All of your parts deserve good therapy.
Do you have an inner child that is afraid of being abandoned?
Do you have an inner critic that thinks you can never be good enough?
Do you have intrusive thoughts telling you how to act or be?
Maybe you have heard about therapies such as Internal Family Systems and Gestalt Therapy which work with internal parts and you are curious whether this kind of therapy is for you. Encouraging your parts to work together and support each other is one of the most powerful interventions for trauma and anxiety.
Everyone has parts in some form; there is the part of you that shows up at work meetings, who is clearly distinct from the part of you that comes out late at night when you are hanging out with close friends. When people experience difficulties in childhood, these parts can become more separated and distinct. This helps people to get their needs met. For example, a critic may have helped you to avoid punishment as a kid. As an adult, however, your parts may come into conflict:
If you don’t understand why you behave in certain ways or why you have certain thoughts or feelings, parts are involved. Therapy can help you to become less conflicted and more integrated.
Laura’s approach is not about“fixing” you. It’s about building internal cooperation, curiosity, and capacity—at your pace.
Therapy helps create a safe internal space where each part feels heard, seen, and supported. Over time, this builds communication and trust within your system.
Grounding, body-based practices support nervous system regulation and reconnect you to physical cues. Parts often show up as physical sensations in the body. Learning to recognize these cues makes it possible to heal the underlying trauma.
Our parts were formed through certain experiences. EMDR therapy can help us to process these experiences. We can give child parts what they have always needed and help them to come into the present.
Conflict among parts often stems from early relational trauma. Laura brings steady, attuned presence so you can begin to experience connection that’s not transactional, dangerous, or conditional.
Laura offers Parts work therapy for adults across the New York metropolitan area, particularly those who:
Sessions are available for New York residents both in-person and virtually. Her therapy space is located in the Upper East Side, on the border of Carnegie Hill and Yorkville, and is designed to feel calm, sensory-considerate, and safe.
Laura Pearl, LCSW, is a licensed trauma specialist with extensive training in working with dissociative disorders, complex trauma, and parts systems. Her work is deeply informed by:
In therapy with Laura, slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Each session meets you where you are—and honors the parts that are just now beginning to speak.
There is no “standard path” in this work. Laura co-creates the process with you. You might:
There’s no rushing to “integrate.” Healing with DID is less about blending and more about belonging—within yourself.
No. Many clients come in with self-awareness around parts or internal systems, but without a diagnosis. That’s welcome here.
Yes—with the right approach. Laura uses EMDR protocols designed for dissociative clients, emphasizing safety, pacing, and consent at every step.
Laura will help you feel grounded and come back into yourself. She will not let you leave therapy until you are feeling like yourself.
