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Soften Survival Responses. Restore Inner Safety. Deepen Your Capacity for Connection.
Soften Survival Responses. Restore Inner Safety. Deepen Your Capacity for Connection.
Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) is a non-invasive sound-based therapeutic protocol developed by Dr. Stephen Porges. It uses specially filtered music designed to support nervous system regulation, helping reduce hyper-arousal states such as fight or flight, overwhelm, sensory sensitivities, and relational freeze-responses without needing to relive or retell your trauma.
SSP helps your body experience what safety actually feels like so you can show up differently in your relationships with yourself & others
How Does It Work?
Your nervous system is constantly scanning the environment for cues of danger or safety, protection or connection, a process called neuroception. When you’ve experienced relational trauma, chronic stress, or emotional overwhelm your system often gets stuck in over-functioning or collapse. SSP uses music engineered to awaken the social engagement system helping shift your physiology toward calm, presence, and connection. This activates the ventral vagus nerve, the part of your nervous system responsible for:
Calming your heart rate and breathing
Supporting digestion and immune function
Helping you connect, trust, and feel at ease with others
Creating the foundation for emotional regulation and healing
SSP speaks directly to your body’s safety system shifting your physiology from protective survival patterns so your mind, body, and emotions can move toward rest & connection more easily.
Here's What The Evidence Shows:
In clinical research, 65% of participants reported a significant reduction in sound sensitivity, emotional reactivity, and social withdrawal after completing SSP
SSP has been used in more than 70 countries with 100,000+ clients, and reported to show improvements in attention, emotional regulation, and relational engagement
Strengthening vagal tone through SSP is tied to lower anxiety, better resilience to stress, and a greater sense of emotional stability
People report benefits including: greater emotional regulation and steadier moods, reduced reactivity to stress and triggers, better capacity to connect with others, more peace inside your body and nervous system, a stronger baseline of rest, safety, and ease
Why Work With Me?
As a trauma-informed practitioner specializing in attachment healing and nervous system repair, I offer SSP in a way that is:
Relational. You aren’t navigating your system alone
Paced to your needs. No overwhelming schedules or expectations
Integrative. SSP becomes a foundation for deeper somatic and emotional healing
Together, we help your nervous system feel safe enough for the rest of your healing work to deepen more smoothly.
Ready to explore it for yourself?
Let’s see whether SSP makes sense for where you are right now
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Frequently Asked Questions?
Who would benefit from SSP?
SSP could be a strong fit for you if you:
Live with ongoing anxiety, overwhelm, or panic
Struggle with sensory overload (sound, crowds, intensity)
Want to deepen your healing but find traditional therapy isn’t reaching your body
Are healing from emotional neglect, relational, or developmental trauma
Identify as neurodivergent (ADHD, sensory processing issues, etc.)
Notice patterns of emotional burnout or chronic stress
Long to feel safer inside your body by feeling more grounded, more present
Are looking to receive more support, not just tools to self-soothe or “fix yourself”
SSP isn’t a “cure” on its own, it’s foundational work. Think of it as preparing the ground so everything else you do (talk therapy, somatic healing, mind/body practices) can go deeper and be more sustainable.
What should I expect?
The protocol includes a total of 5 hours of listening, delivered over multiple sessions
Listening is done with over-the-ear headphones, in short segments of 5–30 minutes
Sessions are paced based on your nervous system’s capacity, with guidance and support throughout the session
During listening you will be offered regulating tools and resources to support your nervous systems responses
Many clients feel subtle or noticeable shifts after just a few sessions, others experience cumulative effects over time
Will I feel something intense?
Most people experience SSP as gentle and subtle, especially at first. Some notice small shifts like feeling calmer, more present, or less reactive over time. Occasionally, emotions or sensations may arise as your nervous system reorganizes and that’s why SSP is always paced to your capacity and supported by a trained provider. You’re never pushed beyond what your system is ready for and support is available every step of the way.
Can I do SSP sessions on my own?
Can I do SSP sessions on my own?
Not entirely and that’s by design.
SSP is a powerful therapeutic tool but it’s most effective and safest when it’s done in relationship. Because it gently activates the nervous system, it can stir up unconscious patterns related to safety, vulnerability, and connection. That’s why SSP is only offered through certified providers who can co-regulate with you, attune to your system’s needs, and create a safe container for the work. As a trauma-informed practitioner specializing in attachment healing and nervous system repair, I offer SSP in a way that’s grounded in co-regulation, pacing, and attunement. You won’t be left to figure it out alone.
Listening sessions create an opportunities for co-regulation to be experienced and re-established, something many of us didn’t get enough of in early relationships that built our level of emotional and relational safety.
Occasionally, you may be advised to complete short moments of guided, independent listening but this is always in the context of a supported and relational healing process and not something you’ll be left to navigate on your own. Safety is repaired through connection.
Ready to regulate out of survival?
Lasting change starts when your nervous system feels safe enough to soften
Book your free SSP clarity call today and begin building regulation from the inside out
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