The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) has been successfully integrated across practice settings along the continuum of care. From large hospital systems to community clinics, private practices, and non-profit organizations, the SSP can empower your team and help their clients thrive.

As a clinical leader, you want to provide the best care possible to your clients, drive clinical outcomes, and support staff well-being and retention — all while maintaining or reducing costs. However, with limited time, resources, and tools, achieving this quadruple aim can be challenging for you and your team.

The SSP can help clients recover more quickly through improvements in emotional, cognitive and social functioning. By increasing client accessibility to other treatments, the SSP drives clinical change and increases reach, leading to organizational growth and greater impact.

If clients aren’t progressing or struggle to see change, it may be because their nervous system is tuned to feel unsafe.

The SSP is a revolutionary tool for organizations looking to improve their clinical outcomes and provide better care for their clients. Based on decades of research and development, the SSP can help retune the nervous system for safety and connection, moving clients into a regulated state where they can be calmer and more engaged with treatment.

The SSP is a non-invasive, non-pharmacological, integrative clinical tool. It can be delivered alongside a range of treatments and services, including individual, family, and group therapy, both in-person and remotely.

It is effective for people of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used across settings and disciplines, including mental health, physical rehabilitation, education, coaching, and more.

Leading a clinical team is a significant responsibility. With the SSP, you can position your organization as a leader in integrative health and nervous system solutions by staying current with the latest advances in neuroscience, updating staff knowledge and empowering your team with an evidence-based paradigm for nervous system health.

Benefits for Organizations:

The SSP works with other therapies and acts passively on the autonomic nervous system, meaning that beyond listening, the client does not have to “do” anything to experience the benefits.

By helping to regulate the nervous system, the SSP makes it easier for clients to engage in other therapies, including mental health treatment, education, body work, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.

For organizations, the SSP is an integrative tool that complements other treatments and modalities, providing a safe and welcomed respite from more intense therapies.

In addition to decades of research on Polyvagal Theory, the SSP is backed by many clinical trials, with publications in leading journals including Frontiers in Pediatrics, The International Journal of Psychophysiology, the Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention, and the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

These include two randomized controlled trials showed significant improvement in autonomic nervous system regulation, including:

• Increased auditory processing
• Reduced auditory sensitivity
• Improved emotional control
• Vagal regulation of the heart

There are also several developing clinical trials with promising early results on a variety of conditions and populations, including PTSD, Ehler Danlos Syndrome, Parkinson’s Disease, Autism, anxiety, early intervention, and more. Publications expected in the coming year.

The SSP is also supported by a growing body of real world evidence, informed by assessments data, case studies, and surveys.

Join the movement to advance the evidence for bottom-up and integrative therapy!

As an organizational partner with Unyte, you have the opportunity to participate in research projects and clinical evolution of the SSP. In addition to support for research design, data collection and analysis, Unyte facilitates clinical-research partnerships that aid in the development of evidence for nervous system solutions.

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Needs Assessments and Goal Setting

• Identify and prioritize clinical needs, alongside potential hurdles to successful delivery
• Discuss organizational goals and clinical outcomes expected from implementation.

Delivery Design

• Bridge the clinical and the operational elements of implementation through expert consultation, working holistic with your organization from administrators to clinical leaders. 

Education and Training*

• Participate in on-demand and live training developed by leading clinicians, researchers and thought-leaders nervous system health and sound therapy.  *approved CEU course for many providers.

Clinical Mentorship

• Access ongoing support for your clinical team through an embodied learning experience that enhances readiness for delivery, followed by continuous mentorship and case support to improve provider confidence in delivery.

Measurement Support

• Measure the impact of the SSP through virtual research coordination and administrative support, data processing, interpretation and visualization, outcomes tracking and technical information systems integration

Additional Support Services

• Dedicated Success Manager to assist and guide in day-to-day delivery and operations.
• Periodic business reviews to discuss progress and areas for growth.
• Marketing support and co-branded materials for education of the SSP to your clients.

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