New to Grow
Hello! I am Mary Tobias a Marriage and Family Therapist who enjoys helping clients navigate this journey called life. I am a mother of two grown sons and spend time reading, walking, traveling, and hanging out with family and friends during my spare time. I would like to assist you with creating the story you want for your life and providing a safe place for exploration of who you are and what goals you want to accomplish for your future. I have the ability to teach you how to communicate effectively with others, learn distress tolerance, and become the person you desire to be. You are the expert in your life and I am here to assist you with finding all the tools needed to live the life you desire.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
The first session consists of rapport building and creating a treatment plan for the future sessions. Client and therapists will discuss goals and how to reach those goals going forward.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My greatest strength is the ability to use empathetic and active listening. I am able to remain calm in stressful situations and provide a perspective that helps others calm down and reset their nervous systems.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I would like to help individuals and couples develop self-esteem before marriage so they can navigate their life's journey in a healthy manner. In helping individuals and couples build healthy relationships, this will promote use of healthy parenting skills and citizens that respect others and work together as a community filled with love and respect for each other. Working with young adults can be rewarding, but also assisting middle aged to older adults with reinventing themselves and creating a new life for their future is also one of my passions.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
I use this therapy to help clients grow, work towards healing, and better understand themselves by creating a space where they feel genuinely heard, accepted, and safe.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I use this therapy to help clients learn how to accept difficult thoughts and feelings, while also allow them to learn how to commit to actions that are congruent with their morals and values.
Family Therapy
I use this therapy to assist clients with relational challenges and communication difficulties. I show families how to communicate in a way where each member learns how to listen, as well as, communicate their needs and wants for the dynamic to have health relationships.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
I use this therapy to empower clients to see their strengths and create their desired future. This therapy helps clients visualize times when the problem is not present so they can create a preferred future.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I use this therapy to assist clients that experience intense emotional dysregulation to teach them skills for mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness to help them improve their quality of life.