John Christopher Muran (born December 4, 1961, in New York) is an American clinical psychologist and psychotherapy researcher.
John Christopher Muran graduated cum laude from The Hotchkiss School in 1980 and Hamilton College in 1984.
[7][8] He has published over 175 papers and 10 books, including Therapist Performance under Pressure (2020; with Catherine Eubanks), 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).
[9] Muran is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (since 2007)[10] and serves on its Advisory Steering Committee for Clinical Treatment Guidelines.
[14] He also held the Horst Kächele visiting professorship at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin during its winter semester 2022–23.