For Clinicians

Integrate structured listening into your practice.

LTS Method was developed alongside therapists, counselors, and meditation teachers — not in isolation. Here is how practitioners in our network currently use it, and how you can get started.

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How practitioners use LTS Method

Clinics can use LTS Method in person during sessions, or through the clinic platform app when they want invitation workflows, session assignment, structured playback, response capture, and reporting in one place.

Session integration: Most practitioners use a 15–20 minute LTS session as a bookend — either opening or closing a therapy session, or as a transitional tool between modalities. The audio runs through headphones while the client is seated or reclined.

Guided breathwork: The Guided Pacing program provides temporal cues that practitioners align with breathing instructions, removing the need for manual timing or metronome tools.

Client self-use: Some practitioners assign LTS sessions as between-appointment support, particularly the Sleep Preparation and Stress Regulation programs, with guidance on environment, volume, and headphone selection.

Group settings: Meditation teachers have used the audio in small group environments with individual headphone setups, noting that the spatial cueing creates a consistent perceptual experience across participants.

What a typical session looks like

Orientation (1–3 minutes): Client settles into a quiet environment with headphones. Practitioner sets intention and context for the session.
Listening (15–45 minutes depending on program): Client listens with eyes closed or softly focused. Practitioner may guide breathwork alongside temporal markers or allow unstructured listening.
Integration (2–5 minutes): Audio ends. Practitioner invites brief reflection on what the client noticed — attention shifts, physical settling, emotional tone — without leading toward a specific response.

There is no correct experience. The integration conversation is where clinical value is shaped.

Selecting a program

Match the program to the client's immediate need and session context, not to a diagnosis. If uncertain, Stress Regulation is the most broadly applicable starting point.

Program	Duration	Best suited for	Evidence level
Stress Regulation	15–20 min	Decompression, session transitions, acute settling	Supported in related human research
Sleep Preparation	30–45 min	Pre-sleep wind-down, evening routines	Supported for subjective benefit
Meditation Support	20–30 min	Reflective practice, emotional downshifting	Promising
Guided Pacing	15–20 min	Breathwork, movement timing, behavioral sequencing	Promising
Attention & Focus	Variable	Task-based concentration (under formal study design)	Exploratory

Observation framework

We provide a lightweight observation template for practitioners who want to track client responses. This is not a research instrument — it is a practical tool for your session notes.

What to note before a session

Client starting state (self-reported arousal, mood, or tension)
Intended use (decompression, sleep prep, breathwork support, etc.)
Listening environment (office, home, group setting)
Headphone type and volume comfort

What to note after a session

Client-reported experience (what they noticed, not what you expect)
Perceived change in state (calm, focus, restedness, neutral, no change)
Any discomfort, agitation, or preference to stop early
Whether the client would use the session again

What to track over time

Repeat usefulness and adherence
Changes in client engagement or willingness
Whether specific programs are better suited to specific clients
Any patterns across client types or presenting concerns

These observations also feed into our aggregate outcome reporting as we build toward formal clinical trials. Practitioner input — including null or negative observations — is valuable.

Introducing LTS Method to clients

Suggested language you can adapt

"I'd like to try a structured listening session with you today. You'll wear headphones and listen to an audio track designed to support [calming / focused breathing / winding down]. It's not music in the traditional sense — it uses specific sound patterns that research suggests can help with [settling attention / reducing perceived stress / preparing for rest]. There's no right or wrong experience. Afterward I'll ask you what you noticed."

What to avoid telling clients

Do not promise specific physiological outcomes (for example, “this will lower your cortisol”).
Do not frame it as a treatment for a diagnosed condition.
Do not imply it replaces any current medication or therapy.
Do present it as one tool among many, used at your clinical discretion.

Headphone guidance

Headphone delivery is central to how LTS Method works. Spatial cueing and phase relationships require stereo separation that speakers cannot provide.

Acceptable

In-ear monitors or quality earbuds with good seal.

Not recommended

Open-back headphones in noisy environments
Laptop or phone speakers
Bone conduction headphones

Volume should be comfortable and conversational — never loud. If a client finds headphones uncomfortable or distressing, discontinue and note it.

What we ask of practitioners

Present LTS Method honestly: as a structured listening tool with a scientific rationale, not a treatment with guaranteed outcomes.

If something does not work for a client, we want to know. Negative and neutral reports are as valuable as positive ones — they shape program development and inform our trial designs.

We are not asking practitioners to be researchers. We are asking you to use this thoughtfully and tell us what you observe.

Getting started

Request practitioner access: Contact us to discuss integration into your practice, access to program audio, and the observation template.

Research collaboration: If you are affiliated with a clinical network, university program, or research group interested in psychoacoustic interventions, we welcome conversations about formal study collaboration.