Kirsten Murray is a Professor in the University of Montana's Department of Counseling. Her passion is training counselors in foundational skills to work effectively with individuals, couples, and families in multiculturally competent ways. Kirsten has been practicing as a licensed counselor since 2004. She believes strong core relationships are necessary for healing and health, and that counselors should have the necessary training to transform clients' most intimate relationships. Her book, Strong Couples, explores a transtheoretical model of basic counseling skills to work effectively with couples.

Kirsten also enjoys work with Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral students, conducting research and teaching in the areas of qualitative research, clinical supervision, and pedagogy practices. She is currently a partner on grants addressing interprofessional partnerships in the treatment of family caregivers, and another project addressing rural mental health health disparities.

Research interests: 

Couples Counseling, Supervision, Family Caregiver Health, Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling

COUN 550 Family Counseling

COUN 575 Multicultural Counseling

COUN 695 Qualitative Research

COUN 512 Counseling Fundamentals

COUN 650 Pedagogy & The Professorate

COUN 530 Counseling Practicum

COUN 635 Clinical Supervision