Marie H. Browne, R.N., Ph.D., a licensed marriage and family therapist and professor of psychiatric nursing, maintained a thriving private practice in which she provided therapy for individuals, couples, and families. Her specialties included treating adolescent and adult victims of abuse, as well as their families. Dr. Browne, who died in 2013, was the mother of her co-author, attorney, writer, and legal analyst, Marlene M. Browne, Esq. Dr. Browne was married to her beloved husband, Frank Browne, Marlene's dad, for fifty-plus years.