By Eliana Gil
In this instructive video program, well-known play and family therapist Eliana Gil elucidates the nature of trauma, how to recognize it clinically, and how to manage its powerful effects on children's development with the use of specific art and play techniques. The video includes a reenacted clinical interview and footage from an actual play therapy session, as well as many moving examples of children's work. With empathy and wisdom, Dr. Gil discusses such important topics as what dissociation looks like in children's paintings and drawings and how to intervene effectively in posttraumatic play.
Audience
~ Mental health professionals working with children and families, including child and school psychologists, social workers, play and art therapists, counselors, family therapists, and psychiatrists; child welfare personnel; students and trainees in these fields.
Reviews
~ "An excellent addition to every clinician's professional library. Dr. Gil successfully weaves theory and technique in a pleasurable manner. By using a combination of the 'healthy' play of volunteers, and case presentations of traumatized clients, Gil delivers crucial information." - Social Work in Health Care
~ "Helping students and novice practitioners see clearly the various aspects of the craft, Dr. Gil models an accepting stance that in itself may represent a new experience for these children. [This video] opens up many possibilities for therapists who are working with children not yet ready to verbalize traumatic events or the feelings associated with them." - William N. Friedrich, PhD, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School
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