Cindy Burzinski is the current Director of Wisconsin Voices for Recovery, part of the UW-Madison Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH). She is also a licensed Clinical Substance abuse Counselor, person in long-term recovery, and researcher interested in increasing access to supportive resources within the recovery community.

Prior to her work at UW-Madison, she worked at Journey Mental Health Center providing individual and group outpatient therapy, and Tellurian Detoxification Center providing assessment and brief intervention to people admitted to detox. She is also former Executive Administrator of the Wisconsin Society of Addition Medicine, where she coordinated two annual conferences, and contributed to the organization’s growth and engagement with other addiction professionals.

Cindy has co-authored several clinician-oriented resources on substance use disorders for the patient-centered Whole Health Approach to Clinical Care project, geared toward clinicians who work with veterans. She has also co-authored several research publications on mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of opioid-treated chronic low back pain and alcohol dependence.

Her professional interests include raising awareness and creating connections across Wisconsin to support the recovery movement and increase support and resources for those in and seeking recovery and their advocates; cognitive behavioral therapy and theory; mind-body therapies including mindfulness and hypnosis; strategies to improve quality of life; resilience; well-being; perception and cognition; cultural diversity, equity and inclusion; process improvement and workflow development; and team-building.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking, running, nature photography, writing, playing guitar, and other creative endeavors and adventures.