Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
How Orly works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois, New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English, Hebrew
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Orly
Orly Avidor is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, anger, and relationship concerns. She brings warmth, clear directness, and a bit of humor to the work. She focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship so clients can make real changes.
She offers sessions in English and Hebrew and practices from Illinois. Her style is active and practical. She listens closely, asks clarifying questions, and helps people break problems into manageable steps.
Background and approach
She combines evidence-based tools with mindfulness and acceptance work to address difficult emotions and harmful patterns. That approach is useful for worries that feel overwhelming, repeated behavior problems, and trouble with intimacy or self-worth. Orly often helps people deal with addictions and process-related behaviors like gambling or problematic porn use.
She also supports people facing career stress, compassion fatigue, sleep and eating concerns, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She works with complex issues such as bipolar disorder and longstanding codependency patterns using structured and client-focused techniques. In sessions she encourages honest conversation about barriers and motivation.
She helps clients shape small, concrete steps they can try between meetings. Her aim is to help people find greater self-acceptance, clearer priorities, and sustainable habits they can keep. Orly’s approach is collaborative.
She will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and temperament, then adapt over time as needs change.
What Orly works with
Everything Orly lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Orly's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Orly lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions. It uses values and small committed steps to help with anxiety, depression, and patterns like avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses simple, practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, anger, mood changes, and sleep or eating problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try approaches that fit their style, and adjust as needed. That means sessions may combine ACT, CBT, and mindfulness techniques, tailored to what helps an individual make steady progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face when schedules allow. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical steps and consistent follow-through.
Questions people ask about Orly
What concerns does Orly commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and related concerns like codependency and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Orly is active and engaging, using clear directness, empathy, and occasional humor. She focuses on practical steps and reflective conversation to help people move forward.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of experience as a clinician working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.
What credentials and region does she practice from?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and New Jersey and practices out of Illinois.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.