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Brandt Behavioral Health Center and Retreat
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Brandt Behavioral Health Center and Retreat

Bio

Tiffany Cortese Burke is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and current doctoral student within the School of Social Work at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She received her bachelor's degree in social work and theater from Rutgers University and her master's degree in social work with a specialization in integrative youth behavioral health from New York University (NYU).  

Cortese Burke brings over 10 years of training and professional experience in providing therapeutic and crisis intervention support to individuals, families, and communities impacted by power-based personal violence and complex trauma. She serves as an adjunct lecturer within the interpersonal violence certificate program at Rutgers University and is the CEO/Director of Honey & Twine Counseling, a California-based mental health practice that provides trauma-specific whole-family, whole-community therapeutic care.  

Additionally, she is a queer and neurodivergent informed clinician and has advanced training and experience in integrating drama therapy within her work.