Feel better, think better, connect better
The Safe and Sound Protocol by Unyte-iLs is an evidence-based intensive listening programme used as a gateway therapy for those with trauma, anxiety and social communication difficulties that has been developed as a result of over four decades of peer-reviewed research, based on Dr Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory.
The Safe and Sound Protocol is not so much of a "protocol" as a process, which looks different for each individual.
Music is played through over-ear headphones, which has been specially filtered in order to gradually expose the auditory system to different sound frequencies, training auditory pathways to focus on the frequency envelope of the human voice. It works by stimulating the facial and vagus nerves via the middle ear, which helps the autonomic nervous system to regulate, improving concentration and social engagement.
Prospective clients often ask why the Safe and Sound Protocol is so different from other auditory integration programmes.
In a nutshell, the Safe and Sound Protocol is the only auditory intervention that directly retunes and regulates autonomic state, moving a person out of fight/flight/freeze and into a rest and digest/parasympathetic state.