Executive Frame™
Dr Sarah Anticich

Human first. Then performance.

A structured psychological architecture for individuals, families, and organisations navigating pressure.

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C ³ LOOP™
CENTER CHOOSE CLARIFY
Centre Stabilise
Clarify Organise
Choose Act intentionally
Repeat

The operational mechanism

The Executive Frame™ is an integrated model bringing together Emotional Intelligence, Executive Functioning, and Self-Determination Theory — applied across clinical, performance, and organisational contexts to support meaningful, sustainable change.

Programs

Seven arms.
One framework.

EF Health
Gut-brain psychology and clinical health. The original Executive Frame™ clinical arm.
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EF Elite
Performance psychology for athletes and coaches. SH*FT™ protocol. Strong Inside workbook.
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EF Corporate
Performance without burning the people. Leaders, teams, and organisations.
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EF Law
Composure is a clinical skill. Legal professionals under adversarial pressure.
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EF Women
Identity load, invisible labour, and the psychology of women in leadership.
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EF Neurodiversity
ADHD, autism, masking fatigue. Built for the way you actually work.
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EF Family Systems
Families regulate together. Parents, children, and family systems under pressure.
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C³ Consulting
Organisational consulting grounded in the Executive Frame™. Centre, Clarify, Choose — applied at systems level.
Coming soon →
The operational mechanism

The C³ Loop™

C ³ Loop™
CentreStabilise
ClarifyOrganise
ChooseAct intentionally
Repeat

The operational mechanism

The C³ Loop in practice
Centre

Activate Stability. Regulate before you think. Body first. You cannot do good cognitive work in a dysregulated state.

Clarify

Engage Clarity. Organise thinking. Reduce cognitive load. Surface what matters and sequence it correctly.

Choose

Act from Agency. Values-aligned. Intentional. Then return to Centre and repeat. The loop is the system.

Real-time reset

SH*FT™ Protocol

When The Tunnel activates, you have seconds before the cascade completes. SH*FT™ interrupts it. Not about being calm — about being strategic.

S
Slow
Notice activation. Name it. Interrupt the urgency to react.
H
Hold
Physiological Sigh. Double inhale, long exhale. Fastest voluntary vagal activation.
F
Focus
One next step. Not the whole problem. Working memory is at 2–3 items.
T
Time
Delay interpretation. Stay present. The meaning-making can wait.
+
Plus
When regulation returns — reflect, learn, decide. Agency lives here.

SH*FT™ is not about being calm. It is about being strategic. You don't eliminate the pressure. You operate inside it.

How we work

One delivery system
across every arm.

Assessment
Individual Assessment
Scored profile across Stability, Clarity, and Agency. Informs all pathway decisions. GP and specialist referral available.
In-personTelehealth
Psychoeducation
4-Week Program Blocks
Structured education applying the Executive Frame® to your context. Includes workbook and assessment. Individual or group delivery.
In-personHybrideLearning
Group
Group Programs
Facilitated groups building co-regulation capacity and collective accountability. The preferred pathway. Scalable.
In-personHybrid
eLearning
Standalone Modules
Self-paced digital access. No appointment required. Standalone or between-session consolidation.
Self-pacedAlways available
Individual therapy
Psychology Sessions
One-to-one clinical sessions structured using the Executive Frame®. 6–10 sessions standard. Where clinically indicated.
In-personTelehealth
Referral
Clinician Referral
Structured referral forms for GPs and allied health. Risk triage built in. Routes to the relevant arm team.
All armsSmart triage
Ready to begin

Stop coping.
Start designing.

Stability. Clarity. Agency. / In that order. Always.

Auckland · Christchurch · Queenstown · Telehealth available

Get in touch → Client intake →
[email protected]
+64 21 917 891