The legacy of Jeremy Safran

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A clinical heritage of empirical research. In memory of Jeremy Safran

“…As widely documented in the literature, personality disordered patients present major difficulties in constructing and maintaining the therapeutic alliance. Such patients represent a great challenge for clinicians, as evidenced by Safran and Muran’s studies (Muran, Safran, Samstag, & Winston, 2005 ; Muran et al, 2009 ; Muran, Segal, Samstag, & Crawford, 1994 ) and confirmed by further research (Bender, 2005 ; Colli, Gentile, Condino, & Lingiardi, 2019 ; Smith, Hilsenroth, Fiori, & Bornstein, 2014 ; Tanzilli, Colli, Gualco, & Lingiardi, 2018 ). In their qualitative study Dropout and narcissism: an exploratory research about situational factors and personality variables of the psychotherapist (2019, pp.…”

“…This is Part II of a special issue, Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome , dedicated in memory of our colleague Jeremy Safran (Part I was published in April 2019). For a recollection of the human and professional figure of Jeremy and a contextualization of this special issue in the theoretical, clinical, and research framework on the therapeutic alliance, please refer to our introductory notes in Part I (Lingiardi & Gentile, 2019 ).…”