Meet Jacinta

About Me

Hi, I’m Jacinta Kitanoski, Paediatric Occupational Therapist, creator of The Inner Clue Approach™, 5x #1 Best Selling Author ofThe Inner Clue Detectives™, and a 2026 Mumpreneur Awards Nominee.  

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Working with children and families, I kept seeing the same pattern. Children were often expected to manage big emotions before they understood what their body was trying to tell them. 

That inspired me to develop The Inner Clue Approach™- a gentle, body-first approach that helps children recognise their inner clues before focusing on emotions or behaviour.

Over more than 14 years as an Occupational Therapist across mental health and paediatrics, I've seen how early body awareness, connection and co-regulation can support children to build confidence, self-awareness and lifelong regulation skills.

Today, The Inner Clue Approach™ is the foundation of The Inner Clue Detectives™ book and companion toolkits, giving parents, educators and therapists practical, neuroaffirming and trauma-informed resources they can use in everyday life. 

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My mission is simple: to help more children feel understood by teaching them to recognise what their body is telling them, while supporting the adults (Detective Guides™) around them to respond with curiosity, connection and confidence.