49: Healing Beyond the Surface: Supporting Complex Nervous Systems with SSP and RRP With Carol Ann Brayley

What if healing didn’t have to be slow and painful? What if frequencies, sound, and the right modalities could gently transform even the deepest wounds?

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Carol Ann Brayley, a seasoned clinical social worker and somatic experiencing practitioner based in Ontario, Canada, who brings over 30 years of trauma-informed psychotherapy to the conversation. Her story is not just clinical—it’s deeply personal.

Carol Ann opens up about her own harrowing experience with trauma and how traditional talk therapy left her more destabilized than healed. She shares how her search for effective, body-based modalities led her to Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, neurofeedback, and most recently the Safe and Sound Protocol—a revolutionary approach developed by Dr. Stephen Porges using specially filtered music to engage the vagus nerve and support nervous system regulation.

She calls it a “ripple effect through the body,” and the results she’s witnessed in clients are nothing short of transformational.

Join us as we explore:

• Why talk therapy alone isn’t always enough for complex trauma
• How frequencies and the middle ear can shift the entire nervous system
• What it means to find healing without re-traumatization

If you've ever felt stuck in your healing journey—or work with clients who are—this episode is a deep well of insight, hope, and innovation.

Carol Ann Brayley is a trauma therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She is internationally recognized for her expertise with the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), her role in the pilot study for the Rest & Restore Protocol (RRP) with Dr. Stephen Porges and Anthony Gorry, and her development of techniques such as SSP microdosing and the SSP “Mini Reset.” Carol Ann integrates Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, parts work, and intuitive insight to support the most sensitive and complex nervous systems - and to help other SSP and RRP providers do the same. Her approach is heart-centered, deeply informed, with a passion for obtaining profound real-world results.

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