Safe and Sound Protocol

I have expanded my practice’s therapeutic options by successfully completing

the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Certification.

I have joined a community of over 6,000 trained professionals who are helping tens of thousands of children, youth, and adults around the world to live more comfortable, productive, and empowered lives. The SSP was developed based on decades of research by Dr. Stephen Porges, an internationally-renowned trauma researcher and neuroscientist, based on his Polyvagal Theory. The SSP is a cutting-edge intervention, developed to reduce mental health symptoms associated with an over-stressed vagus nerve response. The protocol is a non-invasive listening therapy using filtered vocal music as an acoustic vagal nerve stimulator and neural exercise. 

Remote Package Pricing: $299.00

• Full year of UNYTE subscription to access listening tracks, including Balance aftercare program and repeat of CORE protocol when indicated
• UNYTE subscription support as needed
• Educational orientation to polyvagal theory and the science of safety
• Orientation to the use of the UNYTE listening application for your hand-held devices
• Initial individualized assessment and protocol development
• Zoom call to go over assessment results and recommended protocol
• Email coaching during the initial core treatment protocol with monitoring and management of symptoms
• Post-assessment implementation with pre- and post-treatment summary report
• Collaboration with treatment providers when applicable

This protocol improves the symptoms of individuals who have sensory and interoceptive sensitivities commonly found in those with disordered eating. 

• It helps digestive disorders by telling the enteric system (gut) to not be so defensive.
• It reduces anxiety, irritability, and anger due to auditory sensitivities and overstimulation of the nervous system. In other words, it softens how you experience the world around you.
• It improves taste, smell, and texture sensitivities that make everything taste gross, increasing acceptable food options.
• It improves attention and reduces impulsivity, which helps you pause and access your cognitive decision making skills.
• It improves social hesitancy, making it feel safer to reach out to others.
• It improves PTSD symptoms and pain sensitivities, stopping defensive reactivity and calming the body.
• It helps you access the mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapies that accelerate your progress.

The intervention uses prosodic vocal music that has been filtered to send signals of soothing safeness and trains the middle ear to tune out signals of danger and instead take in more signals of safety. The music is heard through headphones in the clinic while engaging in a calm activity or remote access with support through a Zoom platform.

This intervention leads to improved communication and more successful therapy. Some of the changes occur immediately. Most changes occur over three months or more as the individual is able to engage and relate in new ways.

SSP is not a cure-all, but I can create physiological changes that are otherwise difficult to attain. 

I’ve even experienced these changes in my own life, specifically related to my heart rate and heart rate variance. To read more, check out this blog post.