Eliana Gil, PhD, RPT-S, ATR is Partner at the Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Recovery. The Gil institute is dedicated and committed to trauma recovery training and education through the blending of clinical research, and training interests. Over the years of being a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, Gil finds it rewarding to stimulate interest in a range of relevant topics such as working with traumatized children, play therapy and post-traumatic play, family play therapy, relational treatments, among others. In addition, over the course of a long career, several assessment and treatment models have emerged in the context of varied clinical settings and with the assistance of talented colleagues.