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By Unyte Editorial Team |
As a provider, how often do you consider the role of sound and sensory processing in your clients’ trauma recovery? Reflect on your own practice:
- How might trauma have changed the way my clients process sound and other sensory input?
- Am I integrating sensory-informed strategies that help clients feel safe and grounded in their bodies?
- Could sound-based interventions enhance my current therapeutic approach and outcomes?
Trauma doesn’t just affect emotions — it can transform a client’s sensory experience. For many trauma survivors, everyday sounds have the potential to trigger distress. When this occurs, carefully guided listening therapy can help to foster safety and connection through regulating the nervous system.
Explore this approach and other sensory informed interventions with Ruth Lanius, M.D., Ph.D., internationally recognized trauma expert and researcher, in our free upcoming webinar on October 29, 2025, at 12 p.m. ET! In this informative session, Dr. Lanius will share how trauma impacts the senses and what sensory pathways, including sound, can support your clinical work.
You’ll learn:
- How auditory processing differences affect the lived experience and therapeutic journey of trauma survivors
- Practical, sound-centered interventions designed to enhance outcomes
- Real-world examples of how sound-based approaches can foster safety, regulation and connection in your clients’ lives
Understanding the sensory dimensions of trauma opens new pathways for recovery, helping you support your clients in restoring their sense of safety and connection.
About the Speakers
Ruth Lanius, M.D., Ph.D., is a Clinician-Scientist, Psychiatry Professor, and Harris-Woodman Chair in Mind-Body Medicine at Western University of Canada, where she is the Director of the Clinical Research Program for PTSD. Ruth has over 25 years of clinical and research experience with trauma-related disorders.
She has published five books and over 250 research articles and book chapters. She regularly lectures and teaches internationally about psychological trauma. Ruth is passionate about understanding the first-person experience of traumatized individuals throughout treatment and how it relates to brain functioning. She is regarded as a leading specialist in the mind-body effects of trauma and neuroscience-based approaches to trauma treatment.
