Christine E. Murray, Ph.D., has over two decades of experience working in the mental health field. Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, Dr. Murray is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina, as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in her home state of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Murray is a Professor of Counseling in the Townsend Institute at Concordia University, as well as the Founder of Start Here Counseling & Consulting, PLLC. She is also a Professor Emerita at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She retired from UNCG during the summer of 2024 after 19 years of service as a faculty member in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development. From 2019 to 2023, she also served as the Director of the UNCG Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships.
Throughout her career, much of Dr. Murray's work has focused on supporting survivors of domestic violence in the long-term recovery process and strengthening community response systems to better support victims and survivors as they move toward safety and healing. As a survivor of past abuse herself, Dr. Murray brings her own lived experience to this work, including as Founder of The Source for Survivors resource and her most recent book, "Financial Abuse Recovery: Financial Healing and Empowerment After Surviving an Abusive Relationship." To learn more about Dr. Murray's work, please visit https://www.starthereandnow.com/christine.html.