Hi, I’m Adrienne Figueiredo.
I started Brooklyn North after 15+ years as a therapist — and a first career as an artist. I still teach in NYU’s graduate art therapy program, so there’s real clinical training behind the room, not just good intentions. A lot of my work is talk therapy, with art therapy and EMDR brought in when I know they are needed.
My Approach
I meet you where you are. Some people come for straight talk therapy; others want to work somatically with EMDR for attachment trauma or CPTSD, or bring art into the room to say what words can’t reach yet. I work especially closely with artists and creative professionals in film, music & other creative fields — I know the particular weight of making things for a living. Wherever we start, the pace is yours.
Many Ways In
Art therapy, talk therapy, EMDR, or all of the above. We choose what fits what you’re carrying, and change course when we need to.
An Artist’s Eye
I came up making work, so I understand the creative life from a therapist’s perspective but also from the inside — not as a metaphor, as a job.
Supervision for Art Therapists
Alongside my own client work, I supervise other art therapists — people doing this work in schools, hospitals, agencies, and private practice, often with very little support around them.
If you're working toward your LCAT, ATR, or ATR-BC, I supervise toward those hours and keep the documentation the boards expect. If you're past the hours and just want a steady place to bring the cases that follow you home, that's just as welcome. Either way, the art belongs in the room — we can use the materials to reach what's hard to say, the same way you do with your own clients.
Bringing your own work to someone else's eyes can feel exposing. I try to keep the room honest enough, and warm enough, that it's worth it.
Trainings & Certifications
EMDR Training
Epigenetic Trauma Training
Adjunct Professor, NYU Graduate Art Therapy Program