Eliana Gil

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.

Teresa Dias, MA, LMHC, RPT, is a counselor at Eliot Community Human Services, where she sees at-risk children, teens, and their families. She has her master’s in drama therapy from Lesley University. Teresa has spent over 20 years performing in the U.S. and abroad, including the True Story Theatre, a playback theater in Boston. She co-authored a chapter on the integration of play and drama therapy in a book by Malchiodi and Crenshaw entitled, The Expressive Arts to Promote Attachment. Teresa has presented at several play therapy conferences on the topic of drama therapy and attachment. She is a certified parent educator for the Circle of Security Parenting course and has received advanced education in the field of play, art, and sand therapies

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.