Revolutionize Your Organization with the Safe and Sound Protocol
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.
The SSP is an evidence-based listening therapy designed to regulate the nervous system and build resilience.
The music of the SSP is designed to engage the vagus nerve through the neural network associated with listening.
Through evidence-based, algorithmically filtered music, the SSP shifts your client’s nervous system into safety.
This allows for the administration of therapy to a physiologically and psychologically available and receptive client.
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.
“Medical and scientific research suggests that music and sound are some of the most effective instruments that can be used to facilitate patient recovery from surgery, trauma, and disease. … Music prompts neuroplasticity.” (Fauble, 2017)
Make a difference with the SSP.
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.
Empower your clinicians to help as many people as possible, as efficiently as possible.
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:
Improve clinical outcomes by reducing the effects of trauma and stress on your clients.
Improve client experience through a passive and non-invasive listening therapy that can be used at any time during a client’s journey to better health and well-being.
Improve provider well-being by helping your providers regulate their nervous systems.
Reduce costs by shortening the length of stay and optimizing the time with clients through a low-cost, high-impact tool.
Grow your organization by differentiating your offering with a cutting-edge nervous system solution that drives change.
Not one therapy or the other, but working together.
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.
“There are few modalities out there that intervene at the brainstem level and can impact and support physiological shifts, and it is an incredibly efficient and effective way to move someone to a place where they’re able to receive connection and be in the here and now.”
— Deirdre Stewart, LPC, SEP, BCN, Vice President of Trauma Resolution Services at The Meadows
Delivered by
Counselors
Occupational Therapists
Social Workers
Nurse Practitioners
Physical Therapists
Physicians
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Psychotherapists
And more
Works well with
Somatic Experiencing®
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Play Therapy
Body Work
Sensory Integration
Behavioral Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Neurofeedback
Biofeedback
Brainspotting
And more
Enhances treatment for
Trauma/PTSD
Anxiety
Depression
Eating Disorders
Autism
Sensory Processing Differences
Addictions
ADHD/ADD
And more
Backed by Clinical Trials and Real World Evidence
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.
Our team of experts will help you integrate nervous system solutions into your organization, providing training, mentorship and support every step of the way.
In addition to on-demand and live staff training with ongoing clinical mentorship, we provide support for grant submissions or funding requests, evidence briefs, case studies, and outcomes measurement solutions.
We’ll work with you to understand your unique needs and clinical and operational challenges, and develop a customized plan that meets your goals and budget.
We offer flexible plans with graded support, and will come alongside you to design and implement the right solution for your organization.
Hear what our providers have to say
Watch as Deirdre Stewart, Vice President of Trauma Resolution Services, shares her experience with the SSP at Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, a leading national provider in Wickenburg, Arizona.
The SSP guides the nervous system to a place of safety, resulting in:
Better emotional regulation
“My client is significantly more at ease and they are able to connect without getting overwhelmed.”
More engagement in therapy
“My client seems to be much more present and they haven’t skipped a session in months!”
Improved therapeutic outcomes
“My client has improved leaps and bounds. They are connecting in a way I’ve never seen before.”
“[The SSP] has allowed me to work with clients, children and adults, through a very short period of time and achieve results that normally would take me six months or more in a regular therapeutic process.”
— Ana do Valle, OTR, SEP
How we work with organizations
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.
Trusted by professionals worldwide
2,500+
certified SSP providers in more than 70 countries
100K
kids and adults helped
36
modalities practiced in tandem with the SSP, including EMDR, SE™, IFS and more
Are you ready to revolutionize your services with the power of the Safe and Sound Protocol? Schedule a consultation with our organization solutions experts today.
“Medical and scientific research suggests that music and sound are some of the most effective instruments that can be used to facilitate patient recovery from surgery, trauma, and disease. … Music prompts neuroplasticity.” (Fauble, 2017)
Build Connections and Lasting Change with the Safe and Sound Protocol.
If clients aren’t progressing, or struggle to complete treatment, it may be because their nervous system is in a state of chronic defense.
The SSP interrupts and redirects this feedback loop, empowering your clinicians to serve their clients more effectively and efficiently.
