
Reconnect with Yourself and Build the Capacity to Live Fully
Holistic, Somatic Therapy to Ease the Overwhelm and Support Real Change
Online Mind-Body Support Florida and Illinois
You might find yourself snapping, shutting down, or carrying around that wired, tense feeling you can’t shake. Your body holds onto it through fatigue, tightness, brain fog, or the stomach issues that flare up when stress builds.
You’re still managing everything. But you don’t feel like yourself. You keep second-guessing things you never used to question, and even the ways you used to cope don’t seem to help anymore.
Deep down, you know this isn’t something you can think your way out of. You feel it in your body, which is why the support you choose needs to work with your body too.
You’ve started wondering if this is connected to things that go back further than you thought.
You’re not looking for a quick fix. You’re looking for something real. A space where you can bring the full picture, take your time, and not have to hold it all in. That’s what this work is here for.
Something’s Been Off, Even If You Can’t Quite Name It
Real healing happens when your whole self is part of the process
Mind and body both carry your story.
This work meets both.
Meet Your Therapist, Amy Hagerstrom LCSW
Hi, I’m Amy.
I’m really glad you’re here.
I support people who seem high-functioning on the outside but feel like something is unraveling underneath.
You’ve been holding it together for a long time, and you’ve done therapy before. But now you’re more irritable, more withdrawn. You find yourself numbing out, snapping, or reacting in ways that leave you feeling ashamed or confused.
You’re capable and successful in many parts of your life. But the current stress is hitting harder, and you’re starting to realize there’s more beneath the surface. Old wounds haven’t fully healed, and patterns from the past are still shaping how you move through life.
I help people gently untangle those deeper patterns so they can move forward with more clarity, deeper healing, and the capacity to grow into who they’re becoming, rather than just returning to who they were.
We work together with a mind-body approach, using somatic therapy to help you listen to what your body’s been trying to say, without forcing, rushing, or needing to explain it all right away.
This is deep work. It honors what you’ve already tried and makes space for what still needs attention, so you can move through life with more clarity, strength, and ease.
How I Support the Healing Process
Curious about how somatic therapy actually works? Here’s how I bring it into our sessions:
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
This gentle, body-based therapy helps your nervous system shift out of stuck survival patterns. Whether you’ve felt frozen, on edge, or drained for years, SE helps your body slowly unwind those patterns so you can feel more present and less reactive.
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
Filtered music designed to support nervous system regulation, especially if you’ve been highly sensitive, easily overwhelmed, or reactive to sound or social cues. This approach is calming, non-invasive, and works well for adults and kids.
Rest and Restore Protocol (RRP)
Music-based support that helps your body re-establish rhythm and reset. If rest doesn’t come easily or your system never fully settles, this work can help bring that regulation back online.
Overthinking or spiraling too easily
Physical symptoms like pain, gut issues, or fatigue
Always pushing through, and never feeling restored
Shutdown, emotional numbness, or quick overwhelm
Shame, guilt, or self-blame that lingers beneath the surface
Relationship struggles and reactivity that don’t fully make sense
Patterns you’ve outgrown but still can’t seem to change
A sense of disconnection from who you really are
Why People Choose Somatic Therapy
This work includes the body, because that’s where stress often lives.
What You Might be Navigating Right now
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Reactions that feel out of proportion or a kind of numbness that lingers. Even if you don’t fully understand why, your body might be letting you know that something old is still present, asking for more care than quick tools or talk therapy can offer.
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Sometimes it shows up as racing thoughts. Other times it’s a tightness in your chest that doesn’t ease. It might feel like full-body panic, or a constant bracing for something to go wrong. These signs often reflect more than just stress. They’re invitations to slow down, listen closely, and offer your mind and body the kind of support that creates lasting change.
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You’ve been running on empty for a long time. The exhaustion, disconnection, and overwhelm aren’t something surface-level solutions can fix. This kind of burnout often needs deeper support, something that includes the body, not just the mind.
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You’ve built a good life, but something still feels off. This season is bringing up old patterns, emotions, or even memories you thought were behind you. It’s a sign that deeper, mind-body support might be needed to fully tend to what’s still unresolved.
Learn more about therapy for midlife stress
Explore Somatic Therapy for Deeper Healing
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Somatic Experiencing
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Safe and Sound Protocol
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Rest and Restore Protocol
Noticing What’s Coming Up in Both Mind and Body
When everything feels like too much, it’s not just in your thoughts or only in your body. What you feel, how you think, and how you respond are shaped by what your nervous system has learned to expect, along with your past experiences, your personality, your culture, and more.
It’s all connected. That’s why this work includes all of you. Not just your thoughts and emotions. Not just your body. But the whole of who you are.
The body is often the part that’s been left out. When we start bringing it in, things can begin to shift in ways that are more lasting and meaningful than surface-level relief.
Online Therapy with a Somatic Approach
I see clients throughout Florida and Illinois via secure video sessions. Whether you’re in West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, or another location in Florida, we can work together from wherever feels comfortable to you.
I also work with clients in Chicago and other parts of Illinois.
The body is our greatest ally in the healing process, as it holds the wisdom and resources necessary for healing.
Dr. Peter Levine
Get Help from a Somatic Therapist
You’ve been doing everything you can to hold it together. You’ve thought your way through it, pushed through the fatigue, and kept showing up, even when it’s taken a toll.
It’s time for support that meets all of you: your body, your thoughts, your emotions, and everything you’ve been holding under the surface.
This work goes deeper than short-term strategies. It creates the space needed for real healing to take root, so you can feel more clear, connected, and fully yourself.
You don’t have to do this on your own.
When you're ready, I’m here.
How to Get Started
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Reach Out
Either schedule a free 10-minute phone consultation or send a message with questions on the form below.
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Book Appointment
Schedule during the consult call or reach out via the website form to book your first session.
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First Session
You’ll get a taste of the mind-body work while I start to get to know you. Together, we’ll see if it feels supportive to keep working together
Ready to Take the Next Step?
The consultation call is simply a chance to connect, talk briefly about what you’re looking for, and see if it makes sense to schedule a first session.
I’m currently scheduling new clients for weekly daytime therapy sessions on Thursdays.
If Thursday during the day work for you, click the button below to schedule a free 10-minute consultation.
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