Chantal Gilkey, Therapist
Chantal Gilkey, LMFT, helps individuals, teens, and families across California build insight, strengthen relationships, and navigate life challenges with greater confidence and emotional balance. At LifeStance Health, she provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy tailored to each client’s unique needs, supporting those facing anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her approach is collaborative and grounded in creating a safe, supportive environment where clients feel heard, respected, and empowered to make meaningful change. Chantal has a strong clinical focus on anxiety, depression, and couple’s issues, while also supporting a wide range of concerns. She works with teens and adults, offering individual, couples, and family therapy that promotes healthier communication, emotional regulation, and resilience. She integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness techniques, and family therapy approaches to help clients develop practical tools they can apply in everyday life. Chantal has experience working with diverse populations, including individuals in the LGBTQ+ community and those connected to adoption or foster care, and she offers additional support across a variety of mental health concerns. Fluent in Spanish, Chantal can connect with a broader range of clients and families, helping reduce barriers to care and ensuring culturally responsive support. Outside of her clinical work, Chantal enjoys musical theatre, dance, and singing, as well as spending quality time with loved ones and exploring new experiences.
Provider Introduction
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Family Therapy: Ages 11-75+
- Individual Therapy: Ages 11-75+
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
Areas of Focus
Family Therapy
Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.
- Family conflict
- Parenting
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Emotional abuse
- Ethnic identity
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hair pulling & skin picking
- Immigration/cultural status
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- School avoidance
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Bullying or harassment
- Racial identity
- Sexual trauma
- Trauma & PTSD
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Emotional abuse
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hair pulling & skin picking
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Retirement
- School avoidance
- Self-esteem
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- General relationship issues
- Marital stress or divorce
- Premarital counseling
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Social skills & communication
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Body image
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Depression/feeling down
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- Grief & loss
- Immigration/cultural status
- LGBTQ+
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Racial identity
- Self-esteem
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Central Health Plan of California
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Lakeside Medical (Regal Medical)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Education
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Whittier college
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Touro University Worldwide
New patient?
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Questions
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Chantal Gilkey. You can also call 925-282-1778 to have someone assist you.
Chantal Gilkey generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 925-282-1778 to find out Chantal Gilkey's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Chantal Gilkey:
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Central Health Plan of California
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Lakeside Medical (Regal Medical)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 925-282-1778 to see how we can help.
Chantal Gilkey is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Chantal Gilkey works at:
Yes, Chantal Gilkey does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Chantal Gilkey is currently offering in-office visits at the following location:
- English
- Spanish