Mrs. Tobey is a Board Certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker (state license#LCS17999), was trained and educated at UCLA, and has been practicing therapy for the past 16 years.   She specializes in individual therapy (ages 13-60) for depression  and  anxiety as well as grief and loss (especially mother-loss).

Other areas addressed on a regular basis:

             self esteem             communication skills             stress management               assertiveness

Mrs. Tobey's  approach is practical, straightforward, solution-focused and nonjudgmental.  She utilizes cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and psychodynamic therapies.  Symptoms are viewed within a psychosocial context.  Despite what brings one to seek therapy, Mrs. Tobey aims at reducing troublesome symptoms, improving interpersonal relationships, and  resolving  issues as quickly as feasibly possible , while being able to practice skills outside of the therapy session.