Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
Music Therapy
The SSP is suitable for adults and children and can be done remotely in the peace and quiet of your own home.
What is Safe and Sound Protocol or SSP?
Personally, I consider the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) to be a revolutionary advancement in the field of therapeutic approaches. Its simplicity makes it especially appealing for children (adults as well), as it simply involves listening to music. Even today, I remain amazed by the results I observe.
Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges and based on Polyvagal Theory, the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is a program designed to help people feel safer in their bodies and, as a result, improve cognitive, emotional, and social functioning.
It works by gently supporting the nervous system and helping it shift toward a calmer and safer state through the influence of the vagus nerve. From this state of safety, the brain becomes more available for social connection, flexible thinking, listening, learning, and exploring new experiences, instead of automatically reacting with fear or defensive responses.
The SSP can also support auditory processing and language. The program uses specific sound frequencies that stimulate the auditory pathways, as well as subtle changes in the music’s volume that influence the middle ear muscles.
The SSP also supports the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the “rest and digest” state. This state is essential for health, growth, and the restoration of both the body and the brain.
The SSP can be thought of as a neural exercise, or an opening for the nervous system. By first helping the body move toward greater regulation, it often allows other therapeutic approaches that follow to become more effective, deeper, and more transformative.
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How can SSP potentially help you
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Reduces stress and anxiety by regulating the nervous system.
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Improves symptoms of autism.
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Improves emotional health.
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Improves concentration and attention.
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Improves quality of sleep.
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Improves listening and communication skills, especially for people with language and communication problems.
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Helps stabilize mood swings and reduce emotional outbursts.
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Improves self-regulation, enabling you to cope better with stressful situations.
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By making you feel safe again and better able to handle dysregulation and stressful situations, SSP helps boost self-esteem and self-confidence.
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Improves social interaction and more active participation in class.
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Greater awareness of body sensations and internal signals.
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Improved dexterity.
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Improved language skills.
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Easier transitions.
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More eye contact.
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Improved organization.
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Reduced phobias and fears.
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Improved physical conditions such as
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Improved digestion
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Better bladder control
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Regulation of hormones
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How does SSP work?
You listen to filtered and processed music for a total of 5 hours lasting from several days to several month (or over a year), according to a personalized listening program. The listening time is very individual and depends on many factors
You can listen to the Safe and Sound Protocol comfortably at home via the Unyte app with my remote guidance.
You get 12 months of access to the app and if you want to continue longer it is possible with a small supplement.
Any questions? Feel free to contact me for a free discovery call or send your questions by email to admin@mariabachiri.com.
Why Work With Me
If you or your child’s background includes trauma, chronic health issues, neurodivergence or having other special needs, you will benefit from choosing me to be your provider.
I myself am a highly sensitive neurodivergent person and I have a history of ongoing anxiety and depression that lead me at 17 years old to a sever mental breakdown and hospitalized in psychiatry. That experience deeply impacted me. Doctors told me I would never be fully recovered and would lose 20% of my brain capacity. They also predicted I had a much higher risk of life long schizophrenia.
I have the privilege of coming down from a lineage of very strong willed women and I was determined, even obsessed to not let those statistics be true. I have ever since been passioned and obsessed in my never ending trainings to bring support and relief in helping families and individuals who have tried and done everything.
Imagine the relief of dealing with a provider who quickly and intuitively “gets” what is happening. My highly sensitive nature has brought me a lot of suffering but now I see it more of an asset in my work with families. I would not be more passionate about my work.
I truly believe that there are many different types of wonderful brains and that neurodivergence doesn’t mean less or defective in any way.
I do not see SSP as a way to “cure” neurodivergence or push someone to conformity. Instead SSP is offered as a unique approach that may help virtually anyone feel safer in the world and more confident in fully embracing all of who they are, without feeling "less than".
If some aspect of doing SSP is challenging, we will work together to figure out a creative approche that would work for you and/or your child.
As your provider, you will be guided by someone who is highly intuitive and can sense and help in the earliest stages of dysregulation. I will never wait until something dramatic occurs.
My numerous trainings (including somatic experiencing) in mind and body connection and healing has given me the tools to « read » the body and notice very subtle cues in behaviors or symptoms that can arise after the listening so that I can quickly assess if and when the listening is too much and readjust accordingly.
Individuel SSP
250 €
INCLUDED:
- DISCOUNT to work with another family member at an additional €150 per person.
12 months SSP access and follow-up to finish a single SSP CORE cycle.
- Price of an additional one-year SSP CORE at at a reduced rate.
- 1 session prior to starting the SSP, either remotely or in person.
- Check in email 2 times a week, Monday and Friday.
- Whatsapp communication for urgent questions only.
- Additional sessions of 60 min at 50€ or 30 min at 30 €.
Parental Group Support
INCLUDED:
- SSP Individual (see right-hand column)
PLUS
- Private community of parents for 1 year, renewable at a sliding-scale price.
- Meeting once a week on zoom for the first month, then once a month for the remaining 11 months. Question-and-answer meeting, a bit of theory sometimes, co-regulation exercises with tools such as somatic experience, meditation and experience sharing.
- Parents' forum where I'll also be there to answer your questions.