Eliana Gil, PhD, is a licensed marriage, family, and child counselor who specializes in the treatment of abused children and adolescents and their families as well as adult survivors. She is a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor and has written numerous books on the treatment of children. The current President of the Association for Play Therapy, Dr. Gil has served on the boards of directors of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse.