SSP Targets the Nervous System
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is a specially filtered music program that helps us reach the parts of the brain that need regulating for improved functions and behaviors.
The SSP music is designed to shift the nervous system into a calmer state, by influencing the Vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve in our body. Improving Vagal tone allows us to feel safe and regulated, which allows for greater social engagement, flexible thinking and improves our ability to listen, to learn, and try new things, instead of having an automatic defensive or fearful response.
By listening to the SSP music, with specific frequencies of sounds and volume changes, we can teach the nervous system, via the middle ear muscles, to filter out background noise and more clearly hear people speaking.
The following are some challenges that the SSP is indicated for:
Anxiety
Trauma
Dysregulation
Auditory hypersensitivity
Inattention
Difficulties with Social Communication
The SSP involves listening to specially filtered music through headphones alongside a provider, in-person or remotely.
To see a short and informative video about the Safe and Sound Protocol, click here.
Here is a link for the SSP client facing web page designed for clients to learn more about the SSP and the importance of regulation
**This is an additional intervention that is used along side a provider or remotely. This intervention can be offered to clients who are in therapy with Liz or another provider.