight response, why physical symptoms feel so intense, and how avoidance and catastrophic thinking keep the panic cycle going.
Most therapists will introduce practical tools early on, such as diaphragmatic breathing, grounding exercises, cognitive reframing for catastrophic thoughts, or body scan techniques. You'll leave with something tangible you can use immediately.
By your third or fourth session, you'll begin working on gradually facing avoided situations through structured exposure exercises. Your therapist will guide you through interoceptive exposure and situational exposure at a pace that feels manageable. Many Grouport members report a noticeable reduction in panic frequency within the first 4-8 weeks.
See how our therapy options have helped our members experience life-changing results
Stephanie
“Grouport is time flexible and affordable and if it didn’t exist, I don’t know where I would go. I had looked into other places before Grouport and there really wasn’t any option like it.”
Michael
“I highly recommend this to anyone who is struggling with anxiety or depression. The therapists are top notch and have made me feel really comfortable and my anxiety has improved tremendously in only a few sessions!”
Isabel
"I joined Grouport to work on myself and to heal. I’m learning so much at every session! The change I see not only in myself but in my fellow group members is abundantly encouraging and profoundly fulfilling. Group therapy with Grouport is a powerful healing tool."
Sheldon
“I was feeling very down at the end of 2020 and I was ready to do something drastic that I know I'd likely regret. The group definitely helped show me that there are people who feel the same way as I do.”
Nancy
“The therapy from Grouport is high quality and convenient. I am becoming much more self aware and am liking myself more. My relationships at work are better and I’m much happier.”
Emily
“I like the connection you can make with total strangers and the confidentiality it comes with.”
Danielle
"Grouport can help you with your issues. Their therapists are well trained to work with you on your issues. I felt my anxiety greatly improve after only a few sessions. I highly recommend it!"
Glenn
"Grouport's approach to DBT is a real strength. This approach provides tools and methods for working with difficult emotions and getting a handle on them. It has given me hope where other approaches have failed."
At Grouport, our virtual panic disorder therapy integrates several evidence-based therapeutic techniques designed to help you break the panic cycle, reduce avoidance, and build lasting confidence:
CBT is the gold-standard treatment for panic disorder. It helps you identify and challenge catastrophic misinterpretations of physical sensations ("my heart is racing, so I must be having a heart attack"), develop realistic thinking patterns, and systematically reduce avoidance through structured exposure exercises.
Interoceptive exposure involves safely recreating the physical sensations of panic (like elevated heart rate or dizziness) in a controlled therapeutic setting, so your brain learns these sensations are uncomfortable but not dangerous. Situational exposure helps you re-enter avoided places and activities step by step.
DBT teaches mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation skills that are especially useful for managing the intense physical and emotional overwhelm of panic attacks. These skills help you stay grounded during episodes and reduce the anticipatory anxiety that fuels the panic cycle.
ACT helps you change your relationship with panic by learning to observe and accept uncomfortable sensations without fighting them. Rather than trying to eliminate anxiety entirely, ACT focuses on helping you live a full, valued life alongside it.
Mindfulness practices help you anchor your attention in the present moment instead of spiraling into "what if" thinking. Combined with grounding techniques, these tools give you practical ways to calm your nervous system during and between panic episodes.
Hyperventilation is a core physical driver of panic attacks. Breathing retraining teaches you diaphragmatic breathing and paced respiration to counteract the hyperventilation response. Combined with progressive muscle relaxation, these techniques help lower your baseline anxiety.
Every Grouport therapist is a licensed, accredited mental health professional with specialized training in anxiety disorders and panic, so you can feel confident in the care you receive.
Our therapists typically have over a decade of clinical experience across diverse settings including hospitals, community mental health centers, and private practice, with specialized expertise in panic disorder, anxiety disorders, and evidence-based interventions like CBT, exposure therapy, and DBT.
We continually evaluate outcomes through internal studies and outcomes studies with researchers from leading universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne, ensuring our panic disorder therapy is grounded in the latest clinical evidence.
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80%of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70% of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50% of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
80%
of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70%
of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50%
of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
Group, individual, couples, family, IOP, and teen therapy — all online, all therapist-led. Mix and match care options to fit your needs — and get discounted pricing when you bundle.
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Panic disorder often co-occurs with other mental health conditions. Our licensed therapists are experienced in treating a wide range of challenges, and many members address multiple concerns simultaneously through our flexible therapy options.
Grouport provides online group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, teen therapy, intensive outpatient program (IOP), all held virtually over video chat. We also offer a DBT self-guided program, which gives you lifetime access to a self-paced DBT program with therapist-guided lessons.
Many members combine multiple therapy types, such as group + individual therapy, to best fit their needs.
Online therapy has revolutionized mental health care. For individuals with panic disorder, accessing treatment from home eliminates a major barrier, since the fear of having a panic attack in public or while commuting can prevent people from seeking help. Each group therapy session is led by licensed therapists with experience supporting anxiety and panic-related conditions. With group sessions starting at just $35, developing practical panic management skills is within reach.
