"Practicing self-care is often confused with being selfish. If we look through the lens of the nervous system, self-care is based in ventral vagal safety and connection, while being selfish emerges from a survival state."
- Deb Dana, Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
Reclaim Balance Through the Safe and Sound Protocol
Our nervous systems are the control centers of our emotional, social, and physical well-being. When disrupted by trauma, neurodivergence, or chronic stress, this intricate system can struggle to maintain balance, leaving us stuck in survival modes of fight, flight, or freeze. Nervous System Reset is your pathway to restoring regulation, resilience, and connection using evidence-based practices rooted in polyvagal theory.
What Is the Nervous System Reset?
The Nervous System Reset is an innovative therapeutic approach that leverages the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), a specialized auditory intervention grounded in Dr. Stephen Porges’ polyvagal theory. This groundbreaking framework explains how the vagus nerve—a vital player in our nervous system—coordinates our emotional states and responses to safety or threat. The Safe and Sound Protocol works by gently stimulating the vagus nerve to unlock the social engagement system, helping you feel safe, calm, and connected again.
Through soothing, specially designed music, SSP supports nervous system regulation and primes the brain for deeper healing and interpersonal connection. This carefully crafted auditory experience can shift your system out of survival mode, fostering better emotional resilience, communication, and the ability to engage with the world.
How Does It Help with Neurodivergence, Trauma, or other struggles?
Sensory Regulation: SSP enhances tolerance to sensory stimuli, creating a calming foundation for sensory integration.
Improved Social Connection: The protocol strengthens the ability to process social cues and engage in interpersonal relationships by activating the social engagement system, opening pathways for connection and trust.
Reduced Anxiety: Many neurodivergent individuals experience heightened anxiety. SSP helps recalibrate the nervous system to a state of safety, reducing symptoms of tension and worry.
Rebuilding Resilience: It enables individuals to move out of the defensive states of fight, flight, or freeze, promoting emotional balance.
Empowering Self-Regulation: By fostering nervous system regulation, individuals regain control over their emotional responses and discover a renewed sense of self-agency.
Why Choose Nervous System Reset?
Whether you’re navigating neurodivergence, healing from trauma, or simply seeking greater emotional balance, Nervous System Reset is tailored to empower your journey. Using cutting-edge insights from polyvagal theory and the transformative effects of SSP, this approach helps you unlock the full potential of your nervous system in a safe and supportive way.
Three Delivery Modes
Ongoing clients – Listening session structured into session and accessible at home, according to our agreed upon treatment plan. Nominal app fee alongside ongoing session fees as needed (deductible by insurance). Minimum of four sessions needed to dedicate to the protocol.
Single Issue Clients (e.g. ASD, anxiety, ADHD) – One hour assessment, one hour psychoeducation, five hours of listening treatment with two hours with me alongside to monitor and balance your nervous system, and a 30 minute closing session to ensure completion of the nervous system reset. Follow-up through the app and email as required. A significant portion is deductible to insurance.
Complex Issue Clients (e.g. trauma and other struggles) – One hour assessment, one hour psychoeducation, five hours of treatment with the entire protocol attended by me to monitor your nervous system and adjust the protocol as we go, and a 30 minute closing session as well as continuous email communication and several week follow-up through the app and email. A significant portion is deductive to insurance.
Take your first step toward balance, healing, and connection today.
