Who Are We?
See the Triumph was founded by Dr. Christine Murray and Dr. Allison Crowe, and this initiative grew out of two research studies that these two collaborated on. You can learn more about these research studies here. Read on to learn more about the founders of See the Triumph.
Christine E. Murray
Dr. Christine E. Murray, Program Director for the Program to Advance Community Responses to Violence Against Women in the UNCG Center for Women's Health and Wellness, is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Couple and Family Counseling Track in the UNCG Department of Counseling and Educational Development. She teaches graduate-level courses in family counseling, family violence, sexuality counseling, and counseling research. Dr. Murray 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.
Dr. Murray is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina. 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.
Dr. Murray’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 her publications can be found through NC DOCKS. Dr. Murray is the lead author of Responding to Family Violence, a book on conducting psychotherapy with clients impacted by various forms of family violence, which was released in September 2012 by Routledge Mental Health.
Learn more about Dr. Murray here: http://about.me/christinemurray
Dr. Murray is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina. 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.
Dr. Murray’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 her publications can be found through NC DOCKS. Dr. Murray is the lead author of Responding to Family Violence, a book on conducting psychotherapy with clients impacted by various forms of family violence, which was released in September 2012 by Routledge Mental Health.
Learn more about Dr. Murray here: http://about.me/christinemurray
Allison Crowe
Allison Crowe is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at East Carolina University. Allison teaches graduate -level courses on helping skills, 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 mental health counselor with clinical experience with adults with severe and persistent mental illness, crisis, and those with substance abuse issues. She has worked at in-patient facilities, crisis units, outpatient care, and in the field of domestic violence.
Dr. Crowe 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 over 15 publications on these topics in the professional literature.
Learn more about Dr. Crowe here: http://about.me/allisoncrowe
Dr. Crowe is a licensed mental health counselor with clinical experience with adults with severe and persistent mental illness, crisis, and those with substance abuse issues. She has worked at in-patient facilities, crisis units, outpatient care, and in the field of domestic violence.
Dr. Crowe 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 over 15 publications on these topics in the professional literature.
Learn more about Dr. Crowe here: http://about.me/allisoncrowe
