This is an excerpt from the book, My Differently Tuned-In Child: The Right Place for Strength-Based Solutions.

by Teresa Currivan, LMFT

“…I took this picture one day at the beach. It is a floating raft that boys and girls of different ages built out of driftwood and large ribbon kelp that they found. They didn’t all know each other and various kids came and went throughout the day.

Did you know there is evidence that being in nature and being allowed to play more often and freely is beneficial for children? Each year I’m finding more studies. 

Have you ever noticed how freely children play in nature?

Nature provides soft edges, new things to explore, and free items to build with. There is plenty of room for inspiration and creativity…”

You can find out more about this topic and more in Teresa’s book, My Differently Tuned-In Child: The Right Place for Strength-Based Solutions.  Click here for the Amazon link to purchase the book.

Teresa Currivan, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, parent coach, school therapist, and founder of The Right Place Learning Center and Help My Child Thrive LLC. She is the author of My Differently Tuned-In Child: The Right Place for Strength-Based Solutions. She speaks about differently wired children to teachers, faculty, and parent groups, and has published extensively on this topic. Teresa is recognized for developing the Currivan Protocol™ used to assess, address, and accept symptoms and co-occurring conditions in differently wired children such as ADHD, giftedness, visual-spatial learning, dyslexia, Sensory Processing Disorder, autism, executive functioning challenges, school refusal, depression, and anxiety. She received her MA in Counseling Psychology using Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and completed post-graduate training at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley, California. She lives with her husband and son in the San Francisco Bay Area. Teresa can be reached at TheRightPlaceLearning.com. 

**Teresa offers free 20 minute consultations to see about working with her.**