Dr. J. Christopher Muran is Associate Dean and Professor at the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, where he serves as training director for the doctoral program in clinical psychology.Dr. Muran has published extensively on changes in the self and the therapeutic relationship and has presented on the national and international stage. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, former editor of the international journal Psychotherapy Research, and current president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. He has also served on several editorial boards, including Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology.Since 1990, Dr. Muran has been Director of the Psychotherapy Research Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. The program has been supported in part with grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and has become a center for the study of the therapeutic relationship with a specific focus on the study of ruptures in the therapeutic alliance & the development of intervention models & training regimens to facilitate their resolution.