Dr. Dora Gilbert brings a PsyD and LMFT dual credential to LifeStance Health in Grantville, San Diego, practicing from 6386 Alvarado Court, Suite 210. Gilbert completed her Doctorate and Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy at Alliant International University's San Diego campus, building on undergraduate degrees in Liberal Arts and Elementary Education. She carries more than 20 years of behavioral health leadership and clinical training, including over a decade of advanced study in Bowen Family System Theory, certifications in Brief Strategic Therapy at Levels 1 and 2, a Chemical Dependency Certificate, STOP Program certification for domestic violence treatment, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training. When acute psychiatric needs arise outside scheduled therapy, the walk-in capacity at Perlman Clinic Mission Gorge in Grantville provides same-day medical triage that Gilbert's therapy practice does not offer. That credential stack makes Gilbert one of the most extensively certified therapists in the 92120 corridor. Her therapeutic framework integrates three modalities: Existential Theory for growth-oriented self-direction, Bowen Family System Theory for intergenerational pattern analysis, and Strategic Theory for structured clinical interventions. Gilbert treats ages six through 65-plus and accepts referrals for ADHD, alcohol and substance use, anxiety, bipolar disorder, childhood behavioral issues, couple's conflict, depression, grief, postpartum depression, PTSD, and school avoidance. The LifeStance office sits near SDSU and the Alvarado Canyon transit corridor, and Gilbert offers both in-person and telehealth sessions, one of the few LifeStance clinicians at this location providing face-to-face appointments. She is designated LGBTQ+ inclusive with transgender safespace recognition. Gilbert accepts Aetna, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Magellan, MHN, Optum, Scripps Health Plan, and Sharp. Her domestic violence and chemical dependency certifications position her within the referral network that includes East Campus Medical Center at UC San Diego Health in Grantville for clients requiring concurrent medical stabilization. Gilbert's Bowen-informed approach traces presenting symptoms back to family-of-origin dynamics, mapping multigenerational emotional patterns before targeting individual behavioral change.