Working with Children to Heal Interpersonal Trauma: The Power of Play

About

Eliana Gil PhD is founding partner of the Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education a private group practice in Fairfax Virginia. She is also Director of Starbright Training Institute for Child and Family Play Therapy. Dr. Gil has worked in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment since 1973. A licensed marriage family and child counselor; an approved marriage and family therapy supervisor; a registered art therapist; and a registered play therapy supervisor she is a former President of the Association for Play Therapy which honored her with its Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of The Healing Power of Play Helping Abused and Traumatized Children and Play in Family Therapy Second Edition among many other publications. Originally from Guayaquil Ecuador Dr. Gil is bilingual and bicultural.