Dr. Orly Dayan is a psychologist and a member of l’Ordre des Psychologues du Quebec (OPQ). She completed her Doctoral Degree in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Sherbrooke Longueil Campus. She specialized in clinical psychology for children, adolescents and their parents. Her doctoral research focused on the effectiveness of an attachment-based parenting program, Circle of Security Parenting (COSP). She completed a doctoral internship at CLSC Côtes-des-Neiges on the Youth and Family team.
Dr. Dayan has extensive experience conducting psychotherapy and psychological and psychoeducational assessments throughout Montreal in both private and public clinics. She has expertise working with children of all ages, especially young children and their parents. She also has experience supporting parents with perinatal mental health challenges and helping them navigate parenting during this period (ex.: extended baby blues, perinatal anxiety, perinatal depression, pregnancy loss). Dr. Dayan provides professional consultations such as for schools and daycares. Dr. Dayan also provides psychological and psychoeducational assessments, integrating neurobiological, relational and psychoaffective components for a comprehensive understanding of the child’s difficulties.
Dr. Dayan’s approach to supporting children and their families is integrative incorporating elements from different theoretical frameworks and tailoring her interventions to meet the needs of the specific child/family. Attachment theory and the derived interventions are at the heart of the services that Dr. Dayan provides. Other theoretical frameworks that inform her work include family systems theory, cognitive behavioral theory and psychodynamic theory. Orly is also trained in play therapy and mentalization based family therapy. She is also a Registered Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator.
Orly is fluent in English, French, and Hebrew