Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and accepts 54 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression and 5 more.
With 20+ years of experience, I can offer you various tools to help you on your journey. I've raised six children and I can offer empathy and understanding of family life very effectively. I strongly believe that assisting someone make choices is the best way to feel better. I have worked with individuals, with anxiety and depression In a non-judgmental environment, we can explore avenues that you as the client present. I am experienced in EMDR (Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing) used most effectively with trauma. If you seek a counselor that is direct and real, look no further because I am that person.
In our first session, we will start with brief introductions then dive into the specific challenges you are facing. We will determine if we have the 'chemistry' to experience successful counseling. These sessions are for you, the client ,and you will determine how to proceed and what you want to talk about.
My biggest strength lies in my many years of experience dealing with an enormous amount different experiences. I use a number of 'tools' and I think out-of-the-box. I am quirky direct and different. If ordinary is what you seek, I am not that person.
Those clients with depression, anxiety, and trauma are the population I am best suited to support. I also have provided counseling to the LGBTQ community. The most successful clients are those who are willing to to look at themselves honestly. One specific goal is that my clients feel better when they leave than when we started. Counseling can be a big decision. Those who prioritize their treatment get the best results.
Cash - $75 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
Capital Blue Cross
Capital Blue Cross - Medicare
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Geisinger - Commercial
Geisinger - Medicare
Geisinger – Dual (Geisinger Gold HMO D-SNP)
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Highmark
Highmark - Medicare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
UPMC Health Plan
Once clients become familiar with their 'thinking errors or cognitive distortions' they can learn to reframe negative thoughts to positive ones.
We all make choices. Reality therapy allows us to accept our choices in a very non-judgmental way and put our choices in a context we can understand.
16 ratings with written reviews
July 15, 2026
Lee is helping me with the solutions of even small things that interfere with my progress. The big things are pointed out as having traumatized me, but I'm working on letting all that go where it should be, out of my head. I think Lee responds with authentic responses and give me insights into my handling of past things, and allowing myself the grace to not be controlled by past issues. This is now, this is that day to let more bottled up stuff go. I'm feeling better so improving as I go.
June 12, 2026
Lee is very intelligent with a lot of experience in life and her career. She is very real and authentic which I appreciate so much. Each session gets better and better. Building rapport has been very easy due to how comfortable each session feels.
May 20, 2026
I considered age and gender so that helped me narrow my choice to Lee Ritsick; she said she was a little quirky, which I liked because I think I am. Women can understand other women, especially if similar ages. That's what made me choose Lee. I felt comfortable with her in my first session.