ARISE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Compliance Officer and Spiritual Life Director

Ewell Hardman brings over 30 years of addiction treatment and counseling experience to his leadership role at Arise. Throughout his career, he has worked with a wide variety of populations struggling with addiction, from people serving time in prison to practicing physicians to pastors needing to address their alcoholism or addiction. Ewell started his career as a Methodist pastor in a rural area in Georgia. He discovered an extension of his calling after finding that other pastors and church members would send people struggling with addictions to him for pastoral care. As a result, he decided to become a licensed clinician. Ewell served as the clinical director at MARR Addiction Treatment Centers where he also helped them start their Recovering Professionals' Program. He continues to collaborate with and provide addiction assessments and monitoring services for the Georgia Physicians Health Program, the National Incarceration Association, and the United Methodist Church.

Job Titles:

• Medical Director

Martha Murry, M.D is a licensed adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist and is currently serving as our Medical Director. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She earned both her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Science at the University of Memphis. She completed her medical degree at Drexel University in Philadelphia, as well as her residencies in adult and child psychiatry. Dr. Murry has over 12 years of experience as a private outpatient psychiatrist, treating adults, adolescents and children for a wide variety of disorders, including Depression, Anxiety disorders, ADD / ADHD, Trauma issues, and Bipolar disorder. Her goal is to always empathically engage with patients to evaluate, diagnose and treat, using her training and experience to support patients to achieve their fullest potential. She believes in working with a multidisciplinary team and treating clients from a holistic approach to promote lasting change. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, exercising, and being outdoors.