Toby Huston, PhD

Psychologist, Craig Hospital, Colorado

Toby Huston, PhD became the Director of the Department of Psychology at Craig Hospital in 2015, where he has worked as a clinical rehabilitation psychologist since 2002. He has authored scientific journal articles on the psychological treatment of persons with spinal cord injury and has presented at numerous professional conferences, including lectures on topics related to the rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury and disease. He has served on various committees of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP), is a past-president of the Psychology, Social Work & Counselor section of ASCIP and is the Vice President of the Governance Board of ASCIP.

Dr. Huston’s video interview contains basic information about such key topics as how relationships are affected by paralysis, when it’ time to have a formal psychological evaluation after a spinal cord injury, how families can develop effective coping strategies and how to identify and overcome the most common psychological obstacles to successful living after SCI. He also discusses sex and dating and how long someone should wait before returning to work.