Danny Gordon, LCSW
Danny provides clinical therapeutic support and interventions to individuals and families. He collaboratively supports people as they recover from chronic anxiety, depression, relational discord, and other presentations of distress. Applying an eclectic therapeutic approach drawing from narrative, cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and mindfulness-based psychotherapy paradigms, Danny approaches each individual and family he meets with an openness and warmth that provides the safety and security needed to work through complex issues.
Danny is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters of Social Work from Governors State University. For over 20 years, he has provided academic support and career counseling to adolescents, young adults, and their family members, as well as directing teams of service-providers in assisting students and high school dropouts of Chicago Public Schools.
Consultation and on-going professional development are key components of Danny's practice. He regularly meets with a team that includes a neuropsychologist, educational therapists, and fellow psychotherapists. Collegial dialogue sparks insight and strengthens clinical practices. Danny is committed to lifelong learning, developing and deepening his practice skills, and collaboration.
Danny is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters of Social Work from Governors State University. For over 20 years, he has provided academic support and career counseling to adolescents, young adults, and their family members, as well as directing teams of service-providers in assisting students and high school dropouts of Chicago Public Schools.
Consultation and on-going professional development are key components of Danny's practice. He regularly meets with a team that includes a neuropsychologist, educational therapists, and fellow psychotherapists. Collegial dialogue sparks insight and strengthens clinical practices. Danny is committed to lifelong learning, developing and deepening his practice skills, and collaboration.
Ashley Poprilo, PsyD
Ashley implements evidence based psychotherapeutic skills to join with clients in pursuit of their goals. She supports people by helping them access their intrinsic strengths, clarifying their valued directions, and building their resilience as they face difficulties. She is adept at supporting adults impacted by trauma, addiction, anxiety, and mood disorders. Her compassionate approach seeks to accurately understand each individual deeply while affirming their dignity.
Dr. Poprilo is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and her doctoral studies focused on clinical interventions to support people recovering from substance abuse. She also has a masters degree in forensic psychology, training her to skillfully help people navigating the legal system. She has experience working in a broad range of community mental health centers and an inpatient psychiatric hospital. She has helped people in these settings who have presented with a wide range of challenges and individualized goals. Furthermore, Ashley’s participated with research and publication at Adler University and St. John’s University. Finally, Ashley actively teaches the upcoming generation of new clinicians.
Danny Gordon and Ashley began collaborating in the fall of 2015 when they worked together in support of adolescents in Chicago’s West Englewood community. They found that they shared common values in the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing:
Collaboration/Partnership: Working for and with the person. Acceptance: Absolute worth of the client and what they bring. Evocation: Identifying motivation & resources already within the person. Compassion: Promoting the person's welfare and prioritizing their needs
Dr. Poprilo is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and her doctoral studies focused on clinical interventions to support people recovering from substance abuse. She also has a masters degree in forensic psychology, training her to skillfully help people navigating the legal system. She has experience working in a broad range of community mental health centers and an inpatient psychiatric hospital. She has helped people in these settings who have presented with a wide range of challenges and individualized goals. Furthermore, Ashley’s participated with research and publication at Adler University and St. John’s University. Finally, Ashley actively teaches the upcoming generation of new clinicians.
Danny Gordon and Ashley began collaborating in the fall of 2015 when they worked together in support of adolescents in Chicago’s West Englewood community. They found that they shared common values in the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing:
Collaboration/Partnership: Working for and with the person. Acceptance: Absolute worth of the client and what they bring. Evocation: Identifying motivation & resources already within the person. Compassion: Promoting the person's welfare and prioritizing their needs