Self Realization Publications: Essentials of Play Therapy with Abused Children by Eliana Gil VIDEO

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Eliana Gil skillfully leads the viewer through the basics of play therapy and demonstrates the techniques utilized in her eclectic approach with abused children.

Essentials of Play Therapy with Abused Children
Eliana Gil

This informative video program from renowned practitioner and author Eliana Gil illuminates the unique benefits of play therapy for children who have been physically or sexually abused. Sharing her warmth and clinical insight, Dr. Gil brings viewers into the therapeutic playroom, describes how play activities fit into the reparative process, and provides helpful pointers for practice. With the help of child volunteers (not actual patients), the video demonstrates specific art and play activities that can help children:
*Express feelings they are unable or unwilling to verbalize
*Work through painful experiences with familiar and comfortable materials
*Gain a sense of safety and mastery
*Resume developmental processes interrupted by abuse

Hands-On Demonstration of Art Materials and Toys
Viewers learn about the basic materials Dr. Gil employs in her work with abused children, from art supplies, to the sandtray, puppets, dollhouse, masks, and more. She explains how each is used and explores its rationale, helping viewers develop their own repertoire of toys and techniques. Illustrated throughout by children's evocative paintings and drawings, the program explores:
*The benefits of different activities for articulating children's inner experience
*Themes to look for in the play and artwork of abused children
*Individual differences in responses to abuse
*Balancing directive and nondirective approaches

Helping Children Feel Safe in the Therapy Setting
Sensitive to children's anxiety and fear, Dr. Gil shows how therapy itself can feel threatening to already vulnerable youngsters. She discusses how to allay children's fears about the unfamiliar environment, make them feel comfortable with materials and techniques, and establish a good working rapport. (40minutes)

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Play Therapy for Severe Psychological Trauma
The Theory and Practice of Play Therapy for Trauma
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.

36 minutes, 1998
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Play Therapy for Severe Psychological Trauma
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Treating Abused Adolescents
by Eliana Gil

The first book to explore the issue of abuse in adolescents--both the residual effects of earlier child abuse and current or cumulative abuse--this volume provides a sensitive account of how to optimize the value of therapeutic contact with this challenging and compelling population. Illustrated with case examples from her own extensive work experience, the author shows when and how to address the abuse to help adolescents move ahead in their development.
Copyright date: ©1996

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