About Orly
Orly Avidor brings 25 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to her practice in Illinois.
Background and approach
She blends directness, warmth, and a touch of humor to build strong therapeutic partnerships and supports people working through stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and other life challenges. Her practice emphasizes helping clients move toward acceptance, self-compassion, and practical steps that foster growth and resilience.
As a generalist with a spiritual sensibility, she has worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and has developed a flexible, pragmatic approach to treatment.
Orly uses evidence-based methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based and Client-Centered techniques, and mindfulness practices to address concerns such as codependency, communication problems, process and substance addictions, social anxiety, bipolar disorder, and career or parenting stress.
She invites prospective clients to consider therapy a collaborative process in which she acts as a compassionate ally, helping to clarify barriers, mobilize inner motivation, and translate insights into concrete action plans.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support
Orly frequently draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working with clients online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify personal values, accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and commit to actions that move them toward a meaningful life; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on recognizing and reshaping unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning, which can be effective for mood issues, anxiety, and many forms of addiction.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Orly will work with each person to assess goals, preferences, and the specific challenges they bring, then tailor a mix of methods to fit those needs and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online therapy with Orly is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow clients to access licensed professionals from their own locations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Hebrew