Sound Therapy for adults
A structured Sound Therapy programme for adults, completed at home anywhere in Ireland, for those finding listening, focus and everyday coping harder than they should.
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Does this sound familiar?
You hold down a demanding job, manage a busy household, and have spent years finding ways to compensate. Most adults who come to us describe some version of the same thing.
"I can't switch off."
Your days are fast and full, and your nervous system has stopped coming back down. You sleep, but you don't wake restored. The brain fog that used to lift by mid-morning now follows you around.
"The house is quiet — my head isn't."
Racing thoughts, mental tabs that never close, a brain that startles at the hum of the fridge. You've tried the meditation apps and abandoned them — sitting in silence is exactly what your mind can't do.
"By 2pm, I have nothing left."
Open-plan offices, fluorescent lights, three conversations at once. You can hear perfectly well — but following speech takes real effort, and by the time you've processed it, the conversation has moved on.
These experiences are common in adults with ADHD, autism, or sensory and auditory processing differences — diagnosed, suspected, or never named at all. They aren't character flaws, and they aren't a lack of intelligence or motivation. They reflect how hard your processing systems are working underneath everything you do.
How the programme works
By listening to precisely modified music through headphones each day, the programme gently retrains how your auditory and sensory systems gather, filter and organise information.
At the core of the Cluas Programme is a system of sound stimulation, delivered through specialised bone- and air-conduction headphones, using the Tomatis Method. This is not background music or generic "relaxation audio" — each programme is individually designed from your listening profile, and adjusted as you progress.
We're careful about what we promise. The programme is not a cure, not a diagnostic service, and not a replacement for psychotherapy or medication. It is foundational regulation support — and by steadying the system underneath, it consistently makes everything else easier.
As the programme starts to work, people often notice:
Where Cluas can help
The programme targets the processing ability that quietly shapes how the rest of your day feels.
As auditory and sensory processing becomes more organised, adults report feeling calmer, less reactive, and better able to recover after sensory load.
Clearer comprehension in conversations and meetings, with less effort spent "keeping up" — a quiet, daily quality-of-life gain.
As sensory stress decreases, emotional swings soften, frustration eases, and shutdowns or overwhelm become less frequent.
Improved sustained attention, less mental noise, better follow-through — not as a focus hack, but as regulation improving.
Built around adult life
We built this knowing adults have little time for something complicated, and no interest in something that feels clinical or performative.
Once your equipment is set up, starting a session takes moments. We keep friction low on purpose — for many adults, the gap between intending and starting is exactly the problem. The therapy does the work; there's nothing to achieve and nothing to get wrong.
Your programme begins and ends with detailed listening and auditory processing tests, repeated at key points. You'll see your baseline, and you'll see your progress. We explain what we're doing and why, including the science of how it works.
The kit is portable, so it slots into your daily schedule — on a morning walk, out in the garden, during school hours, while journaling, or in a quiet evening. From the outside, you're just an adult listening to music.
The structure
Thorough without feeling overwhelming — with room for the programme to respond to you as you go.
We take time to get to know you properly at an initial consultation in Dublin — listening tests to explore your auditory processing, a look at your sensory profile and daily functioning, and what you want to change. From this we establish your baseline, design your individual programme, and tell you honestly whether we think it's the right fit. Booking a consultation places you under no obligation to start the programme.
30 days of active listening therapy, in three blocks. Each block follows the same gentle rhythm — 5 days of listening, 2 days off, then 5 more. Sessions are 60 minutes a day, completed at home.
Each block is followed by a four-week break. This is deliberate: it gives your system time to integrate the work, and gives you time to notice changes in real life — at work, at home, in conversation.
There are five reviews — around 20 minutes each, online or by phone — at the end of the first block and at the start and end of the second and third blocks, where we look at your progress and fine-tune your programme remotely. Then, six weeks after your final block, we meet in person for a fuller 45 minute review to repeat the listening tests, look at the longer-term effects and talk through any next steps.
Fees & payment
We try to make the programme as manageable as possible — therapeutically and financially. After your initial consultation, you can pay for Stages 1, 2 and 3 in full at a discounted rate, or spread them over time. The consultation and a one-off equipment start-up fee are paid separately.
Not sure which option suits you? We'll talk it through at your consultation and find an approach that works.
With or without a diagnosis
You do not need a diagnosis to work with us. We meet you where you are.
Questions adults ask us
Listening to sound-modified music through specialised headphones for 60 minutes a day, completed at home. The structure is gentle and non-invasive, designed to support nervous system regulation over time. Each programme is personalised from your individual listening profile.
The full programme runs across approximately four months. That includes 30 days of active listening in three blocks, with a four-week integration break between each — paced deliberately so progress is steady and sustainable rather than another demand on your time.
No. Many come to us simply because everyday demands have become harder to manage. We support adults who consider themselves neurodivergent, who have no interest in a label, who have Auditory & Sensory Processing Difficulties, who have a diagnosis of ADHD or autism, or who are awaiting assessment. The initial consultation is used to understand your profile and decide whether the programme may be suitable — Cluas does not provide diagnostic assessments.
No referral is required. The first step is simply an initial consultation, which we use to explore your needs and determine whether the Cluas Programme is a good fit.
Yes — that's built in. We establish a clear baseline with detailed listening and auditory processing tests at your initial consultation, and repeat them at your final in-person review around four to five months later. Comparing the two gives you a clear, measured picture of how your processing has changed, while the regular reviews along the way keep track of how you're getting on in between.
That's entirely your choice. If you decide to stop, you pay for the stage you've already started, and we ask that the listening equipment is returned to us. There's nothing further beyond that — we'll part on good terms, and you're welcome to pick things up again later if the timing changes.
Yes. Many people find the gains hold well on their own, but if you'd like to reinforce them later, optional top-up and maintenance stages are available once you've completed the programme — €750 each. These follow the same gentle listening structure and can be arranged whenever the timing suits you, with no need to start over.
Get in touch
Ronan Maher · Clinical Director
BA Psych · Dip. NDT · M.Phil Speech & Language Processing · MSc CyberPsych · Registered Tomatis Consultant
Whether you're ready to begin or simply have questions before booking, Ronan is glad to talk it through — honestly, and with no pressure. He'll help you work out whether the programme is the right fit.
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