The Muran Lab
The Muran Lab began in 2010 at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University and functions in collaboration with the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program (“the Brief”) at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which has been under the direction of Dr. Muran (as Principal Investigator) since 1990. Established by Dr. Arnold Winston in the mid 1980s and funded by several grant awards from the National Institute of Mental Health and private foundations, the Brief has involved various clinical trials towards the study of patient and therapist interactions –more specifically, alliance rupture repair as a critical change process.
Our Postdoctoral Fellows
Keara Mageras, PsyD (2023-24)
Adelya Urmanche, PhD (2022-23)
Kseniia Gvozdieva, PhD (2021-22)
Lauren Lipner, PhD (2020-22)
Mary Minges, PhD (2019-20)
Jerry Gardner, PhD (2018-19)
Our PhD Student Members
Stephanie Soultanian, MA, Therapist and patient emotional involvement
Sam Podell, MA. Time series analyses of pre- and post-session alliance ratings
Yocheved Rabinowitz, MA, Termination in time-limited psychotherapy
Stephen Morales, MA. Rhetoric and the psychotherapeutic process
Danielle Polland, MSW. Eating disorders, lived experience and the alliance
Brian Yim, Development of AI scoring of the Experiencing Scale (EXP)
Zhiyao (Jay) Kong, MA, Interpersonal process in homework compliance
Charalampos (Harry) Risvas, MA, Task analysis of self-criticism in Alliance-Focused Training (AFT)
Our Graduates
Liqiaonan (Minna) Chen, Ph, Rupture and micro-aggression in racial mismatch (2024)
Andrew Lokai, PhD, Exploring the relationship between racial microaggressions and the therapeutic alliance: An investigation of indian and white dyads (2023).
Rachel Small, PhD, The eye of the storm through the therapist's eyes: A grounded theory study of how therapists experience alliance ruptures (2023)
Adelya Urmanche, PhD, Early therapeutic alliance levels in relation to symptom change in a seeking safety treatment (2021)
Sophie Cassell, PhD, The relationship of attachment orientation to rupture process with suicidal adolescents in an attachment-based family therapy (2021)
Di Liu, PhD, How therapist and patient personality styles influence therapeutic process and outcome (2020)
Lauren Lipner, PhD, Needle in the haystack: The identification of ruptures in the therapeutic alliance with implications for psychotherapy outcome (2020)
Lauren Knopf, PhD, Client agency as a potential common factor in psychotherapy: The case of cognitive-behavioral therapy (2019)
Sarah Bloch-Elkouby, PhD, Toward a better understanding of psychotherapy outcome assessment: Congruence among instruments, raters and measures of change (2018)
Jerry Gardner, PhD, Temporal proximity in alliance rupture repair events: Relevance to overall outcome (2017)
Jackson Taylor, PhD, Never had a friend like me: An exploration of friendship in the therapeutic relationship (2016)
Sumru Tufekcioglu, PhD, Personality disorder and therapeutic alliance in two short-term therapies (2015)
Clara Hungr, PhD, The relationship of patient interpersonal problems to the alliance and outcome in cognitive behavioral and alliance-focused therapies (2015)
Amy McCue-Negri, PhD, Assessing the impact of an alliance-focused training on patient- and therapist-rated alliance (2014)
Since 1990, many other students from other schools served as program assistants at MSBI and completed their dissertations in the research program there with support from Dr. Muran. These included Drs. Madeleine August, Gitte Bak, David Banthin, Sarai Batchelder, Julia Belotserkovsky, Elizabeth Berk, Elizabeth Bernbach, Kelly Bolger, Catherine Boutwell, Elizabeth Bowman, Anthony DeMaria, Medea Elvy, Eloise Erasmus, Melanie Fox-Borisoff, Mark Francis, Roueida Ghadban, Peter Glick, Willa Hall, Helen Hanning, Meghan Jablonski, Amy Jakobson, Robin Jilton, Bill Jock, Adrienne Katzow, Gaianne Kazariants, Jessica Kraus, Janet Matsunaga, Sandra Mays, Madeleine Miller-Bottome, Allison Mitchell, Jake Nagy, Lianne Nelson, Beryl Nightingale, Souha Nikowitz, Jenny Patton, Lisa Peyton, Bella Proskurov, Romy Reading, Eyal Rozmarin, Anjanette Ryan, Lisa Samstag, Ally Shaker, Priyanka Shokeen, Dalia Spektor, Chris Stevens, Kelcey Stratton, Lynne Twining, Lucia Vail, Patricia Watts, Greg Weil, Elizabeth Winkelman, Amy Withers-Origlieri, and Amy Zimet.
Click here for links to dissertation abstracts of student research conducted at "the Brief" program.
Click here for reference list of publications.
