NERVOUS SYSTEM THERAPY: SAFE & SOUND PROTOCOL AND FELT SENSE OF SAFETY

By offering child-led play that reflects their special interests and all forms of play, we are able to create sensational connection and establish a felt sense of safety in co-regulation through play, which is a hybrid autonomic state.

As a Safe & Sound Provider with proficiency in Focusing (a somatic modality), we have integrated the embodied listening in co-regulation with The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model, resulting in both a top-down AND bottom-up approach to therapy. The inner ear serves as a portal to retune the autonomic nervous system in the space between the felt sense of safety and co-regulation. Within the session, Jacqui offers a safe container to teach sensory, somatic, and social-emotional regulation strategies through Polyvagal Play and creative stimulation. 

Provided virtually or in-person in her therapy space named, ‘The Sound of Safety: In The Space Between Co-Regulation,” located in Miami Lakes, FL.

A total of 10 to 12 sessions approximated for listening to the full 5 hours of SSP music. Step Up FES-UA Scholarship funds are accepted.

After completing the 5 hours of SSP music, families have opted to either continue with Somatic Communication Therapy or with another 5 hours of listening to Rest & Restore Protocol, a new offering by Unyte-Integrative Listening.

Regulate the nervous system. Create sensational connection. Access communication.

Somatic Communication Therapy is a nervous system-informed approach to supporting children in their communication and self-expression. Rooted in the neurodiversity paradigm, this therapy model understands that communication cannot be separated from the body—it emerges through co-regulation, safety, and connection.

Rather than focusing on “fixing” communication challenges through a pathology-based lens, we focus on creating a felt sense of safety where communication can naturally be accessed through our ventral vagal pathway / social engagement system, while supporting the child’s nervous system regulation.

By bringing awareness to their sensory & somatic profiles, we are emphasizing their interoception and neuroception through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, and their needs for effective self-advocacy and self-esteem building in each autonomic state: ventral, sympathetic, or dorsal.

Somatic Communication Therapy is not about “getting the words out”—it’s about helping a child feel safe enough in their body to express themselves fully, in whatever form that takes. Through this integrated, body-based approach, we support each child’s journey toward communication, connection, and confidence through embodied co-regulation.

Jacqui is on the registry of Meaningful Speech for the Natural Language Acquisition Framework.

A holistic, Polyvagal-informed Neurodiversity-Affirming approach to understanding your child.

The Somatic Communication Evaluation is a comprehensive, child-centered assessment designed to support children through the lens of the neurodiversity paradigm—one that celebrates their unique brain-body connection, rather than seeking to "fix" or pathologize differences. This evaluation moves away from the traditional medical model and instead offers a whole-child lens that honors sensory, somatic, social emotional/behaviors, learning, and communication profiles. This unconventional approach is integral to understanding each child’s strengths and needs given recommended accommodations based on their unique neurobiology to foster communication, regulation, and self-advocacy—in both home and school environments.

This in-depth evaluation includes:

1) Comprehensive Speech & Language Evaluation / Communication Profile

2) Sensory Profile

3) Somatic Profile

4) Learning Profile

5) Social Emotional/Behaviors Profile

6) Individualized Recommendations & Accommodations or an “Individualized Emotional Regulation Plan (IERP)”

Through this integrative evaluation, we are then able to co-create environments where they are not only supported—but truly seen, heard, understood, validated, and empowered.

SENSATIONAL BEINGS CLUB: YIN & YANG RETUNED (MIND & BODY HARMONY)

Sensational Beings Club is a 12 week labyrinth for unmasking your authentic self, for returning to your body. It is an intimate journey of embodied nervous system healing in co-regulation. It is a safe space where sensational beings can just BE, retuning your Yin & Yang with the Safe & Sound Protocol Listening and Felt Sense Polyvagal Model. From harm to harmony…where dissonance ends and resonance begins.

Our live sessions will be held weekly in 12 consecutive weeks for 90 minutes, virtually. These 90 minutes will primarily consist of top down and bottom up applications of Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (20 minute Focusing practice), then listening to Safe & Sound Protocol (30 minutes of listening with breaks in between), followed by space for embodied dialogue re: powerpoint material and Q&A.

A maximum of only 6 sensational beings for fostering safety, deep conversations, and embodied co-regulation. Begins June 11th from 12:00 to 1:30 pm EST.

Click the link below and find two payment options, one time payment or 3 month commitment of payment.

SENSATIONAL LITTLE BEINGS CLUB: SENSORY, SOMATIC, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL REGULATION THROUGH POLYVAGAL PLAY & FELT SENSE OF SAFETY.

Sensational Little Beings Club is an extension of the 1-on-1 Nervous System Therapy sessions offered in Jacqui’s private therapy space, The Sound of Safety. The difference is that the Safe & Sound Protocol will not be listened to during this program. In addition, it will be offered in a group setting, where we are truly able to stimulate our social engagement system in co-regulation. As we learn about neuroscience and strategies to regulate our nervous system in a fun, playful way, we will be bringing awareness to our felt sense of safety. 

The language of the nervous system will become our primary language as we begin to notice our bodily sensations and emotions. We will be adding new words to their emotional vocabulary that will allow them to communicate their inner feelings confidently and safely.

Jacqui provides this program at Happy Place in Palm Springs North, 1x/week for 6 weeks for 30 to 45 minute sessions (depending on age) on Mondays from June 16th to July 21st. Maximum of 5 children per group.

SENSATIONAL TEEN BEINGS CLUB: YIN & YANG RETUNED (UNMASKING YOUR AUTHENTIC ESSENCE OF BEING)

Sensational Teen Beings Club is a modified version of Sensational Beings Club. It is a 10 week labyrinth for unmasking your authentic essence of being. It is an intimate journey of embodied nervous system healing in co-regulation. It is a safe space where sensational beings can just BE, retuning your Yin & Yang with the Safe & Sound Protocol Listening and Felt Sense Polyvagal Model. From harm to harmony…where dissonance ends and resonance begins.

Our live sessions will be held weekly in 10 consecutive weeks for 90 minutes, virtually. These 90 minutes will primarily consist of top down and bottom up applications of Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (20 minute Focusing practice), then listening to Safe & Sound Protocol (30 minutes of listening with breaks in between), followed by space for embodied dialogue re: powerpoint material and Q&A.

A maximum of only 6 sensational beings for fostering safety, deep conversations, and embodied co-regulation. Begins in June 11th from 2:00 to 3:30 pm EST.

Click the link below and find two payment options, one time payment or 3 month commitment of payment.