Safe and Sound Protocol
Safe and Sound Protocol
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is an evidence-based listening therapy designed to reduce sound sensitivities and improve auditory processing, behavioral state regulation, and social engagement behaviors through filtered music.
As a practical application of Polyvagal Theory,the SSP acts as a non-invasive, vagal nerve stimulator, helping to retune the nervous system to better connection, collaboration and resilience.
The SSP involves listening to specially filtered music
through headphones alongside a provider in person or remotely. Suitable for children and adults, SSP has demonstrated benefits for individuals with trauma, anxiety, sensory processing differences and more.
This information includes proprietary content about the Safe and Sound Protocol, used with permission from Unyte Health Inc. — leading provider of evidence-based listening therapies for nervous system regulation. Image anvideos courtesy of Unyte Health. Learn more at integratedlistening.com.
Highlights of SSP
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A 5-hour auditory intervention developed and patented by Dr. StephenPorges, author of the Polyvagal Theory.
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Designed to reduce sound sensitivity, and improve auditory processing andbehavioral state regulation.
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Activates the client’s social engagement system, helping to accelerate and enhance therapeutic out
comes.
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Supports physiological state regulation, allowing for greater resilience.
Polyvagal Theory:
the Science of Feeling Safe
Developed by world-renowned researcher and Unyte’s Chief Scientific Advisor Dr. Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Theory focuses on what is happening in thebody and the nervous system, and explains how our sense of safety, danger or life-threat can impact our behavior.
Understanding Polyvagal Theory gives us a scientific framework that applied through physiological, or
"bottom-up” therapies, to help improve how we feel,
think and connect with others can be change an