- 30 years experience
- LMFT California
- Collaborative approach
About Keith
Keith Chilton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. He brings 30 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, and depression. He aims to be a steady, attentive presence for people ready to make change in their lives.
His approach balances practical tools with a warm, curious stance. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. He also draws on Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused ideas to address how relationships shape emotions and behavior.
Keith emphasizes collaboration. He listens first, then offers strategies and experiments people can try between sessions. Sessions often include goal-setting, skill practice, and reflection to track what works and what needs adjusting.
Over three decades he has worked with a wide range of concerns including grief, parenting stress, intimacy issues, bipolar mood patterns, chronic pain and caregiver strain. He also focuses on adoption and foster care, abandonment, communication problems, and the fallout from domestic violence and divorce.
People describe him as steady and committed to passing on the care he received from mentors in his life. He encourages realistic steps toward change and supports people as they build new habits and repair relationships. If someone is ready to take a step, he helps them plan the next one.
His approach balances practical tools with a warm, curious stance. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. He also draws on Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused ideas to address how relationships shape emotions and behavior.
Keith emphasizes collaboration. He listens first, then offers strategies and experiments people can try between sessions. Sessions often include goal-setting, skill practice, and reflection to track what works and what needs adjusting.
Over three decades he has worked with a wide range of concerns including grief, parenting stress, intimacy issues, bipolar mood patterns, chronic pain and caregiver strain. He also focuses on adoption and foster care, abandonment, communication problems, and the fallout from domestic violence and divorce.
People describe him as steady and committed to passing on the care he received from mentors in his life. He encourages realistic steps toward change and supports people as they build new habits and repair relationships. If someone is ready to take a step, he helps them plan the next one.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.