Welcome to Embodied Alignment Therapy

Embodied Alignment Therapy offers depth-oriented psychotherapy for adults seeking meaningful change through nervous-system awareness, emotional regulation, and relational safety.

This work is especially supportive for people who feel stuck despite insight, effort, or previous therapy—and sense that their struggles are rooted not in willpower, but in the body’s learned responses to stress, trauma, or long-term relational strain.

Many clients arrive with a clear understanding of their patterns. They can articulate what’s happening and often why—but still experience anxiety, shutdown, people-pleasing, emotional distance, or difficulty accessing intimacy or desire.

When the nervous system has learned to stay on alert, shut down, or adapt for safety, change does not happen through insight alone. Therapy must work with physiological state, emotional safety, and relational context to support lasting change.

Therapy at Embodied Alignment Therapy is nervous-system–informed, trauma-aware, and paced with care. Sessions are collaborative and attuned to capacity in the moment, prioritizing safety, regulation, and choice rather than pressure or intensity.

This approach is non-invasive and does not involve hands-on bodywork.

Sarah Simpson, LCSW, primarily works with individuals and incorporates relational or partner-based sessions only when they are clinically supportive of an individual’s therapeutic goals.

The name Embodied Alignment Therapy reflects the heart of this work.

Embodied speaks to the understanding that our experiences—stress, trauma, attachment, and emotion—live not only in our thoughts, but in the body and nervous system. Healing happens when the body is included in the process, not pushed aside or overridden.

Alignment refers to restoring a sense of internal coherence—where thoughts, emotions, physiology, and choices begin to work together rather than against one another. When the nervous system feels safer, people often experience greater clarity, steadiness, and the ability to respond rather than react.

This work is not about fixing or forcing change. It is about helping the nervous system come back into alignment so that change can emerge naturally, at a pace that feels sustainable and respectful.

This work may be a good fit if you are navigating:

• Anxiety, chronic stress, or emotional overwhelm
• Emotional numbness, shutdown, or disconnection
• People-pleasing, fawning, or boundary difficulties
• Trauma or unresolved stress responses
• Medical or sexual trauma
• Difficulty accessing intimacy, desire, or embodied connection
• Relationship stress impacting individual well-being

Progress here is measured by increased capacity, stability, and self-trust—not speed or intensity.

Sarah Simpson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) offering nervous-system–informed psychotherapy for adults seeking deeper emotional regulation and reconnection with themselves.

Her work is grounded in trauma-informed, attachment-based care and shaped by advanced training in somatic and nervous-system approaches. Sarah brings experience across medical, first responder, educational, inpatient, outpatient, and private practice settings, allowing her to work thoughtfully with complex and layered presentations.

She is known for creating a calm, steady therapeutic space—particularly for clients who have felt overwhelmed, unseen, or pressured in previous therapy.

Embodied Alignment Therapy is a good fit for clients who are ready to work at the pace of their nervous system and value depth, safety, and collaboration.

The first step is scheduling a consultation to explore fit and discuss your goals.