For treatment centers, the SSP can serve as an integrative intervention that complements cognitive therapies and provides a respite from more intensive therapies.
How? Through algorithmically filtered music that is shown to regulate the nervous system.
For a summary overview to review or share with your colleagues, download THE SCIENCE OF SAFETY: The Foundation of the Safe and Sound Protocol.
Empower Your Clinicians To Help As Many People As Possible,
As Efficiently As Possible.
Easily customizable to each client and their needs; use individually or co-regulate as a group.
On-demand, expert training from Dr. Stephen Porges, live clinical mentoring and advanced support.
Easy to functionally integrate with the Unyte-iLs mobile app and MyUnyte platform.
How Is The SSP Delivered?
The client experiences the SSP through over-the-ear headphones in clinic or remotely, conveniently connected to the Unyte-iLs app. The clinician manages client access and monitors listening on the MyUnyte Platform.
Many clinicians have noted results after one session, and after full program completion the ability to better regulate and connect as a result of physiologically retuning their nervous system toward safety.
Provider performs evaluation of client readiness to experience the SSP therapy.
Filtered music is delivered via headphones connected to a mobile device playing one of the SSP playlists.
Client listens while the provider observes, titrating in 15-50 minute increments based on response.
Client experiences 5 total hours in a series of sessions based on clinician’s therapeutic plan.
The Unyte-iLs App
Digital delivery of the Safe and Sound Protocol
The Unyte-iLs app allows you to easily deliver the SSP in clinic or remotely, enabling clients to access assigned programs and easily manage their listening directly from their Android or iOS phone or tablet.
MyUnyte Platform
Manage Clients & Programs Online
Easily set up each individual client’s program, manage, track and report on listening sessions, administer intake forms and assessments, and access a vast library of resources and training all from a central ‘hub.’
Testimonials
The SSP has Shown To Guide The Nervous System Into A Felt Sense Of Safety, Enhancing Outcomes.
“I would absolutely recommend the Safe and Sound Protocol to any clinician or anyone in the helping profession. There are few modalities out there that intervene at the brainstem level and can impact and support physiological shifts, and it is an incredibly efficient and effective way to move someone to a place where they’re able to receive connection and be in the here and now. …We have to do SSP with all [our] patients. It has to be done because it feels unethical not to do so.”
Deidre Stewart, LPC, SEP, BCN
Vice President of Trauma Resolution Services
The Meadows Behavioral Health
“Clients become more available and calm with increased capacity to participate in their therapeutic program. They become more adaptable and able to manage discomfort that is related to urges, compulsions and a feeling of urgency. Transitions become easier.
The client becomes more present, relational and able to work with traumatic content, without flooding or needing to defer to old patterns or maladaptive behaviors.”
Ana do Valle, OTR, SEP
Clinical Director and Founder
The Soma Healing Center
Research
The SSP has Shown To Guide The Nervous System Into A Felt Sense Of Safety, Resulting In:
Greater Emotional Regulation
“My client is significantly more at ease and they are able to connect without getting overwhelmed.”
Increased Engagement and Devotion in Therapy
“My client seems to be much more present and they haven’t skipped a session in months!”
Improved therapeutic outcomes
“My client has improved leaps and bounds. They are connecting in a way I’ve never seen before.”
Efficacy of the SSP: The SSP is supported by a strong and growing base of clinical evidence.
Clinical Trials: Two sequential randomized controlled trials showed significant improvement sin autonomic nervous system regulation, including:
Porges, et al (2014). Reducing auditory hypersensitivities in autistic spectrum disorder: preliminary findings evaluation the listening project protocol (SSP). Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2(30), 1-10. http://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2014.00080
Research in Development
Jacek Kolacz, PhD, with Spenser Psychology
Adults with trauma in an outpatient, mental health setting
Dr. Katja Kovacic, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Adolescents with Ehler Danlos Syndrome: GI, joint pain, incontinence
Steve Toll, ComForCare
Older adults with Parkinson’s Disease: facial affect, vocal prosody
Jacek Kolacz, PhD, and Les Aria, PhD
Adults with chronic back pain
Dr. Gunter Frank, Olympic Center in Heidelberg, Germany
Olympic athletes, measuring cortisol, HRV and muscle tension
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