Certification Foundational SSP
About the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
span class="ContentPasted5">can help reduce stress behaviors by teaching our nervous system to feel safe. It 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, acoustic vagal nerve stimulator, helping to re-tune the nervous system to better support 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, the SSP has demonstrated benefits for individuals with trauma, anxiety, sensory processing differences and more.
Highlights of the SSP:
- A five-hour auditory intervention developed and patented by Dr. Stephen Porges based upon 45 years of research on the nervous system and pioneered the POLYVAGAL theory, a concept of the nervous system that explains the driving influence of our physiological state on our behavior and our emotions.
- Designed to reduce sound sensitivity, and improve auditory processing and behavioral state regulation
- Can decrease anxiety, irritability, emotional outbursts, feelings of overwhelm and depression
- Activates the client’s social engagement system, helping to accelerate and enhance therapeutic outcomes.
- 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 the body 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 can be applied through physiological, or “bottom-up” therapies, to help change and improve how we feel, think and connect with others. Video:
Link to vide of trauma therapists Robbyn Peters Bennett and Amy Bryant discussing with Dr. Stephen Porges how the SSP helps both children and adults to feel better, feel more tolerant, and find more enjoyment and deeper connection with others. He discusses how the SSP can be administered with a sensitivity for individuals who have suffered from varying degrees of trauma, as well as those who struggle with sensory sensitivities, or may be neurodivergent.
Total for 1 package is $750
includes 3 hrs of direct provider time, 1.5 hour of monitoring and support, and 5 month subscription to access 3 pathways through UYNTE