Jeffrey Longhofer, Ph.D., LCSW

Associate Professor, Rutgers School of Social Work
Helping and Working Alliance Literature


Safran, J.D. (1993) 
Breaches in the therapeutic alliance: An arena for negotiating authentic relatedness. Psychotherapy, 30, 11-24.
Safran, J.D. & Muran, J.C. (1996).
The resolution of ruptures in the therapeutic allianceJournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 447-458.
Safran, J.D., Muran, J.C., Wallner Samstag, L. & Stevens, C. (2001).
Repairing therapeutic alliance ruptures. Psychotherapy, 38, 406-412.
Safran, J.D. (2003).
The relational turn, the therapeutic alliance and psychotherapy research: Strange bedfellows or postmodern marriage?Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 39, 449-475.
Safran, J.D., Muran, J.C., Samstag, L., & Winston, A. (2005). 
Evaluating alliance-focused intervention for potential treatment failures. Psychotherapy, 42, 532-545.
Muran, J.C., Safran, J.D., Samstag, L., & Winston, A. (2005). 
Evaluating an alliance-focused treatment for personality disorders. Psychotherapy, 42, 512-531.
Safran, J. D. & Muran, J.C. (2006).
Has the concept of the alliance outlived its usefulness?Psychotherapy, 43, 286-291.
Safran, J.D., Muran, J.C., & Eubanks-Carter, C. (2011).
Repairing alliance ruptures. Psychotherapy, 48, 80-87.