John Christopher Muran (born December 4, 1961 in New York) is an American clinical psychologist and psychotherapy researcher.

Education

John Christopher Muran graduated cum laude from

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in 1980 and Hamilton College in 1984. He completed a doctorate in combined professional-scientific psychology at

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in 1989. He also completed postdoctoral training in cognitive therapy at the

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(University of Toronto) in 1990 and in psychoanalysis at the

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Postdoctoral Program in 1998.

Career

He is a Full Professor at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology,

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, where he holds the appointment of Associate Dean and served as training director for the doctoral program in clinical psychology (2009-2021). He is also Principal Investigator and Director of the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (since 1990), which has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, and is on faculty at

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. Muran's work has concentrated on the following topics: psychotherapy integration and difference, therapeutic relationship and therapeutic alliance, therapist position and experience, treatment impasse and failure, performance under pressure, theories on self, identity politics and intersubjectivity. He has published over 150 papers and 10 books, including ''The Therapeutic Alliance'' (2010; with Jacques Barber), ''Dialogues on Difference'' (2007), ''Self-Relations in the Psychotherapy Process'' (2001), and ''Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance'' (2000; with Jeremy Safran). Muran is a fellow of the

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(since 2007) and serves on its Advisory Steering Committee for Clinical Treatment Guidelines. He is past-president of the international

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(SPR) and past-editor of its journal ''

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''. He has also served on several editorial boards, including '' Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology'' and ''Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice''. He has received other recognitions and honors for his accomplishments, including the National Register'
Alfred M. Wellner Lifetime Achievement Award for Research Excellence
and SPR'
Senior Distinguished Career Award

Personal life

Muran married clinical psychologist Elisa Denise Ventur in 1992 with whom he has a son Andrew Christopher Muran.

Selected works

* Muran, J.C. & Eubanks, C.F. (2020). ''Therapist Performance under Pressure: Negotiating Emotion, Difference & Rupture.'' APA Books. * Muran, J.C., & Barber, J.P., eds. (2010). ''The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Guide to Practice.'' Guilford Press (Italian translation). * Muran, J.C., ed. (2007). ''Dialogues on Difference: Diversity Studies on the Therapeutic Relationship.'' APA Books. * Muran, J.C., ed. (2001). ''Self-Relations in the Psychotherapy Process.'' APA Books. * Safran, J.D. & Muran, J.C. (2000). ''Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide.'' Guilford Press (Spanish & Italian translations).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muran, John Christopher 20th-century American scientists 20th-century psychologists 21st-century American scientists Hofstra University alumni Hamilton College (New York) alumni Living people Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty Adelphi University faculty Fellows of the American Psychological Association 1961 births