A garden visit or a familiar river can give someone an activity to return to during recovery. CNIT examines how clinicians might use that possibility, what three research papers support, and where the evidence remains limited.

Water settings may support well-being for some people, but the measured effects are small and causation remains uncertain. This research brief separates what blue-space studies support from what clinicians should not promise.

Family conflict is not the only thing clinicians should count. A more useful measure may be how reliably adults return, take responsibility, and reconnect with a child after a rupture.