Find the Best Calgary Psychologists for Anxiety, Trauma, ADHD & Identity-Level Transformation ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling
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Looking for an experienced psychologist in Calgary? ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling offers something different: Identity Patterns Therapy. By targeting and dissolving the identity-level patterns that drive emotional reactions, thoughts, and behaviours, our Calgary psychologists go beyond symptom management — helping you build real, automatic change.
Why Choose ShiftGrit as Your Calgary Psychologist?
ShiftGrit offers more than symptom relief — we offer identity-level transformation. Built on our proprietary Pattern Theory and Reconditioning protocols, our Calgary psychologists help you rewire outdated emotional responses at the root, not just manage them.
How Does ShiftGrit’s Therapy Program Work in Calgary
Find the Root Pattern
Your ShiftGrit psychologist conducts an Enriched Intake — a detailed investigation into your patterns, mental health history, and life experience.
We use this to identify the core identity-level beliefs and emotional patterns driving your current challenges.
At ShiftGrit Calgary, we don’t just manage symptoms — we help you break the patterns that keep them alive.
Our structured Core Method is designed to create lasting change at the identity level, helping you move beyond temporary fixes to true freedom.
Learn how the ShiftGrit Core Method works →
Work with our Registered Calgary Psychologists
At our Mount Royal location in southwest downtown Calgary, ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling offers therapy services delivered by a team of Registered Psychologists, Provisional Psychologists, and certified counsellors.
Our clinicians are specially trained in Identity Patterns Therapy — our structured, results-driven approach that targets emotional and behavioural change at the identity level.
Whether you’re seeking support for mental health challenges like anxiety, trauma, depression, or ADHD — or you’re a high performer looking to optimize your mindset and goals — our Calgary therapists deliver a customized, scientifically grounded path to real transformation.
We provide individual therapy for children aged 12 and older, adolescents, and adults.
Clinical Psychology & Counselling Services:
At ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling, individual therapy isn’t just about talking — it’s about transformation.
Your Calgary psychologist will work with you to identify the limiting beliefs quietly driving emotional reactions, thought patterns, and behaviours in your daily life.
We use a unique approach:
- Teaching your Cognitive Brain to understand the root structure of your patterns (Pattern Theory)
- Guiding your Walnut Brain — the emotional, instinctive part of your mind — through Reconditioning activities that dissolve outdated emotional responses at their source
This method draws from principles of classical conditioning and exposure therapy, but goes beyond them — targeting emotional memory networks directly to create new, healthier automatic reactions.
By reprocessing the emotional triggers tied to limiting beliefs, your psychologist helps you not just understand your patterns — but permanently change them.
Additional clinical concerns that we provide psychological intervention for:
- Trauma
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Behavioural Addictions
- Anorexia
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Suicidality and Self Harm
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Phobias
ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling isn’t just for clinical concerns — it’s also designed for high achievers who want to optimize mindset, performance, and emotional resilience.
Our Calgary psychologists use Identity Patterns Therapy, based on Pattern Theory and Reconditioning, to dissolve the limiting patterns that quietly restrict growth, leadership, and personal potential.
If you’re entrepreneurially driven, career-focused, or striving for personal mastery, ShiftGrit’s structured method helps you:
- Eliminate unconscious blocks to success
- Strengthen cognitive-emotional resilience
- Optimize decision making, relationships, and long-term goal achievement
True life optimization happens when both your Cognitive Brain and Walnut Brain are aligned — and that’s exactly what our Calgary psychologists specialize in.
Additional life optimizations that we provide psychological intervention for:
- Sex Issues and Sex Therapy
- Communicate Effectively
- Setting Healthy Boundaries
- Work-Life Balance
- Insomnia Treatment
- Bullying
- Coming Out (LGBTQ+)
- Infertility
- Positive Parenting
- Child Behaviour Issues
- Toxic Relationships
- Grief and Loss
- Intimacy Issues
- Polyamory
- Divorce
- Self-esteem Concerns
- Retirement & Empty Nest
At ShiftGrit, Reconditioning is the structured process we use to retrain the Walnut Brain — the part of your mind responsible for emotional threat responses.
