Resources

Psychotherapy and psychopharmacology for adults in Oakland, California

Heather Clague, MD, MPH

Educational Groups

When Life Hits Hard Book Club - Four Mondays, March 16 - April 6, 2026, 4-6:00PM Pacific Time.

When life hits hard, it’s easy to get stuck struggling with painful emotion. In this group, you’ll learn practical tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to unhook from struggle, stay present with your experience, and remain open to the richness of life while pursuing what matters.
If you’re already familiar with TEAM-CBT, you’ll find ACT to be a complementary approach that builds naturally on those practices.
Each meeting will include brief teachings, live demonstrations, experiential exercises, and facilitated small-group practice and discussion. Sliding scale available, with no one turned away for lack of funds. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Five Secrets Deep Practice Groups - Next 6 week group starts Monday, Jan 26th - March 9th, 4-5:30pm Pacific Time (skips MLK holiday Monday, Feb 16th)
Hone your communication skills with the Five Secrets of Effective Communication developed by Dr. David D. Burns. In addition to learning the Five Secrets, we will examine the Benefits of Blame and work with the Relationship Journal so that you can learn to pinpoint your role in any relationship and empower yourself to improve it. Each class will have brief didactics, demonstrations, and breakout groups to give plenty of time for practice and feedback on scenarios that are important to you. Six week group; size is limited to 8 participants, sliding scale available. Click here to learn more and sign up.

Screen Freedom Group led by Brandon Vance MD - starts Wednesday, January 22nd x 6 weeks, 12-1:00pm Pacific Time.
Does you screens control you instead of the other way around? Do you feel the pull of “just 5 more minutes” and then realizing it’s been another hour..?
Learn powerful tools to free yourself and take back control over your time, supercharged by the support and accountability of a group! Click here to learn more and sign up.

Feeling Great Book Club - Next group starts September 2026
Join a community of folks in reading Feeling Great, by Dr. David Burns, pioneer of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Learn the essentials of TEAM-CBT including the Daily Mood Journal (the DMJ), Analysis of Resistance, and some of the many powerful methods from the book to transform Negative Thoughts and change the way you feel. Sliding scale available, with no one turned away for lack of funds. Click here to be notified when registration opens.

Other Resources

TEAM Therapy

David Burns' Website: blogs, podcasts, worksheets, and more.

What is TEAM-CBT - Heather Clague on The Art of Living Proactively podcast

What is TEAM therapy?

ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Russ Harris Free Stuff (Dropping Anchor recordings, videos)
Russ Harris The Happiness Trap 8-week online course (self-paced)

ACT for TEAM Therapists - Recorded training

Self Compassion

Kristen Neff Self-Compassion videos: a set of short videos describing self-compassion and how it facilitates well-being and resilience
Kristen Neff Self-Compassion guided exercises

Ideal Parent Figure Protocol (IPF)