J. Christopher Muran, PhD, is Associate Dean and Professor at the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Program at Beth Israel Medical Center. His research and publications have concentrated on developing intervention and training models relating to the therapeutic alliance. Dr. Muran is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and coeditor of the journal Psychotherapy Research.
Jacques P. Barber, PhD, ABPP, is Dean of the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University in Long Island. He is also Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He conducts research on the outcome and process of dynamic and cognitive therapies for depression, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance dependence, and personality disorders. He has also written extensively on the impact of the therapeutic alliance and therapists’ use of theoretically relevant interventions on the outcomes of various therapies. Dr. Barber is a recent past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research.
