TEAM-CBT Immersion for Healing Depression and Anxiety

Amber Warner, LCSW is a California-based psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and executive leader dedicated to transforming the mental health experience for individuals, families, and communities. A Level 4 TEAM-CBT therapist since beginning her training in 2017, she also served as a Feeling Good Institute (FGI) therapist for four years. Amber is the founder and leader of Optimum Wellness Group, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to expanding access to high-quality, culturally responsive, and comprehensive behavioral health care. Through her private practice, supervision, and leadership, she brings a trauma-informed, equity-centered approach to healing and system change.

Angela Krumm, Ph.D. is a Licensed Counseling Psychologist and the Director of Professional Development at the Feeling Good Institute in Mountain View, CA. Angela has 20 years of experience conducting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), with a special focus on anxiety disorders, social skills, depression and insomnia. She fell in love with TEAM-CBT when she saw that it could make her clinical work more effective and she now enjoys sharing those skills with other therapists. Outside of work, Angela loves hiking, high quality wine, and any challenging 1000 piece puzzle.

Angela Poch, Registered Professional Counsellor is a TEAM-CBT Level 5 Master Therapist & Trainer, Certified Health & Wellness Coach, teacher, mentor, author, and speaker. Helping therapists and coaches be more effective with their clients through TEAM-CBT is her passion. She also enjoys helping individuals have personal growth by working through painful emotions, troubling thoughts, and unwanted behaviours. She is passionate about God’s message of health and healing for body, mind, and soul, as taught in the Ministry of Healing.

Brandon Vance, MD is a psychiatrist in Oakland, California US. He enjoys working with people around depression and various forms of anxiety including PTSD. He also practices ketamine therapy and hypnosis, in addition to having a love for couples therapy. He finds TEAM-CBT to be fun, highly effective and empowering. He and Heather Clague, MD run the sliding scale online Feeling Great Book Club, a 12-week online group learning and practice of the teachings and techniques of the book Feeling Great for anyone including patients and therapists.

Bridget Hannahan, PhD is a Level 4 TEAM-CBT Therapist & Trainer and has over 30 years of experience as a clinical psychologist. She specializes in this model of cognitive behavioral therapy. In recent years, she has focused on OCD with additional training and experience using Inference-based CBT (ICBT) and Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Dr. Hannahan’s passion is teaching other therapists TEAM-CBT methods, recognition of OCD in all its manifestations, and use of evidence-based approaches in treating OCD. She is based in Alabama, with Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) in all participating PsyPACT states.

Elizabeth Dandenell, LMFT, has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Alameda, California, for over 25 years, specializing in the TEAM CBT model. In the course of her practice, she discovered the “TEA” in TEAM is a solid foundation to set up a multitude of methods for anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. She integrates Methods from CBT, ACT, IFS, and the Gottman model. Among her favorite methods to teach are Exposure and Experimental; both are also among the most effective. Elizabeth is dedicated to supporting clients in helping themselves and teaching other mental health practitioners with knowledge, compassion, and a generous heart. When she is not engaged in professional work, she loves to exercise, garden, take long walks, and kayak with her family, friends, or just by herself.

Heather Clague MD is a psychiatrist and level 5 TEAM therapist and trainer with a practice in Oakland, California whose life and practice was transformed by TEAM therapy when she attended a workshop by Dr. David Burns in 2014. She co-leads the enthusiastically received Feeling Great Book Club and leads groups for deep practice in the Five Secrets of Effective Communication. She has been featured on the Feeling Good Podcast and her writing has been published on psychotherapy.net and Bull literary magazine.  In addition to her work as a TEAM therapist and trainer, Heather provides psychiatric consultation in the public hospital system in Alameda County.  She is the mother of two young adults, enjoys singing, improv and powerlifting, and was certified as a level 2 cat lady in 2024.

Indrani Mookerjee, DSW, LCSW-C is a Level 4 TEAM Therapist and Trainer. She co-owns a group practice in Maryland, in which she uses TEAM-CBT exclusively. She works with people who are experiencing mood problems and habits and addiction issues, including perfectionism/procrastination. Her passion is helping people with their relationship problems - couples, parents-children, siblings, any dyad. She loves to teach and train therapist in this beautiful model.

Dr. Jill Levitt is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Training at the Feeling Good Institute. Dr. Levitt has more than 25 years of experience conducting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has been trained by some of the world’s leaders in CBT. She has co-written several scholarly articles in the areas of OCD, PTSD and Panic Disorder. Most recently she has been co-teaching CBT with Dr. David Burns at the Stanford University School of Medicine in her role on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is a certified Level 5 Master Therapist and Trainer in TEAM-CBT Therapy. She earned her BA in Psychology with Honors from the University of Pennsylvania and her MA and Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston University where she conducted research with David Barlow at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders.

Leigh Harrington, MD, is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and TEAM-CBT trainer based in Northern California, and a former Chief Resident in Psychiatry at Stanford. She is passionate about helping individuals overcome social anxiety, self-doubt, and interpersonal avoidance so they can engage more fully and authentically in their lives. She specializes in social anxiety, relationships, and working with high-capacity individuals ready for their next level of growth and evolution. Her teaching is warm, dynamic, and highly practical, blending depth with real-world application and experiential learning. She enjoys creating spaces where therapists and clients feel both safe and inspired—conditions that naturally lead to meaningful change, and even some fun along the way.

