You’ve tried the productivity hacks. You’ve downloaded the apps. You’ve even done therapy before. But the same patterns keep showing up — distraction, burnout, emotional reactions that feel way out of proportion. It’s not that you don’t care. It’s that your brain is trying to protect you — using outdated rules that no longer serve you.
What If ADHD Isn’t Just About Focus?
At ShiftGrit, we look at ADHD through a different lens — not just as a collection of symptoms, but as a pattern that formed in response to unmet needs, limiting beliefs, and early environmental factors. These patterns live below your conscious awareness and often show up as impulsivity, procrastination, or perfectionism. That’s why insight alone doesn’t fix them. We don’t just teach coping strategies — we help clients recondition the automatic emotional responses that drive those behaviours in the first place.
Our Identity-Level Approach to ADHD
We work at the identity level — the place where beliefs like “I’m lazy,” “I’m too much,” or “I can’t get it together” quietly run the show. These beliefs activate what we call the walnut brain — the fast-acting, threat-sensitive part of your mind that takes over when it senses risk. For individuals with ADHD, especially undiagnosed or late-diagnosed adults, this often creates what we refer to as the pressure cooker effect: an overload of stress and shame leading to explosive outbursts, burnout, withdrawal, or emotional crash cycles.
Our structured program includes:
- In-depth intake to identify emotional patterns and non-nurturing elements
- Clear education on how your cognitive and emotional systems work together
- Reconditioning interventions to neutralize limiting beliefs at the root
- Integrated supports for executive function, emotional regulation, and life logistics
This isn’t about working harder. It’s about rewiring the lens through which you see yourself — so you can finally act from clarity, not reaction.
Is This Right for Me?
Our ADHD therapy is designed for:
- Adults with diagnosed or suspected ADHD who feel overwhelmed, scattered, or ashamed
- Teens who are struggling with attention, emotional regulation, or academic burnout
- High-functioning professionals who mask well but crash hard
- Parents, students, creatives, and entrepreneurs who are tired of white-knuckling their way through life
We especially help clients who feel like traditional therapy hasn’t gone far enough — who understand their patterns but haven’t been able to change them.
Need an ADHD Assessment?
In addition to therapy, we also offer psychoeducational and behavioural ADHD assessments in Calgary (and soon Edmonton). If you’re wondering whether ADHD is really what’s going on — or if you’re looking for documentation for school or work accommodations — our assessment team can guide you through a structured and supportive process.
From the Blog: ADHD Patterns & Insights
Why To-Do Lists Don’t Work When You’re in Threat Brain
Ever wondered why a perfect to-do list still doesn’t help you start? The problem isn’t planning—it’s your nervous system perceiving the task as a threat. This blog explains how executive function breaks down under emotional overload, and how therapy helps…
What Executive Dysfunction Really Feels Like — And Why It’s Not Laziness
If you constantly feel like you’re falling behind—not because you don’t care, but because you can’t seem to start—you’re not […]
When It’s Both: The Overlap Between ADHD and Burnout in High-Functioning Adults
Think you’re just burned out? You might be stuck in an ADHD pattern that’s fuelling your exhaustion, procrastination, and internal pressure. In this post, we unpack the identity-level overlap between ADHD and burnout in high-performing adults—and how therapy can target…
Can’t Start, Can’t Stop — The ADHD–Procrastination Loop
ADHD procrastination isn’t about discipline — it’s a loop of emotional pressure, urgency, and identity fear. This blog unpacks why high-functioners get stuck until the last minute and how therapy rewires the deeper threat-response behind avoidance. Stop relying on panic…
Why Mistakes Feel Dangerous: The Identity Pattern Behind Perfectionism
Mistakes feel minor to some—but to perfectionists, they can feel like proof of unworthiness. This post explores why high-functioners react so strongly to failure, and how the fear of making a mistake is often rooted in an identity-level pattern. Learn…
ADHD Therapy in Edmonton — Online or In Person
Our Edmonton-based psychologists and counsellors are trained in the ShiftGrit Therapy Method — a structured approach that combines insight, emotional regulation, and identity-level reconditioning. We offer ADHD therapy online across Alberta or in person at our Edmonton Westmount office. Our intake process ensures you’re matched with a therapist experienced in executive function support, emotional reactivity, and performance-pressure patterns.
Break the Pattern — Not Just the Habit
If you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels and start addressing the root cause of your ADHD pattern, we’re here to help. Book a consultation or explore how our therapy goes beyond surface-level management into real, sustainable change.
Curious how this all works?
👉 Learn more about our Identity Patterns Therapy approach — and why it’s so effective for ADHD, anxiety, and self-sabotage.
124 Street Location
Address:10445 124 Street, Edmonton, AB,T5N 1R7, Canada
Phone: (780) 705-6463
Email: 124street@shiftgrit.shop
Not sure if it’s ADHD or just burnout?
Read our latest post on how to tell the difference — and what actually works.