Reconditioning

🔧 Why Insight Alone Isn’t Always Enough

Many clients come to us after years of doing the work. They’ve journaled, gone to therapy, read the books — and still find themselves reacting in the same old ways.

That’s because emotional reactions often aren’t driven by logic — they’re driven by the brain’s threat detection system, which we call the Walnut Brain.

When the Walnut Brain perceives something as dangerous (even if it’s not), it takes over.
Reconditioning is how we help that system stop reacting to old, no-longer-accurate beliefs like:

• “I’m not good enough”

• “If I stop, I’ll fail”

• “I have to hold everything together”

🧠 What Clients Often Notice

After successful reconditioning, clients often describe their experience like this:

“I don’t feel that way anymore.”
“It’s not even a struggle — I just respond differently.”
“It’s like the weight lifted and didn’t come back.”

This isn’t about suppressing emotion or forcing new habits — it’s about removing the fuel behind the reactions.

👣 Where It Fits in the Therapy Process

Reconditioning is the third stage in the ShiftGrit Core Method.
Here’s how the process works:

1. Enriched Intake – We gather context from all areas of your life

2. Pattern Identification – We map the beliefs and behaviours driving the loop

3. Reconditioning – We help your brain release its grip on outdated emotional reactions

4. Repeat for each pattern – We target one belief at a time, at a respectful pace
   
   

This cycle leads to fewer triggered reactions, more ease in daily life, and a greater sense of internal freedom.

📍 Reconditioning Therapy in Edmonton

Our Westmount-based psychologists are trained in this method and deliver it with structure, care, and precision.
We offer both in-person and virtual reconditioning therapy to clients in Edmonton and across Alberta.

📘 Learn More

• Read: The ShiftGrit Core Method →

• Explore: Pattern Theory →

• Blog: The Real Reason You Can’t Rest →

• Book: Start Your Therapy Journey

📍 Serving Edmonton & Alberta