About us
Co-Directors
J. Christopher Muran, Ph.D. Dr. Muran is Dean and Professor at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University. He completed postdoctoral training in cognitive therapy (University of Toronto) and psychoanalysis (New York University). He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA Divisions 12 & 29) and serves on its Clinical Treatment Guidelines Advisory Steering Committee. He is also past-president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) and past-editor of its journal Psychotherapy Research. He has received multiple honors, including distinguished research career awards from APA (Division 29), the National Register and SPR. He has been on several editorial boards, including Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology and Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice. Since 1990, Dr. Muran has been Principal Investigator of the Psychotherapy Research Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and is on faculty at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also been on the teaching faculty of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He has published numerous papers and books, including Alliance-Focused Training: And Evidence-Based Guide to Negotiating Ruptures (2026; with CF Eubanks, LW Samstag, and J Macdonald),Therapist Performance under Pressure: Negotiating Emotion, Difference and Rupture (2020; with CF Eubanks), The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence Based Guide to Practice (2010; with JP Barber), Dialogues in Difference: Diversity Studies in the Therapeutic Relationship (2007), Self-Relations in the Psychotherapy Process (2001), along with Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide (2000; with JD Safran). He also co-produced Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy (2020 with CF Eubanks) and Using Alliance-Focused Training (2026; with CF Eubanks and colleagues) as part of the APA Video Series. Faculty profile: click here. Muran Lab: click here. E-mail: [email protected].
Catherine F. Eubanks, Ph.D. Dr. Eubanks is Professor of clinical psychology at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 29) and received the Early Career Award from APF/Division 29 in 2018 and the Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Psychotherapy Research in 2015. She served as president of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) in 2019 and served as executive officer of the North American chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research from 2013–2018. Dr. Eubanks has previously served as an associate editor for Psychotherapy Research and the Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. She is currently Managing Editor of Psychotherapy Research. She also serves on the editorial boards of Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, and the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. Dr. Eubanks developed the Rupture Resolution Rating System (3RS; with JC Muran and JD Safran). She is co-author of Therapist Performance under Pressure: Negotiating Emotion, Difference and Rupture (2020, with JC. Muran) and Alliance-Focused Training: And Evidence-Based Guide to Negotiating Ruptures (2026; with JC. Muran, LW. Samstag, and J. Macdonald). She has co-edited a number of books, including Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy: A Critical Process for Change (2023; with LW Samstag and JC Muran). She also co-produced Rupture and Repair in Psychotherapy (2020 with JC Muran) and Using Alliance-Focused Training (2026; with JC Muran and colleagues) as part of the APA Video Series. Faculty profile: click here. Email: [email protected].
Senior Consultants
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Louis G. Castonguay, Ph.D. James Macdonald, PhD Lisa Wallner Samstag, Ph.D.
Penn State University, USA Headington Psychotherapy, Oxford UK Long Island University - Brooklyn, USA
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Penn State University, USA Headington Psychotherapy, Oxford UK Long Island University - Brooklyn, USA
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Consultants
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Sarah Bloch-Elkouby, PhD Lauren Lipner, PhD Adelya Urmanche, PhD
Ferkauf/Yeshiva University, USA Long Island University - Post, USA Silver Hill New York, USA
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Ferkauf/Yeshiva University, USA Long Island University - Post, USA Silver Hill New York, USA
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In Memorium - Our Colleague & Co-Founder
Jeremy D. Safran, Ph.D. Dr. Safran was Full Professor and former Director of Clinical Training at the New School for Social Research. He was also Senior Research Scientist at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Clinical Professor at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis, and on the faculty of the Stephen A. Mitchell Center for Relational Studies. In addition, he was Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Sandor Ferenczi Center at the New School for Social Research, and Past-President of the International Association for Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy. Dr, Safran was a fellow of the American Psychological Association and was former Director of the Cognitive Therapy Unit at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. He was the recipient of the international Society for Psychotherapy Research Distinguished Research Career Award, and the American Psychological Association Division 39 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychoanalytic Research. Dr. Safran authored and edited several books including Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Therapies (2012), Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance (2000; with Chris Muran), Interpersonal Process in Cognitive Therapy (1990; with Zindel Segal), and Emotion in Psychotherapy (1987; with Leslie Greenberg). https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000373