Online Individual Therapy for Women and LGBTQIA+ Adults in California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Texas & Utah

Shylah Ridgway, LCSW, LICSW (she/her)

I offer online individual therapy for women and LQBTQIA+ adults who have been repeatedly forced to fit themselves into places they don’t belong. Through our work together, I’ll help you move from a feeling of inadequacy, fear, and exhaustion to being seen, heard, and empowered to embrace who you truly are.

Right now, you probably feel like:

  • You’re never good enough or have never done enough

  • It’s impossible to check all the boxes

  • “Keeping your shit together” is unsustainable

  • You want to do things, improve things, be things, and learn things, but you lack the motivation or literal ability to do so

  • People are your best friend, but you’re never anyone else’s best friend

  • You have strained family relationships, specifically with your mom, feeling parentified as a child, or being no contact

  • You keep getting into the same relationship but with a different person over and over to fix the initial pain

  • You’re unable to cope with any negative input from others

  • You have poor boundaries or codependent patterns

  • You can gauge someone’s feelings just by being around them and are always aware of how other people are feeling, without it being reciprocated

  • You’re just too much

Sound familiar? If it does, I have a feeling we’ll be a good fit.

We are so often socialized to fit ourselves into roles and boxes that put other people first. But finding a true sense of belonging and identity is something different altogether. Belonging means being able to show up exactly as you are, with every piece of your identity being accepted and valued. You deserve that belonging.

So if you're looking for a therapist who does things a little differently, like you, you're in the right place.

Are you searching for the TLDR version of what I offer? Look no further!

Here are some good old fashioned bulleted lists to help you find the important info:

My Areas of Focus:

ADHD in Women

Imposter Syndrome

Establishing Boundaries

LQBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy

EMDR Therapy for Trauma

Immigration Evaluations (in English only)

The Types of Therapy I Use:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Culturally Sensitive

Person-Centered

Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

Strengths-Based

Trauma Focused

My Professional Qualifications:

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Utah

Trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Completed the NOFSW Immigration Certificate Program

Licensed to provide LCSW supervision for MSW graduates in Oklahoma

MSW, University of Oklahoma, 2013

Last, but not least, let’s talk about the money stuff.

Here are my online individual therapy rates and the insurance providers I accept:

Intake Session:

$250.00 per hour

Standard Session:

$200.00 per hour

LCSW Supervision:

$75.00 per hour

I’m one of those rare birds (get it? ha!) – an online therapist that takes insurance. I’m credentialed with the following insurance providers:

Aetna

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Cigna and Evernorth

Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)

Harvard Pilgrim

Health Choice

Meritain Health

Optum

Oscar Health

TRICARE

Tufts

UMR

United Healthcare UHC | UBH