TheraPeeps brings pediatric occupational therapy directly to families in Bonny Doon and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains. We come to your home, your land, and the outdoor spaces your child already knows. No clinic visit, no commute down Empire Grade Road or Highway 1.

Our DIR/Floortime therapy and nature-based therapeutic playgroups approaches are built to use a child’s real environment as the setting for clinical work. Your yard, creek, or open land become part of the session. For families in Bonny Doon, including those who are off-grid or partially off-grid, this model removes a real barrier to accessing consistent pediatric care.

TheraPeeps comes to you. For families navigating Empire Grade Road and Highway 1, in-home pediatric occupational therapy means your child receives therapy in the environment where they live, play, and grow. We offer our full range of pediatric OT services to families in Bonny Doon and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains communities.

• Nature-based therapeutic sessions (outdoors on your property or in local natural spaces)
• DIR/Floortime developmental therapy
• Sensory integration and processing (SIPT and STAR certified)
• Emotional regulation and self-regulation support
• Fine motor and handwriting skill development
• Feeding therapy using the SOS Approach
• Social skills and peer interaction support
• Nature-based therapeutic groups (small group format, seasonal availability)
• Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) for nervous system regulation
• Developmental evaluations and school readiness assessments
• Autism support (Board Certified in Autism)

Call us: (650) 204-0677

Our DIR/Floortime and nature-based approaches work well in Bonny Doon’s outdoor environment, meeting children in the settings they already inhabit. No formal diagnosis is required to begin services. We work with a wide range of developmental concerns, and we meet your family where you are.

• Sensory processing differences (over- or under-responsivity to touch, sound, movement, and more)
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Developmental delays (motor, language, social-emotional)
• Anxiety and emotional dysregulation
• ADHD and attention difficulties
• Feeding challenges, food refusal, or extreme selectivity
• Fine and gross motor delays
• Difficulty with transitions and daily routines
• Trauma-sensitive presentations
• Social communication differences
• School readiness concerns

Call us: (650) 204-0677

Here is what TheraPeeps brings to families in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

• We serve Bonny Doon. We know the roads, we plan for the drive, and we show up consistently.
• Your outdoor space is the therapy space. We are trained in DIR/Floortime and nature-based approaches that use your child’s real environment as a clinical setting. Your yard, garden, or open land are part of the work.
• Relationship-based, developmental practice. Our model builds regulation and connection from the inside out. We follow your child’s lead rather than drilling isolated skills.
• Founder Brooke Olson, OTR/L holds SIPT and STAR certification in sensory integration, is Board Certified in Autism, trained in the SOS Approach to feeding, and has 10+ years of DIR/Floortime training experience.
• Our team brings 20+ years of combined clinical experience working exclusively with children ages 0-8.

TheraPeeps is a private-pay practice. We provide superbills after each session that you can submit to your plan for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Many families in Bonny Doon, including those with UCSC employment, remote-work plans, or self-employed PPO coverage, carry out-of-network OT benefits worth verifying before your first session. Call the member services number on your insurance card and ask specifically about out-of-network pediatric occupational therapy benefits.

Travel fees may apply depending on your specific address in Bonny Doon. We will discuss this before scheduling so there are no surprises. Call us at (650) 204-0677 to learn more.

Call us: (650) 204-0677

Do you really drive out to Bonny Doon? That seems far.

We do. Bonny Doon is one of the most rural areas we serve, and we made that choice deliberately. We believe that the families who live furthest from traditional healthcare infrastructure are often the ones who benefit most from a provider who comes to them. We plan our schedules to accommodate the drive, and we are committed to showing up consistently. Travel fees may apply depending on your location, we will discuss that openly before your first appointment so you know exactly what to expect.

Can therapy sessions happen outside, in our forest, yard, or on our property?

Absolutely, and for many Bonny Doon families this is one of the most exciting parts of working with us. Our DIR/Floortime and nature-based approaches are specifically designed to use the child’s real environment as a therapeutic context. A creek, a garden, a redwood grove, open land, these are not distractions from therapy, they are opportunities within it. Outdoor sessions on your property are something we actively welcome and plan for.

We live off-grid. Is there anything we need to have set up before a session?

Not much, and we mean that sincerely. Pediatric OT does not require a clinical space or a plug-in setup. What matters is that your child has a familiar, comfortable environment and that there is room for us to move and play together. If you have limited cell service or a gate code we should know about, just let us know when we schedule. We will confirm logistics with you directly before each visit so there are no surprises on either side.

What age range does TheraPeeps serve, and when is the right time to reach out?

We work with children from birth through age 8. For families in Bonny Doon, early access is especially hard. There is no nearby pediatric clinic, and the drive to a specialist in Santa Cruz or the South Bay is a genuine obstacle that causes many families to wait, sometimes for more than a year, before a child gets support. In-home care removes that barrier entirely. If you have a concern about your child’s development, we welcome your call.

Our family uses an alternative or unschooling approach to education. Will TheraPeeps fit with that?

Yes. Our philosophy is neuro-affirming and relationship-based, we follow the child’s lead and work within the family’s values, not against them. We are not here to prepare your child for a standardized mold. We support sensory regulation, connection, motor development, and emotional wellbeing in ways that respect how your family lives and what you believe. Many of the families we serve hold non-traditional approaches to learning, and we find that our methods fit naturally alongside those values.