Dr Christopher Muran

J. Christopher Muran is a renowned expert in many aspects of the therapeutic alliance. He is Dean of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University. At the Mount Sinai Beth Israel, he is Principal Investigator of its Psychotherapy Research Program. He is also on faculty at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and New York University (NYU) Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Since undertaking intensive postdoctoral training at University of Toronto and NYU, his focus has been on the nature and quality of the relationship between therapist and patient.

Professor Muran’s research has attracted funding by granting bodies, including the National Institute of Mental Health, which has been widely published in the scientific literature and formed the basis of several key books. He is past president of the international Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) and past editor of its journal Psychotherapy Research. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and has served on its Clinical Treatment Guidelines Advisory Steering Committee. He has received distinguished career awards from the APA, SPR and the National Register (USA).