For children and adults • In-clinic and at-home options
Listening with guidance
Stress, sensitivity to sound, and difficulty feeling settled or connected can affect everyday life. SSP offers a listening-based approach that may be incorporated into your care.
This protocol is intended for children or adults affected by trauma or disorders including autism, who experience difficulties with social engagement, auditory processing, hyper-arousal, and emotional regulation. The SSP was designed to reduce defensiveness and accelerate the therapeutic process. It can be used at home or in the clinic by anyone who could use calming of the parasympathetic system.
At Portland Neurofeedback, getting started includes an intake with a certified SSP practitioner. Together, you can discuss your needs, ask questions, and explore whether SSP is appropriate for you.
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Connect with us
Talk with our team about your needs, explore your options, and see whether SSP may be a good fit.
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Complete your intake
Meet with our certified SSP practitioner to discuss your background, ask your questions, and plan next steps.
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Begin supported listening
Receive guidance on accessing the program and getting started with your listening experience.
Mario, five, presents with autism and experienced difficulty engaging with and trusting others, and participating in daily routines and tasks. But since using the SSP (with an attention to building safe relationships and fulfilling sensory needs), Mario has been able to achieve almost all of his current OT goals for the year!
TC, 40, is a Paralympian athlete but struggles to focus and return to a normal performance level when facing challenges. After the SSP, she has since become more emotionally regulated, with depressive symptoms increasing and her capacity to participate more fully, which helped with performance anxiety, lack of focus and bounce-back.
Evelyn, 29, was engaging in therapy to address past traumas, attachment injuries and nervous system dysregulation. After the SSP, she feels less immobilization and stays in ventral vagal more often, accessing her adaptive coping strategies more easily and having clearer thoughts.
"We have tried so many other things with minimal help. We just never got to the core of the issue. The SSP got to the core".
"I saw a difference in my son after the second hour of what we called "listening work", although it was no work at all! He began communicating in complete sentences and with clear ideas instead of fussing. We also noticed right away that he was managing overstimulating environments in a way we had never seen before. Even months later we continue to see the progress he has made. We cannot believe the difference we have seen, and he LOVES to do his "listening work" We are so grateful."
" Our daughter was diagnosed with a damaged Vagas nerve, she vomited every day for over a month. After five days with the Safe and Sound, she stopped vomiting. We love these guys...and the SSP.
"This program helped my son with sleep, self-calming (getting over things faster), sitting still during activities where he is not directly engaged, expressive language, and being increasingly "tuned in" to conversations around him. Thank you!"
"There seems to be a better sense of control about my emotions and a sense of balance and calm. It has been extremely rewarding to be more deliberate and aware of my reactions. This change has improved the communication and conflict resolution in some of my most important relationships".