Lee "LJ" Davis, is an LPC, LPCC and LCMHC in Georgia, California and North Carolina respectively.  He fell in love with TEAM-CBT around 10 years ago, when the tools and techniques he heard about on the Feeling Good Podcast helped him personally. He has stayed in love with it because of the incredible healing and growth he has seen in his clients since learning it.  He especially loves helping clients overcome anxiety, depression, insomnia and difficult relationships.  In addition to all of that, he survived his first full marathon earlier this year, and he is excited to be part of this TEAM-CBT Immersion!

Marina Dyck, RPC is a clinical counsellor in private practice based in Saskatchewan, Canada. She is deeply passionate about TEAM-CBT because it bridges compassion with powerful, evidence-based tools that create real, lasting change. Her work focuses on anxiety, trauma, and emotional resilience, with a strong emphasis on neuroscience-informed, practical tools that clients can use immediately. Marina is the author of 30 Days to Better Parenting, where she translates complex neuroscience and therapeutic concepts into simple, usable strategies for everyday life. She brings an engaging, down-to-earth style that helps people feel both understood and empowered.

Mike serves as the Global Clinical Director at Feeling Good Institute at the. Mike plays a key role in assisting others in their growth and development to become really phenomenal therapists. Mentoring others inspires him and fuels his passion for this work. He is a Certified Level 5 Master TEAM-CBT Therapist and Trainer and is the Director of Feeling Good Institute Canada. His specialties include anxiety, depression, and habits and addictions. He provides advanced level online training with the Feeling Good Institute for therapists around the world and is co-author of Deliberate Practice of TEAM-CBT with Dr. Maor Katz. He is a Registered Clinical Counselor with the BCACC, holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology degree and has the designation of ACS as a clinical supervisor.

Nivedita Singh is a psychotherapist, TEAM-CBT trainer, Founder of Meta Counsel, a mental health edtech organization in India focused on right-skilling therapists through deliberate practice. She is also the director of Ashoka Centre for Well-Being. She is passionate about bringing structure and accountability into therapy using the TEAM framework - especially testing and melting resistance to drive real change. Her work centers on helping therapists move from insight to precision in intervention, with a strong focus on exposure-based methods and skill development. She particularly enjoys working with complex cases where clients feel stuck.

Richard Lam is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Mountain View, California. He is deeply passionate about TEAM-CBT because it transforms traditional talk therapy into an active, collaborative framework that empowers clients with practical, real-world skills for lasting change. Richard specializes in utilizing structured, results-oriented CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to help adults overcome anxiety, OCD, and depression. When he isn't developing clinical tools, he is likely busy tackling his latest weekend home improvement.

Rhonda Barovsky, LCSW, PsyD, is a level 5 TEAM therapist and trainer. She found David Burns, MD, and TEAM-CBT in 2013 at a 4-day intensive, which changed her life both professionally and personally.  Watching Dr. Burns and Jill Levitt, PhD conduct personal work when their "client" had a miraculous transformative experience inspired Rhonda to dedicate herself to learning and practicing TEAM-CBT. Rhonda works with people coping with depression and anxiety, who have suffered trauma (survivors of sexual, physical or emotional abuse, domestic violence, divorce or separation), and those in cancer treatment. Rhonda has led the Wednesday TEAM-CBT training group for five years. In addition to TEAM-CBT, Rhonda provides EMDR, Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and other types of integration work. The biggest honor of Rhonda's professional life was working with David Burns as the host and producer of the Feeling Good podcast from 2020-2026, when she produced 273 episodes. Rhonda is very proud of her two sons, and three grandchildren!

Robyn Blake-Mortimer, Clinical Psychologist and Level 5 Master Trainer who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She is excited about the framework TEAM provides and the way it supports us to demonstrate advanced empathy skills with all our clients. She specializes in relationship work and training other therapists. The bulk of her practice is helping neurodivergent couples overcome communication mismatches to get the loving connection they want. She thinks we learn best from lived experience and is happily writing a book about some of the more dramatic mistakes she has made over the years!

Sunny Choi, LCSW is a clinical therapist with experience serving underserved communities, including immigrant, ethnic minority, LGBTQ+, and low-income clients. Before becoming a therapist, he worked in the technology sector, giving him insight into professionals navigating stress, performance pressure, and life transitions. He is passionate about TEAM-CBT because of its effective structure and results-driven approach, and he is committed to training and mentoring the next generation of therapists serving similar communities.

Thai-An is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) in Oklahoma City. She has found TEAM-CBT to be life-changing for her, both professionally and personally and is excited to share powerful healing tools and processes with other therapists to help them feel more confident and successful in helping your clients change their lives. She loves to integrate ACT, IFS, and Coherence Therapy into her work and is an IFS Therapist, Level 3 through the IFS Institute. In her private practice, she specializes in the treatment of trauma and OCD.