See ResearchGate for full texts: Click here
The Muran Lab began in 2010 at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University and functions in collaboration with the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program (“the Brief”) at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which has been under the direction of Dr. Muran (as Principal Investigator) since 1990. Established by Dr. Arnold Winston in the mid 1980s and funded by several grant awards from the National Institute of Mental Health and private foundations, the Brief has involved various clinical trials towards the study of patient and therapist interactions –more specifically, alliance rupture repair as a critical change process.
Our Postdoctoral Fellows
Keara Mageras, PsyD (2023-24)
Adelya Urmanche, PhD (2022-23)
Kseniia Gvozdieva, PhD (2021-22)
Lauren Lipner, PhD (2020-22)
Mary Minges, PhD (2019-20)
Jerry Gardner, PhD (2018-19)
Our PhD Student Members
Stephanie Soultanian, MA, Therapist and patient emotional involvement
Sam Podell, MA. Time series analyses of pre- and post-session alliance ratings
Yocheved Rabinowitz, MA, Termination in time-limited psychotherapy
Stephen Morales, MA. Rhetoric and the psychotherapeutic process
Danielle Polland, MSW. Eating disorders, lived experience and the alliance
Brian Yim, Development of AI scoring of the Experiencing Scale (EXP)
Zhiyao (Jay) Kong, MA, Interpersonal process in homework compliance
Charalampos (Harry) Risvas, MA, Task analysis of self-criticism in Alliance-Focused Training (AFT)
Our Graduates
Liqiaonan (Minna) Chen, Ph, Rupture and micro-aggression in racial mismatch (2024)
Andrew Lokai, PhD, Exploring the relationship between racial microaggressions and the therapeutic alliance: An investigation of indian and white dyads (2023).
Rachel Small, PhD, The eye of the storm through the therapist's eyes: A grounded theory study of how therapists experience alliance ruptures (2023)
Adelya Urmanche, PhD, Early therapeutic alliance levels in relation to symptom change in a seeking safety treatment (2021)
Sophie Cassell, PhD, The relationship of attachment orientation to rupture process with suicidal adolescents in an attachment-based family therapy (2021)
Di Liu, PhD, How therapist and patient personality styles influence therapeutic process and outcome (2020)
Lauren Lipner, PhD, Needle in the haystack: The identification of ruptures in the therapeutic alliance with implications for psychotherapy outcome (2020)
Lauren Knopf, PhD, Client agency as a potential common factor in psychotherapy: The case of cognitive-behavioral therapy (2019)
Sarah Bloch-Elkouby, PhD, Toward a better understanding of psychotherapy outcome assessment: Congruence among instruments, raters and measures of change (2018)
Jerry Gardner, PhD, Temporal proximity in alliance rupture repair events: Relevance to overall outcome (2017)
Jackson Taylor, PhD, Never had a friend like me: An exploration of friendship in the therapeutic relationship (2016)
Sumru Tufekcioglu, PhD, Personality disorder and therapeutic alliance in two short-term therapies (2015)
Clara Hungr, PhD, The relationship of patient interpersonal problems to the alliance and outcome in cognitive behavioral and alliance-focused therapies (2015)
Amy McCue-Negri, PhD, Assessing the impact of an alliance-focused training on patient- and therapist-rated alliance (2014)
Since 1990, many other students from other schools served as program assistants at MSBI and completed their dissertations in the research program there with support from Dr. Muran. These included Drs. Madeleine August, Gitte Bak, David Banthin, Sarai Batchelder, Julia Belotserkovsky, Elizabeth Berk, Elizabeth Bernbach, Kelly Bolger, Catherine Boutwell, Elizabeth Bowman, Anthony DeMaria, Medea Elvy, Eloise Erasmus, Melanie Fox-Borisoff, Mark Francis, Roueida Ghadban, Peter Glick, Willa Hall, Helen Hanning, Meghan Jablonski, Amy Jakobson, Robin Jilton, Bill Jock, Adrienne Katzow, Gaianne Kazariants, Jessica Kraus, Janet Matsunaga, Sandra Mays, Madeleine Miller-Bottome, Allison Mitchell, Jake Nagy, Lianne Nelson, Beryl Nightingale, Souha Nikowitz, Jenny Patton, Lisa Peyton, Bella Proskurov, Romy Reading, Eyal Rozmarin, Anjanette Ryan, Lisa Samstag, Ally Shaker, Priyanka Shokeen, Dalia Spektor, Chris Stevens, Kelcey Stratton, Lynne Twining, Lucia Vail, Patricia Watts, Greg Weil, Elizabeth Winkelman, Amy Withers-Origlieri, and Amy Zimet.
Click here for links to dissertation abstracts of student research conducted at "the Brief" program.
Click here for reference list of publications.
See ResearchGate for full texts: Click here
