About the See the Triumph Team
See the Triumph was co-founded by Dr. Christine Murray and Dr. Allison Crowe. You can learn more about their research studies that are the foundation of the See the Triumph campaign here. Read on to learn more about the See the Triumph team.
See the Triumph Co-Founders
Christine Murray is the Founder of Start Here Counseling & Consulting, PLLC, and The Source for Survivors. Christine currently serves as a Professor of Counseling in the Townsend Institute for Leadership & Counseling at Concordia University Irvine. Previously, she retired as Professor Emerita from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she served from 2019-2023 as the Director of the Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships. Christine also was a Professor in the UNCG Department of Counseling and Educational Development. Christine received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education, with a specialization in Marriage and Family Counseling, from the University of Florida. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology at Duke University.
Christine is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Pennsylvania. She has worked as a therapist in the adult outpatient department in a community mental health agency, where she worked primarily with adults who experienced chronic mental health disorders. She also has provided counseling in a variety of other settings, including a school for at-risk adolescents, a children’s outpatient mental health treatment department, a juvenile delinquency diversion program, and churches. Across all of these settings, she worked frequently with clients impacted by various forms of family violence, including current and past intimate partner violence, childhood physical and sexual abuse, and emotional and verbal abuse.
Christine’s primary research interest relates to the bridging the gap between research and practice in the area of domestic violence. In addition, the family violence-related topics she has addressed through her research and scholarship include the following: coping strategies used by women who have been battered, same-sex intimate partner violence, community-based approaches to domestic violence programming, dating violence among college students, applications of family systems theory to family violence, and intimate partner violence prevention research.
The full-text of many of Christine's publications can be found through NC DOCKS. Christine is the lead author of Sexuality Counseling: Theory, Research, and Practice, which was published by Sage Publications, as well as Responding to Family Violence, Overcoming the Stigma of Intimate Partner Abuse, and Triumph Over Abuse, which were both published by Routledge Mental Health. Her latest book, The Verbal Abuse Recovery Workbook, was published by Rockridge Press in September 2021.
Learn more about Christine here: http://www.christinemurray.info/.
Christine is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Pennsylvania. She has worked as a therapist in the adult outpatient department in a community mental health agency, where she worked primarily with adults who experienced chronic mental health disorders. She also has provided counseling in a variety of other settings, including a school for at-risk adolescents, a children’s outpatient mental health treatment department, a juvenile delinquency diversion program, and churches. Across all of these settings, she worked frequently with clients impacted by various forms of family violence, including current and past intimate partner violence, childhood physical and sexual abuse, and emotional and verbal abuse.
Christine’s primary research interest relates to the bridging the gap between research and practice in the area of domestic violence. In addition, the family violence-related topics she has addressed through her research and scholarship include the following: coping strategies used by women who have been battered, same-sex intimate partner violence, community-based approaches to domestic violence programming, dating violence among college students, applications of family systems theory to family violence, and intimate partner violence prevention research.
The full-text of many of Christine's publications can be found through NC DOCKS. Christine is the lead author of Sexuality Counseling: Theory, Research, and Practice, which was published by Sage Publications, as well as Responding to Family Violence, Overcoming the Stigma of Intimate Partner Abuse, and Triumph Over Abuse, which were both published by Routledge Mental Health. Her latest book, The Verbal Abuse Recovery Workbook, was published by Rockridge Press in September 2021.
Learn more about Christine here: http://www.christinemurray.info/.
Allison Crowe is a Professor of Counselor Education at East Carolina University. Allison teaches graduate -level courses on helping skills, clinical mental health counseling, group counseling, family counseling, theories, ethics, and research. Dr. Crowe received a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a master's degree in Community Counseling at the College of William and Mary, and her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Crowe is a licensed professional counselor with clinical experience with adults with severe and persistent mental illness, crisis, women and families, and those with substance use disorders. She has worked at in-patient facilities, crisis units, outpatient care, and in the field of domestic violence.
Along with stigma and intimate partner violence, Dr. Crowe also researches stigma related to mental illness, stigma and other marginalized groups, mental illness and the family, as well as creative approaches in counseling and counselor education. She has numerous publications on these topics in the professional literature.
Learn more about Dr. Crowe here: http://about.me/allisoncrowe
Dr. Crowe is a licensed professional counselor with clinical experience with adults with severe and persistent mental illness, crisis, women and families, and those with substance use disorders. She has worked at in-patient facilities, crisis units, outpatient care, and in the field of domestic violence.
Along with stigma and intimate partner violence, Dr. Crowe also researches stigma related to mental illness, stigma and other marginalized groups, mental illness and the family, as well as creative approaches in counseling and counselor education. She has numerous publications on these topics in the professional literature.
Learn more about Dr. Crowe here: http://about.me/allisoncrowe
We're thankful to all of the other past content creators, contributors, and guest bloggers who have been a part of the See the Triumph Campaign! Please visit our blog archives to read the work of the many contributors who have been a part of the See the Triumph Campaign, and you can also find the blog posts organized by topic in our See the Triumph Collections section.