Dr. Kathryn Murray

Biography

Kate Murray, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist and Clinical Faculty at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. She received her doctorate in school psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Murray co-directs the Center for Child and Family Health's Post Adoption Support Services program, overseeing the provision of family support mental health services to adoptive families across 20 counties in North Carolina. With extensive expertise, she serves as a Master Trainer for the Resource Parenting Curriculum, and is a certified facilitator of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma for students and mental health professionals. Her training includes interventions within a trauma-informed framework, focusing on early intervention models like Attachment Biobehavioral Catchup (ABC). Dr. Murray has a wealth of experience in delivering evidence-based interventions such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, addressing the needs of traumatized children and their families. Her research interests include early childhood attachment adversity, trauma-informed parenting, and the development and implementation of trauma assessment and intervention strategies within child welfare systems.

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