Safe Sound Connected
Remote Safe and Sound Protocol™ (SSP) and Rest and Restore Protocol™ (RRP) Therapy Online in the UK
with Michelle Doubtfire MBACP
Welcome to Safe Sound Connected providing online delivery of the Safe and Sound Protocol for clients across the UK, helping to regulate the nervous system and relieve chronic stress from the comfort of home.
Imagine waking up to a genuine sense of calm, where daily stressors no longer trigger an overwhelming wave of anxiety or burnout. Being able to process past hurts and feel safe doing so and building deeper, more meaningful connections with the people around you. How would it be to give your body a chance to heal and to rest? To let it do its thing, whilst your mind could relax too?
Welcome from Michelle MBACP
Psychotherapist, Trauma Therapist and Certified SSP and RRP Provider
I am Michelle Doubtfire, a registered trauma therapist providing remote nervous system regulation for adult clients navigating trauma, stress, C-PTSD, chronic illness and anxiety across the UK and Worldwide.
My practice integrates the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) and Rest and Restore Protocol (RRP) to help you shift your body out of chronic survival states and back into safety.
These research-backed auditory therapies gently retune the nervous system, helping to safely regulate your physiology and reduce the impact of trauma, chronic illness, and pain.
I am a Qualified and Certified SSP Provider and RRP Provider, Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Trauma Therapist.
Certified and Qualified SSP/ RRP Provider and Trauma Therapist
Registered Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Professional Member of the Complex Trauma Institute
Registered Member of a Professional Standards Authority Accredited Register
A complete, integrated approach to the Safe and Sound Protocol
As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I offer a uniquely transformative approach to nervous system regulation.
I am able to offer you that essential qualified therapeutic support alongside your protocols, providing a safe, cohesive space for your entire healing journey.
You can be coached through the protocols or have therapy as an additional support.Your well-being is my absolute priority.
To ensure you receive the highest standard of care, my practice is supported by continuous professional guidance. I receive regular clinical supervision from a senior accredited therapist and SSP practitioner, and I work closely with the expert support team at Unyte in the USA.
True progress begins with a regulated nervous system
If you struggle with anxiety, complex trauma, or chronic conditions like pain, fatigue or Long Covid and ME/CFS, your nervous system may be locked in a continuous fight-or-flight loop.
Our nervous system shapes how we navigate the world, process information, connect with others, and respond to therapy. When stress, trauma, pain, or neurodevelopmental challenges push the body into survival modes—like fight, flight, or freeze—even the best therapeutic techniques fail to stick. Healing and growth can only land when the body first feels safe.
By utilising the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), we gently stimulate the auricular branch of the vagus nerve using specialised acoustic training.
As an experienced online practitioner, I deliver the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) through a fully supported, onine remote framework. I provide somatic co-regulation and tailored clinical guidance which are informed by my years of training to ensure you process the protocol safely and at your own pace.
Proven to support real change for clients
Listening therapies deliver measurable, evidence-based results across diverse settings.
87% of clients who completed the SSP reported an improvement in trauma-related symptoms
81% of clients who completed the SSP reported an improvement in symptoms of depression
76% of clients who completed the RRP reported an improvement in symptoms of insomnia
93% of clients who completed the RRP reported an improvement in symptoms of anxiety
76% In a study of 29 children with ASD, 76% showed normal auditory processing after ILS
What is the Safe and Sound Protocol?
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is a powerful evidence-based listening therapy designed to help regulate the nervous system, so you can better connect with yourself, others and the world around you. SSP involves listening to specially filtered music through headphones alongside a provider, in-person or remotely to re-tune the nervous system to better support connection, collaboration and resilience.
The SSP stimulates the vagus nerve affecting the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) allowing for the repatterning of neural networks and improved regulation. As a result it promotes a deeper sense of calm and connection; enhancing mental and physical wellbeing.
The SSP has demonstrated clinical benefits for individuals with a trauma history, anxiety, sensory processing differences, Parkison's disease, Long Covid, CFS/ME, stroke and neuro-developmental differences, such as autism, hyperactivity and attention.
Who can benefit from SSP or RRP?
Since qualifying in SSP, I have seen its profound effect on people's ability to improve their mental health and heal nervous system dysregulation.
SSP has demonstrated many proven clinical outcomes for adults and children:
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with anxiety, depression, OCD, chronic stress;
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suffering from PTSD, CPTSD and trauma from accidents, illnesses, disasters, assault, combat, medical and birth interventions;
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who have suffered sexual, emotional or physical abuse in childhood or as adults;
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with social or sensory difficulties;
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with neuro-developmental differences, such as autism, hyperactivity and attention.
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with chronic conditions such as Long Covid, dysautonomia, CFS/ME, Chronic Pain or TMS Syndrome;
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with neurological disorders such as Parkinson's Disease or Stroke;
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with Lymes disease or mould exposure
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with social and communication difficulties.
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