Toby strives to create a warm environment where clients feel safe to be themselves without fear of judgment. Through her many years of working with adults and older adults, she understands how behaviors and responses developed to protect us in childhood can continue to shape our feelings about ourselves and our interactions with others. Toby helps clients build self-respect, acceptance, compassion, and self-love while recognizing their strengths and challenges. In her work with couples, she focuses on increasing empathetic listening, reducing blame and defensiveness, and establishing healthy boundaries. Her clinical experience, including working with Holocaust survivors and their families, has strengthened her belief that listening and feeling heard are essential to meaningful relationships.
Toby draws on multiple therapeutic approaches, helping clients practice tools and strategies to manage depression, anxiety, trauma, loss, life transitions, chronic health conditions, and relationship challenges. She also supports clients through grief, whether they are mourning a loved one, living with illness, or adjusting to life’s changes. Toby welcomes and respects people of all faiths, traditions, and backgrounds. She brings a strong Jewish background to her work and speaks Hebrew. She offers virtual sessions, allowing clients to participate from the comfort and familiarity of their own homes.
Toby is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland, where she lives, and in Louisiana. She also worked in New York for many years.