One way to understand it is through the “work boots” story:
Imagine a rescue dog that fears work boots because of past trauma. Through gradual, safe exposure to boots in positive environments, we can replace the fear response with a sense of safety.
Reconditioning applies the same principle to humans — but at the emotional memory level.
Through carefully guided emotional reprocessing activities, your psychologist helps you:
- Activate emotional memories linked to limiting beliefs
- Gently reprocess and dissolve the emotional intensity tied to those memories
- Install new, healthy, automatic responses in place of outdated reactions
Instead of coping with triggers or managing symptoms, Reconditioning eliminates the emotional charge altogether — allowing you to encounter old situations without the old reactions.
The result?
A more productive, fulfilling life — with emotional patterns aligned to your present reality, not your past pain.
Calgary Psychologists Directory
At ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling Calgary, our team of specially trained Registered Psychologists, Provisional Psychologists, and certified counsellors deliver therapy designed for real, lasting change.
Each clinician is skilled in applying our Identity Patterns Therapy approach — built on Pattern Theory and Reconditioning — to help clients rewire limiting emotional and behavioural patterns at the root.
Whether you’re seeking support for clinical concerns or striving for personal optimization, our team is committed to providing structured, high-quality care tailored to your unique goals.
Meet the professionals who make up our Calgary ShiftGrit network:
Our Client Experience
At ShiftGrit, your journey toward real, lasting change starts the moment you reach out.
Our Client Experience Specialist — a specially trained service professional — is here to guide your first steps.
Whether you submit an information request, call us, or book online, our specialist will work with you to understand your needs and carefully match you with a Calgary psychologist trained in Identity Patterns Therapy.
From your first session, your psychologist will focus on identifying the root patterns driving your concerns and guide you through a structured process to retrain your emotional and behavioural responses — creating the foundation for long-term, identity-level transformation.
Contact Us
Get Matched With The Best Psychologist in Calgary For You
Schedule Your First Appointment
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Address:815 17 Avenue SW #210, Calgary, AB, T2T 0A1, Canada
Phone: (587) 352-6463
Email: mountroyal@shiftgrit.shop
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The ShiftGrit Difference: Structured Change at the Identity Level
ShiftGrit offers more than traditional talk therapy — we deliver a structured, scientifically grounded path to lasting identity-level change.
Our Identity Patterns Therapy approach, built on Pattern Theory and powered by Reconditioning, draws from classical conditioning, exposure therapy, attachment theory, and neuropsychology.
We don’t just support you emotionally — we systematically identify and dissolve the deep emotional patterns, actions, and thought loops that limit your growth, resilience, and fulfillment.
At ShiftGrit, therapy isn’t just about insight.
It’s about transformation.
Learn How Identity Patterns Therapy Creates Real Change →
Direct Billing & Insurance Coverage
Therapy should be accessible, and for many of our clients, session fees are fully or partially covered through:
✔ Employee & Family Assistance Programs (EFAPs)
✔ Government Grants, Programs, and Sponsors
✔ Extended Health Care Coverage Plans
✔ Health Spending Accounts (HSAs)
Expanded Direct Billing Availability
We are pleased to announce that we are expanding our roster of direct billing partners to include Desjardins, Manulife, Beneva, Equitable, and more, streamlining the process for clients who prefer direct payment through their benefits. Does your plan qualify? We’re happy to check for you! Contact us at (587) 352-6463 or mountroyal@shiftgrit.shop, and our team will help you navigate your coverage options.
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Ready to Break the Pattern?
True change doesn’t happen by coping harder.
It happens by upgrading the systems that shape your thoughts, emotions, and actions.
At ShiftGrit Calgary, we use a proven, structured method to help you move beyond symptom management and create lasting transformation — starting from the inside out.