Orly Bendavid founder of illumind Psychotherapy, graduated from NYU with a Masters in Music therapy in 2011. Orly has been working as a Licensed Creative Arts Psychotherapist in New York for over ten years. Orly’s combines traditional talk therapy, and other therapeutic modalities (EMDR, IFS, DBT) with the arts whenever possible. Orly’s mission is to help individuals find insight and a connection to themselves through their own unique mode of expression. She believes that we all have the innate ability to heal ourselves, we often just have trouble accessing the voice that will guide and direct us to that safe loving space.

In her private practice Orly specializes in treating addiction, alcoholism, co-dependency, dating, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, couple counseling, performance anxiety, creative blocks, and grief counseling. Orly is well versed in 12 step recovery language.

Orly’s personal art work centers around grief and recovery from substance abuse.

• Projected EMDR certified May 2024
• Board Certified Music Therapist
• New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
• M.A., Music Therapy, New York University 2011
• Level I Nordoff Robbins Training 2015
• Graduate, The Advanced Vocal Psychotherapy Training, Music Psychotherapy Center of New York 2012

Clinical Experience
Juvenile Justice, End of Life, Hospice, Hospital, Adults, Life Transitions, Grief, Alcoholism, Alcoholic family dynamics, Codependency, Trauma, Couple Counseling, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Recovery, 12 step programs.

Orly’s Fees
Insurance: Cigna, Wellfleet, Beacon Health Options, Evernorth and Carelon

$200 for 60 min session