5 hours of music for a long-lasting impact
Humans need social connection, and because of this we are constantly intuitively evaluating our situation for safety.
Due to past experiences or our body's ability to take in information we can misinterpret cues within ourselves and our environment creating confusion, over stimulation, and dysregulation, limiting the ability to connect with life in meaningful ways.
The Safe and Sound Protocol was developed by Dr. Steven Porges, to reset the autonomic nervous system to a state of regulation, attunement, and increase felt safety.
Introduction to the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is an evidence-based listening therapy designed to reduce sound sensitivities and improve auditory processing, regulation, and social engagement through filtered music. This listening therapy acts as a non-invasive, acoustic vagal nerve stimulator that retunes the autonomic nervous system to improve connection, collaboration, and resilience. The SSP involves listening to specially filtered music through headphones in partnership with a provider either in person or remotely. The music of the SSP is unlike any other. Each track has been filtered through a patented algorithm that highlights specific sound frequencies that are similar to the human voice. As you listen to the music of the SSP, these highlighted frequencies send cues of safety to retune your nervous system, which can help you feel more settled, engaged and balanced. - Unyte
Benefits the Nervous System
Suitable for:
- Children
- Adults
Benefits individuals with:
- Trauma
- Anxiety
- Autism
- ADHD
- Sensory Processing Discomforts
- Chronic Pain
- Neurodivergents
Designed to:
- Reduce Sound Sensitivity
- Improve Auditory Processing
- Improve regulation
- Activates social engagement systems
- Can accelerate and enhance theraputic outcomes.
A Regulated Nervous System Allows
- Felt Safety
- Restful Sleep
- Eat and Digest
- Attuned
- Control of Emotions
- Concentration
- Flexibility
- Communion
- Comfort
- Participation in Meaningful Relationships
Safe & Sound Protocol Has
- Helped over 100,000 children, adolescents and adults in more than 70 countries worldwide.
- Families experience the SSP together and in support of one another.
- Access for you to listen to the music of SSP either in person with your certified provider or remotely.
- Allows for listening from the comfort of your own home, allowing for flexibility and ease.
- Individualized listening plans that are created in collaboration with Your provider.
What to Expect
Your Role as the Listener:
- Simply listen to the music.
- Let your provider know of feelings or sensations, whether emotional or physical, that may arise.
- Possible engage in light activity during your listening sessions, such as stretches, breathing exercises, or drawing.
- Communication with your provider if there are issues, so they can adjust your listening plan to suit your needs.
Your Providers Role:
- Is to guide you along your SSP journey.
- Trained to make sure that you are ready even before you start listening to the music.
- Through collaboration will recommend an individualized listening plan that can be altered as needed.
- Provide education, answer all your questions, and prepare you.
- Monitor your progress and make sure the program is not being completed too quickly or too slowly.
- Help to find the right pace and conditions for the optimal listening experience for you.
If you are a parent or caregiver, you may be the primary listening partner for your child. Follow your provider’s instructions for what activities to do and how to guide your child.
PRECAUTIONS & Disclaimer
- SSP is a powerful tool used for regulating the autonomic nervous system (ANS).
- The retunement of the ANS can happen subtle or abrupt.
- Tuning the ANS might feel uncomfortable at times, especially at the beginning.
- There might be temporary discomfort with gastrointestinal (bowel changes or gas), increase of strong emotions, auditory sensitivity, etc.
- Fluctuations within the ANS might be drastic for those with severe trauma, emotional dysregulation, psychosis, recent psychiatric hospitalizations, seizures, inner ear structural difference, and/or medical complexities. Make sure to inform your provider and sign a release of information for your provider to work together with your Primary Care Provider.
This information is regarding general health and wellness and is not intended to provide medical advice. The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is not an FDA-approved therapy or treatment. The FDA has not reviewed these statements or claims. We encourage you to consult with your medical provider regarding recovery from health conditions. - Unyte
Introduction to Polyvagal Theory
The SSP was designed and patented by the author of, 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 with our autonomic 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.
About Unyte
The training and certification are provided by Unyte. Unyte helps transform the lives of people every day through empowering health care providers to guide their clients to feel, think, and connect better through improved nervous system regulation. Unytes's mission is to empower others to regulate their nervous system so they can feel safe, happy, healthy, and more effectively respond to life’s challenges.
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