Virtual group therapy or online individual therapy for panic disorder is designed to help you reduce the frequency and intensity of panic attacks, build coping skills, and reclaim your daily life. The key objectives include:
Understanding Your Panic: Helping individuals recognize what triggers panic attacks, how the fight-or-flight response works, and why avoidance makes panic worse over time.
Breaking the Panic Cycle: Teaching evidence-based techniques to interrupt catastrophic thinking, tolerate physical sensations, and reduce anticipatory anxiety.
Building Confidence Through Exposure: Gradually and safely re-engaging with avoided situations.
Strengthening Emotional Regulation: Developing mindfulness, grounding, and distress tolerance skills.
A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger. Many people experience one or two panic attacks in their lifetime without developing a disorder.
Panic disorder is diagnosed when someone experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and develops persistent worry about having more attacks, or changes their behavior to avoid situations where attacks might occur. This ongoing fear and avoidance is what therapy directly addresses.
Yes, every Grouport therapist is accredited and licensed. Our network includes:
✅ Licensed Psychologists (PhD, PsyD)
✅ Licensed Social Workers (LCSW)
✅ Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC)
✅ Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists (LMFT)
Our therapists typically have over a decade of experience. Learn more about the therapists
Grouport is available worldwide! All sessions are held virtually over video chat. We offer separate therapy groups for Adults (18+) and Teens & Adolescents (under 18), so each age group receives care tailored to their needs.
Many people with panic disorder also experience co-occurring conditions. Our licensed therapists specialize in treating anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma and PTSD, borderline personality disorder, grief and loss, chronic illness, relationship issues, and anger management.
We use evidence-based approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), CBT, and other proven modalities.
Yes! If you're signing up for 1 group session per week, you'll choose your preferred group, therapist, and schedule during signup. For bundled plans or other therapy types, a care coordinator will reach out to match you. Most members are placed within a few hours, or within 24-72 hours max. You can always switch groups or therapists.
Our therapy is backed by outcomes studies with researchers from leading universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne.
80% of members start with moderate to severe symptoms.
70% see clinically significant reduction within 8 weeks.
50% achieve remission levels within 8 weeks.
90% would be disappointed if they lost access to Grouport.
At Grouport, we make it easy to choose the best personalized services for your unique mental health challenges. Combine group therapy with other treatments, choose individual therapy for personalized attention, or tailor the frequency of sessions based on your schedule.
Our licensed therapists are caring experts with years of experience who lead sessions multiple times a week to ensure flexibility. Each session is designed to provide a safe, structured environment where you can share your experiences, learn coping techniques, and receive guided therapy from experienced professionals.
If you need help choosing the right treatment plan, our care coordinators are here to help! You can schedule a call with a care coordinator or email us at support@grouporttherapy.com.
We offer flexible therapy options with straightforward pricing:
Online Group Therapy: Averages $32/session ($140/month).
Online Individual Therapy: Averages $103/session ($448/month).
Online Couples Therapy: Averages $114/session ($492/month).
Online Family Therapy: Averages $148/session ($640/month).
Virtual IOP: Averages $311/week ($1,348/month).
Online Teen Therapy: Averages $103/session ($448/month).
DBT Self-Guided Program: One-time fee of $500.
Payment Options: Monthly, Quarterly (Save 10%), Biannually (Save 15%). No long-term commitment. Switch therapists anytime. Cancel anytime!
We currently do not accept insurance. However, Grouport offers flat monthly pricing with no surprise bills, FSA/HSA eligibility, and sessions averaging as low as $23-$32 for group therapy. We can provide detailed invoices for potential out-of-network reimbursement.
You can cancel your subscription at any time. No long-term commitment. Full access through your last billing period. If your sessions are accessed via email links, email support@grouporttherapy.com and we'll send you a quick cancellation form to fill out. If sessions occur within the member portal, cancel under the "manage subscription" tab.
Yes. Therapy and medication work best together for panic disorder. SSRIs, SNRIs, and benzodiazepines can help reduce the intensity and frequency of panic attacks, while therapy addresses the underlying thought patterns, avoidance behaviors, and fear conditioning that medication alone can't resolve. Our therapists are experienced in working alongside psychiatrists and can help you build the skills that create lasting change beyond what medication provides.
Panic disorder is one of the most treatable anxiety conditions. Many people begin noticing improvements within the first 4-8 weeks of consistent therapy, particularly with CBT-based approaches. The timeline varies based on severity of symptoms, how long you've been experiencing panic attacks, and how consistently you practice skills between sessions. Our therapists work with you to set realistic milestones and track your progress.
Between sessions, we encourage you to practice the grounding and breathing techniques your therapist introduces. Many members find it helpful to keep a brief log of panic episodes to discuss in their next session. If you are in a bundled plan with multiple sessions per week, you will have more frequent touchpoints. If you're experiencing an immediate mental health crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988 or go to your nearest emergency room.
Whether you're dealing with recurring panic attacks, avoidance behaviors, or the constant fear of your next episode, therapy can help you take back control. Start building a life where panic no longer makes the decisions.
