Eliana Gil
| Eliana Gil | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 April 1948 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Institutions | Gil Institute for Trauma and Recovery Starbright Training Institute for Child and Family Play Therapy |
| Alma mater | California Graduate School of Family Psychology, San Rafael |
| Known for | Family and child therapy, with a focus on trauma and abuse |
Eliana Gil RPT-S, ATR (born 24 April 1948), is a lecturer, writer, and clinician of marriage, family and child. She is on the board of a number of professional counselling organizations that use play and art therapies, and she is the former president of the Association for Play Therapy (APT).
Dr. Gil is the senior partner of the Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education in Fairfax, Virginia. She is also the director of Starbright Training Institute for Child and Family Play Therapy based in northern Virginia.
Eliana Gil is originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Gil's parents, Manuel and Eugenia, were both born in Ecuador. When Gil was 14 the family moved to Washington, DC. After high school the family moved again to San Francisco.
Gil attended the California Graduate School of Family Psychology in San Rafael where she gained her doctorate in family therapy. She did her Art Therapy training at George Washington University. She went on be a registered Play Therapy Supervisor, a registered Art Therapist, and a licensed Marriage, Family, Child Counselor.
Gil has worked in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment since 1973. Gil worked as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor (MFCC) in California and then moved to the East Coast where she became a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Virginia. She went on to work for the San Francisco Child Abuse Council initially as a secretary, then as an Administrative Assistant, an Assistant Director and finally, as a Director of two programs in Contra Costa County: The Costa County Child Abuse Council and Gil and Associates.
Gil then moved first to Maryland and worked with Children's Mental Health, and then moved again to work at the Inova Kellar Center and Childhelp Children's Center in Virginia.
Dr. Gil is the senior partner of the Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education in Fairfax, Virginia which provides therapy, consulting, and training services. Her partners in the private practice are Myriam Goldin, Jennifer Shaw, and Heather Bryan.
The Institute includes the Starbright Training Institute for Child and Family Play Therapy, where Gil acts as director, provides training sessions on family play therapy and specialized therapy for youths who have experienced childhood trauma.
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