Therapy Chat · Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

484: The Role Of The Practitioner In SSP Delivery with Paula Scatoloni

May 26, 2025·47 min·4 clips
Paula reveals how SSP transforms from a simple sound technology into a profound trauma therapy modality.
Laura Reagan interviews Paula Scatoloni about the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), exploring its evolution from a tool for autism to a trauma therapy modality. They discuss the importance of therapist presence, somatic integration, and personal transformation through SSP, with Paula sharing insights from her chapter in the new book 'Safe and Sound'.

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SSP is framed as a relational practice whose effect depends on co-regulation and provider presence.

This episode treats SSP as a relational practice, not a solo technique. The provider's presence is part of the work here, and that is where the discussion keeps its focus: on co-regulation, attachment, and neuroception, and on how a group setting can change what people notice in…

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Hear why SSP changes when another nervous system stays present.

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