About

Sarah Spencer, LCSW


Background

License
LCSW, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
CW026190
Certifications
CAADC
IFS Level 1
Education
MSW, University of Pennsylvania
BS Human Development & Cognitive Science, Cornell University ('08)
Clinical work
15 years clinical experience
8 years at Caron Foundation
40+ national seminars

A note on this work

Inside Attunement is clinical education — not therapy, not a substitute for therapy, and not a treatment protocol. It is a framework for understanding, and a set of practices that support the kind of internal relationship that makes change possible.

The theory is designed for people whose nervous systems have enough window of tolerance to engage with recoupling work. It is not designed as a primary intervention for active trauma, acute dissociation, or psychiatric crisis. In those contexts, stabilization and safety come first.

Everything here was originally developed for clinical use — for therapists who want a coherent map of what they are doing, and why it works. It is shared with the public because the problem it addresses is not clinical. It is human.

For therapy inquiries

I see clients in Pennsylvania through my private practice. For therapy, visit sarahspencerlcsw.com.