Safran held this position until 1993 when he was appointed Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at The New School for Social Research in Manhattan.

[4] Safran joined the faculty at the New School for Social Research shortly after the program had been placed on probation by the American Psychological Association.

BRT is an evidence based psychotherapy which focuses on short-term treatment and integrates principles of mindfulness practice with Safran's research in Relational Psychoanalysis, emotion-focused theory, and the therapeutic alliance.

Self-defeating patterns, which take place outside of the patient's conscious awareness, can lead to chronic unhappiness, anxiety, emotional turbulence, isolation and other psychiatric concerns.

Brief Relational Therapy focuses on helping patients become aware of and change their self-defeating patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting which play out in relationships with other.

[10][11] Safran's legacy endures in the form of a yearly memorial lecture series, hosted by the department of psychology at the New School for Social Research, in conjunction with the Sándor Ferenczi Center.

Upon his death, Safran had a collection of nearly 3,000 books on topics ranging from psychology and psychoanalysis to religion, philosophy, art, literature, and medicine.

These books, donated to the Clinical Psychology Group of the NSSR, form the basis for the Jeremy D. Safran Reading Room and Library- dedicated on December 5, 2018.