The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is an evidenced-based listening therapy designed to reduce sound-based sensitivities and improve auditory processing, behavioral state regulation, and social engagement behaviors through filtered music.  

As a practical application of Polyvagal Theory, the SSP acts as a non-invasive, acoustic vagal nerve stimulator, helping us retune the nervous system to better support connection, collaboration, and resilience. SSP helps to shift the nervous system out of a chronic state of defense and into a state of social engagement.  

The SSP exercises the neural pathways associated with regulating behavioral state and social engagement. These are aspects of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). Just as the brain is plastic and can change based on experience, the ANS is also plastic and can change with experience.

Suitable for adults and children, the SSP has demonstrated benefits for individuals with trauma, anxiety, emotional and behavioral regulation, sensory processing differences, and more.