Anxiety does not persist because you are broken, disordered, or failing to cope.
...It persists because something in your system has become stuck — and most approaches only address part of the picture.
Most people are taught to see anxiety as either:
A disorder to manage, a symptom to reduce, or a mindset problem to override
But anxiety isn’t one-dimensional.
In clinical practice, persistent anxiety is best understood as involving
Three interlinked processes:
Anxiety is not random — it’s a signal.
When the emotional, relational, or identity-based reasons behind anxiety aren’t understood, the signal keeps coming back.
Until the root cause is identified and integrated, anxiety continues to do what it’s designed to do: get your attention.
Over time, many people become more afraid of the anxiety itself - worrying "when will anxiety strike next?". This creates a self-reinforcing loop of hypervigilance, checking, and avoidance.
When anxiety has been active for a long time, the nervous system doesn’t get a chance to reset — which affects sleep, concentration, digestion, and emotional balance. Over time, this constant state of readiness leaves the system strung out.
A Proven Response Framework
Developed to interrupt the cycle of stuck anxiety by addressing all 3 layers and changing how anxiety is understood, responded to, and integrated over time.
You learn how anxiety actually works in your system, identify the root contributors, and replace fear-based interpretations with understanding.
Instead of fighting or avoiding anxiety, you learn how to meet it safely and consciously — reducing the internal resistance that keeps it active.
With understanding and safety in place, attention and nervous system patterns can shift. This is where anxiety loses momentum rather than being managed.
You begin re-entering life in a supported, values-aligned way — not by forcing exposure, but by restoring trust in your ability to respond.
Each step builds on the previous one.
When the sequence is wrong, progress stalls.
When the sequence is right, anxiety no longer needs to interrupt your life.
Neuroscience — understanding how anxiety wires into your brain and nervous system.
Psychodynamic insight — identifying and healing the subconscious root causes.
Mindfulness and nervous system regulation — building safety, balance, and resilience.
Rather than offering information to work through at your own pace, the program applies the EASE Clinical Framework across a deliberate four-month recovery arc — allowing each step to stabilise before moving to the next.
This is why the mentorship is time-bound, supported, and progressive.
The EASE Mentorship is designed for people whose anxiety has become persistent, disruptive, and confusing — particularly when they don’t recognise themselves in the label of being “an anxious person.”
It is especially suited for people who:
Were once confident and capable, but have been blindsided by anxiety.
Find themselves shrinking life to avoid anxiety, even while appearing “fine” to others.
Are exhausted by short-term coping strategies and want deeper, lasting healing.
Value working with a clinical specialist and are ready to reframe anxiety in a way that transforms their life.
You want a clear explanation of your anxiety that reduces fear rather than intensifying it
You are open to changing how you relate to anxiety, not just how you manage it
You can commit to weekly engagement and reflective work over a defined period
You are ready to move away from avoidance and gradually re-enter life with support
You are looking for a structured recovery process, not ongoing open-ended therapy
You will be guided, supported, and contained, but the work is participatory.
Change happens through engagement, practice, and reflection over time
This program is designed for people who are ready to take an active role in their recovery, with professional support alongside them.
The EASE Mentorship is a 16-week anxiety recovery program designed to apply the EASE Clinical Framework in a structured, supported way.
Participants move through the recovery process with support, consistent clinical guidance and live mentorship to allow integration and real-world change.
The program combines education, reflection, nervous system support, and lived application, because anxiety does not resolve through insight alone.
A Time-Bound Recovery Container
The 16-week format provides enough time for:
Understanding to replace fear
New responses to stabilise
Nervous system patterns to recalibrate
Confidence to be rebuilt through experience
Participants attend weekly live group mentorship sessions facilitated by a clinical psychologist.
- Clarification and application of the framework
- Support in working with anxiety as it arises in real time
- Guidance in navigating challenges, resistance, or setbacks
- Normalisation and containment within a group of people working through similar patterns
Alongside live sessions, participants work through a structured therapeutic curriculum designed to support the four stages of the EASE Framework
Educational components to reduce fear and build understanding
Reflective work to identify personal anxiety drivers and response patterns
Practices that support nervous system regulation and attention retraining
Guided integration tasks that encourage real-life engagement
The emphasis is on application...
Recovery from anxiety rarely happens in isolation.
