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Kathryn J Murray

Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
Box 09847, Durham, NC 27708
1121 West Chapel Hill Street, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27701

Overview


Kate Murray, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist. She received her doctorate in school psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She co-directs CCFH's Post Adoption Support Services program, overseeing the provision of family support and mental health services to adoptive families in 20 North Carolina counties. Dr. Murray is a Master Trainer of the Resource Parenting Curriculum (RPC), a certified facilitator of NCTSN’s Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma for students and mental health professionals, and has vast experience training multidisciplinary professionals in trauma-informed care. Dr. Murray trains clinicians in and provides the early intervention model Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup (ABC). She is also experienced in providing evidence-based interventions to traumatized children and families including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.

Areas of Focus: early childhood attachment and adversity, trauma-informed parenting, secondary traumatic stress, post-adoption training, trauma-informed organizations, trauma assessment and screening, Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2025 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Publications


A Preliminary Evaluation of an Adoption-Focused Group Intervention for Families

Journal Article Adoption Quarterly · January 1, 2025 The current study describes a preliminary evaluation of the Learning and Empowerment for Adoptive Families (LEAF) workshop. This workshop is offered to adoptive families to enhance communication about adoption, cope with strong emotions, and build social c ... Full text Cite

Effectiveness of a Workforce Stress Intervention Among Providers of Evidence-Based Treatment for Child Traumatic Stress

Journal Article Traumatology · January 1, 2025 Despite thewell-established risk of secondary traumatic stress and other forms of workforce stress for mental health clinicians providing trauma treatment, there is little research to support interventions to mitigate this stress. The current study is a pr ... Full text Cite

Enhancing early parenting in the community: Preliminary results from a learning collaborative approach to scale up Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up.

Journal Article Infant Ment Health J · November 2023 Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) is a promising home-visiting intervention promoting sensitive caregiving and secure parent-child attachment in families with young children. The goal of this study was to examine a learning collaborative approach ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2010 Ph.D.