Blog #ssp

In this podcast interview, I share how I work as a therapist using Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, SSP, RRP, and intuition to support deep, lasting change. We explore nervous system healing, provider alignment, polyvagal-informed therapy, and even using SSP with pets.

Discover how the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) can support autistic individuals of all ages—not by changing who they are, but by helping them feel safer, more regulated, and more connected. This article explores how SSP can gently reduce sensory overwhelm, improve communication, and foster a powerful positive feedback loop of safety and connection. It also highlights how the Rest & Restore Protocol (RRP) can further support grounding, sleep, and digestion.

Watch the recording of "How Anxiety Manifests in the Nervous System". Unyte Health welcomed Carol Ann Brayley, neurodivergent clinical social worker, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and expert Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) provider to this Provider Spotlight webinar. This session highlighted her clinical use of the SSP within the context of anxiety, the nervous system and physical health. Exploring the evolutionary basis of anxiety and what happens to our nervous system when we’re anxious, this webinar shared considerations for approaching SSP delivery with anxious clients and how their nervous system may respond. We discussed how the SSP can lessen anxiety by cultivating an internal state of safety and social engagement and discussed practical success stories. You can expect to learn: What the purpose of anxiety is and how it can manifest in the body and nervous system. Strategies for grounding anxious clients. Effective SSP titration for maximized therapeutic impact. How adding the SSP can add to your practice.

By sending cues of safety To our physiology, Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) has the potential to improve or resolve extremely diverse physical and mental health related symptoms with no diagnostic process being necessary.

A brief explanation of how Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) helps achieve better nervous system regulation.

An overview of the importance of SSP being titrated to the specific nervous system of the individual, and how I arrived to the discovery of Microdosing SSP.

The feedback received in relation to Elevate Your SSP Practice to the Next Level - Online Two Day Advanced Training for SSP Providers was overwhelmingly positive.

SSP Providers: Learn how to successfully titrate SSP delivery while using innovative "hacks" with SSP, so that even your most sensitive clients can enjoy gentle and highly effective Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) processes.

Read the long list of areas that can potentially improve with SSP

Read how Amy, a 5 month old puppy with anxious aggressive barking and sound sensitivity, is responding to her first round of SSP.

My own journey, so far over the course of three rounds of SSP

Jasper - a 5 year old rescue dog - and his response to the Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP), a 5 hour auditory intervention