Throughout the program, participants have access to:
A private mentorship space for shared reflection and support
Ongoing guidance between sessions to help navigate uncertainty or doubt
Resources designed to support regulation during periods of heightened anxiety
Support is present without becoming dependent. The goal is confidence, not reassurance
Progress tracking supports awareness of meaningful change
Participants are encouraged to track:
Changes in anxiety response
Daily functioning and avoidance patterns
Nervous system capacity and resilience
This helps shift focus away from symptom-monitoring and toward meaningful indicators of recovery, such as engagement, confidence, and stability.
Diante is a clinically trained psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting people with persistent anxiety patterns.
Her work is grounded in both clinical practice and lived experience, and focuses on helping people understand and resolve anxiety at its root — rather than managing symptoms indefinitely.
Diante developed the EASE Clinical Framework in response to a gap she repeatedly observed in traditional anxiety treatment: people were learning about anxiety, but not changing their relationship with it.
Throughout the program, Diante provides direct clinical guidance, mentorship, and oversight — ensuring the work remains grounded, ethical, and appropriately paced.
The EASE Mentorship is built on a clinically structured framework, not opinion or motivation.
This framework has been applied and refined through direct clinical work with people experiencing persistent anxiety patterns — including panic, hypervigilance, avoidance, and anxiety about anxiety.
While still in the early stages of formal research, initial outcome tracking and participant feedback have shown consistent patterns of change when the process is followed as intended.
For many participants, the most significant shift isn’t that anxiety vanishes —
Reduced fear of anxiety itself, even when symptoms arise
Increased confidence in responding to anxious states without escalation
Improvements in daily functioning, engagement, and decision-making
Less avoidance and greater willingness to re-enter previously restricted areas of life
Greater trust in the body’s signals and internal experience
A noticeable reduction in the intensity and duration of anxiety episodes over time
Early observations suggest that progress is supported by:
Addressing the root contributors to anxiety, rather than focusing solely on symptoms
Reducing anxiety about anxiety before attempting behavioural change
Supporting nervous system recovery alongside psychological insight
Providing enough time and containment for new responses to stabilise
This sequencing appears to reduce the stop–start pattern many people experience with other approaches, where insight is gained but lasting change doesn’t follow.
The EASE Mentorship is not designed to be the right fit for everyone.
Rather than asking you to decide immediately, enrolment begins with a short assessment designed to help you determine whether this program is appropriate for where you’re at right now.
Based on your responses, you’ll receive guidance on whether the EASE Mentorship is likely to be a good fit, and which level of support may suit you best.
If the program appears suitable, you’ll be guided to the enrolment page where you can review the support options in detail.
If you decide to proceed, you’ll be able to enrol directly in one of the EASE Mentorship options.
Both options follow the same recovery process. The difference lies in the level of personalised support provided.
Program length: 16 weeks (4 months)
Format: Live mentorship with structured therapeutic work
Location: Available online, internationally but mentoring calls held in New Zealand Time zone (click here for more details)
Capacity: Enrolment is capped to maintain program integrity
Engagement: Weekly participation is expected
This is a time-bound recovery container, not an ongoing service.
International payments accepted. Payment Plans Available
The EASE Mentorship is not crisis support and is not suitable for acute mental health emergencies.
It is designed for people who are ready to engage actively in a recovery process, with professional guidance and shared accountability.
If you’re unsure whether this program is right for you, the assessment is the best place to start.
"I am now feeling more confident and accepting my anxiety and not fighting to avoid it. I’m taking steps towards my goals and actually using the tools Dee provided has allowed my life focus to shift from anxiety. I’m now able to sleep, get to sleep and have been slowly weaning off my medications. I’m looking after myself and feeling happy."
"YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR! You are inspirational and motivational. I've tried various strategies and talked to different therapist but many have made me feel guilty for feeling symptoms and told me to get over it! Your approach is so different and actually taught me to live life despite any anxiety. Your tips and FB messages along with the course material have been awesome. You are wonderful and I wish i had longer time to work with you"
"Oh my goodness you held that safe space so amazingly for us and your insights and intuition into each of our experiences with anxiety were just amazing! I’m in awe of the time, energy and passion that you put into this course. You knew everything about our struggles with anxiety so quickly and made us all feel so valued and validated. It’s the first time I’ve felt properly seen and heard with anxiety. Even after 6 months of 1:1 therapy a few years ago I didn’t feel this understood and genuinely cared for! Thank you for giving me so many insights and finally some hope x"
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