Jeremy Safran, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, New School for Social Research

Director of Clinical Psychology, New School for Social Research. 1993-1996; 2005-2008

Co-Founder & Co-Chair, The Sandor Ferenczi Center  (with Lewis Aron & Adrienne Harris)

Past-President, The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy

Society for Psychotherapy Research Distinguished Career Award

American Psychological Association Division 39 Award for distinguished contributions to Psychoanalytic Research

Selected Books:

Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Therapies (2012) 

Psychoanalysis & Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue (2003)

Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide (2000) 

Emotion, Psychotherapy and Change (1991)

Interpersonal Process in Cognitive Therapy (1990)

Emotion in Psychotherapy (1987)

Selected Articles

Safran, J. D. (2017). The unbearable lightness of being: Authenticity and the search for the real. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 34, 69-77.

Safran, J.D. (2016). Agency, surrender and grace in psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 33, 58-72.

Safran, J. D. , Muran, J. C., Demaria, A., Boutwell, C.,  Eubanks-Carter, C. & Winston, A. (2014). Investigating the impact of alliance focused training on interpersonal process and therapists’ capacity for experiential reflection. Psychotherapy Research, 24, 269-285.

Safran, J. D. (2012). Doublethinking or dialectical thinking: A critical appreciation of Hoffman’s “Doublethinking” critique. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 22, 710-720.

Safran, J.D. (2006). The relational unconscious, the American enchanted interior and the return of the repressed. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 42, 393-412,

Safran, J. D. (2006). Before the ass has gone the horse has already arrived. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 42, 197-212.

Safran, J.D. (1999). Faith, will and despair in psychoanalysis. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 35, 5-23.

Training Videos for the American Psychological Association

Psychoanalytic Therapy Over Time (2009)

Relational Psychotherapy (2008) 

Awards

Society for Psychotherapy Distinguished Career Award

American Psychological Association Division 39 Award for distinguished contributions to Psychoanalytic Research.