- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Keith
Keith Chilton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with three decades of clinical practice in California. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and grief. He brings a calm, attentive style to sessions and aims to help clients find better balance in their lives.
Keith draws on practical strategies from therapies like cognitive behavioral work and acceptance-based methods. He helps people notice patterns that cause distress and then practices new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on small, doable changes that can make daily life easier. He also works with intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. Keith pays attention to attachment and communication problems that often underlie repeated conflicts.
He supports people dealing with major life transitions and the complicated emotions of adoption, divorce, caregiving, and chronic illness. Across his career he has helped adults and couples build clearer boundaries, handle anger, and repair trust. His client-centered approach emphasizes listening first, then offering tools that fit each person’s goals.
That means pacing work to what a person can manage in real life. Keith holds the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential, LMFT. He offers sessions in English and accepts clients in California and international clients.
He aims to make therapy practical, steady, and compassionate for people ready to take the next step.
What Keith works with
Everything Keith lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Keith helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Keith lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move someone toward the life they want, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It gives concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and build routines that reduce stress and improve mood, useful for anxiety, anger, and coping with change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Keith will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then recommend methods that fit their situation. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone meetings, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, and live chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins or to keep momentum between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep steady work on goals regardless of location.
Questions people ask about Keith
What concerns does he help with?
Keith works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy struggles, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and mood concerns like bipolar disorder.
What is his therapy style like?
He uses a conversational, client-centered style with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches. Sessions focus on noticing patterns and practicing small, manageable changes.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He brings 30 years of clinical experience working with adults and couples on relationship, family, and life transition issues.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He meets using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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