You’ve Tried Coping With Anxiety. We Help You Rewire It.
Maybe you’ve tried deep breathing, CBT, mindfulness apps, or distraction techniques. But your body still overreacts. Your chest tightens. Your brain spins. You can’t “logic” your way out of it — and that’s not your fault.
At ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling in Edmonton, we help clients rewire anxiety at the identity level — by treating the patterns underneath it.
Anxiety isn’t just about your thoughts. It’s your nervous system trying to protect you based on past emotional experiences. And until that system feels safe again, your anxiety isn’t going anywhere.
Anxiety Is a Pattern — Not a Personality Trait
We see this all the time in our Edmonton practice:
- You’re calm one minute… and then spiralling the next.
- You’re always waiting for something to go wrong.
- You overthink every text, every decision, every possibility.
- You’re exhausted, but still wired.
- Or maybe you just feel… stuck.
At ShiftGrit, our psychologists use evidence-based approaches to help clients manage anxiety effectively.
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Identity-Level Therapy for Anxiety in Edmonton
Identity-Level Therapy targets the belief patterns and emotional loops driving automatic reactions—not just the surface symptoms. By working at the identity layer, clients shift how they interpret safety, regulate threat, and relate to themselves and others. The result: reconditioning at the root of shame, self-sabotage, reactivity, and overwhelm.
It’s organized around three pillars:
ShiftGrit Core Method™
Our structured framework for breaking outdated identity patterns.
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The Pattern Library
Real-world examples of loops like perfectionism, procrastination, and shutdown.
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The Glossary
Clear definitions that keep the language sharp and the process transparent.
Learn moreLimiting Beliefs Commonly Linked with Anxiety Therapy
These identity-level patterns frequently show up for clients seeking anxiety therapy. Explore the beliefs to learn the “why” and how therapy can help you recondition them.
“I Am At Risk”
“I Am At Risk” is a core belief rooted in environments where safety felt unpredictable. It often drives patterns of anxiety, catastrophic thinking, and compulsive control.
Explore this belief
“I Am Not in Control”
When “I Am Not In Control” is running the show, everything feels like too much. You either grip harder—rigid routines, hypervigilance—or give up entirely. Underneath it all is…
Explore this belief
“I Am Falling Behind”
The belief “I Am Falling Behind” shows up as anxiety around progress, panic over timelines, and shame when comparing yourself to others. Therapy addresses the internal pressure and…
Explore this beliefWant to see how these fit into the bigger pattern map? Explore our full Limiting Belief Library to browse all core beliefs by schema domain and Lifetrap.
These aren’t flaws. They’re adaptive patterns your brain developed to keep you safe — patterns like:
Until those beliefs are reconditioned, anxiety loops stay active — no matter how much you understand them.
Anxiety Treatment Edmonton Trusts
“They helped me break patterns I didn’t even know I had.”
“Professional, skilled, and genuinely invested in helping me change.”
“Hands down the best therapy experience I’ve had in Edmonton.”
Meet Our Edmonton Anxiety Therapists
Not all anxiety looks the same. Our therapists are trained to identify and rewire the identity-level belief loops that drive chronic worry, shutdown, and hypervigilance.
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Trusted By Alberta’s Leading Psychology & Mental Health Organizations
ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling is professionally regulated, certified, and recognized by leading psychology and mental-health organizations across Alberta and Canada. These associations reflect our commitment to ethical practice, clinical standards, and evidence-informed therapy through Identity-Level Therapy and Reconditioning.
Regulated and affiliated across Alberta’s leading psychology, counselling, and mental-health organizations.
Our Approach to Anxiety Therapy in Edmonton
We don’t just teach you how to breathe through the panic.
We teach your nervous system that you’re safe to begin with.
At ShiftGrit, we use a two-part method:
1. Pattern Theory™ — Explaining the Why
We map your emotional patterns back to their root. We help you see how the belief “I’m not safe unless I’m hypervigilant” formed — and why your threat brain still clings to it.
2. Pattern Reconditioning™ — Changing the How
We use a structured five-step imaginal exposure method to unlink the emotional charge from the old belief. This allows your nervous system to stop overreacting — without you needing to force it.
This isn’t about coping. It’s about deep rewiring.
What Clients in Edmonton Say Anxiety Looked Like — And What Changed
Before:
- “My anxiety would spike out of nowhere, even if things were fine.”
- “I couldn’t rest without guilt. I’d overthink everything.”
- “Even small tasks felt massive.”
After:
- “I can catch my spiral — and it actually slows down.”
- “I feel safer in my own body.”
- “It’s quiet in my head for the first time in years.”
Why Traditional Talk Therapy Isn’t Always Enough
CBT, mindfulness, and talk therapy help — but only if your emotional brain is on board. And if your nervous system still tags rest, uncertainty, or imperfection as threats, coping tools can’t land.
That’s why we go deeper — straight to the patterned beliefs that drive the anxiety loop.
Related Patterns We Often Treat Alongside Anxiety:
- Perfectionism → The fear that a single mistake means failure
- Imposter Syndrome → Feeling like you’re always about to be found out
- Emotional Dysregulation → The sense that your reactions are “too much”
- People-Pleasing → Overextending to avoid conflict or rejection
- Executive Dysfunction → Shutting down under pressure
→ Explore the Pattern Library
→ Discover the Belief: I’m Not in Control
→ Learn More About Pattern Reconditioning
From the Blog: Anxiety Patterns & Insights
Book Anxiety Therapy in Edmonton
If you’re tired of coping and ready for lasting change, we’re here.
Our Edmonton therapists are trained in ShiftGrit’s identity-level approach — helping you get to the root of anxiety and rewire it from the inside out.
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124 Street Location
Address:10445 124 Street, Edmonton, AB,T5N 1R7, Canada
Phone: (780) 705-6463
Email: 124street@shiftgrit.shop
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