Jeremy Safran, a founding board member and former president of IARPP, passed away on May 7, 2018, in New York, at age 66.  His tragic and sudden death has reverberated throughout the psychoanalytic world, with tributes arriving from colleagues and friends around the globe.
Born in Canada, Jeremy was a beloved professor and teacher at The New School for Social Research, The New York Univeristy Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, The Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies, among other educational settings.  He was a relational psychoanalytic clinician, a thinker and prolific writer, an integrative psychotherapist, and a sought-after clinical supervisor and lecturer throughout the United States and internationally.  Widely recognized for his contributions to psychoanalytic research, he recently received awards from the Society for Psychotherapy Research and Division 39 of the American Psychological Association.

Jeremy was particularly known for his writing and teaching about the integration of psychoanalysis and Buddhism as well as the processes of rupture and repair in the therapeutic alliance.  Additionally, he was instrumental in the founding and running of the Sandor Ferenczi Center at the New School, along with Lew Aron and Adrienne Harris. Most importantly, however, Jeremy was known to be a deeply caring, gentle, and loving man, committed to his work as well as to his personal and professional relationships, generously nurturing the development of countless clinicians and students.

He is survived by his wife and two daughters.  A memorial service is planned for June 24th 2:30-4:30 at Tishman Auditorium, 63 5th Ave., per colleagues at the New School, with a conference honoring his life and work in the fall of 2019.  In addition, there will be a memorial honoring Jeremy’s life at the upcoming IARPP conference in New York, taking place on Saturday, June 16, from 12:30 to 1:30pm, at the Roosevelt Hotel Grand Ballroom. The IARPP community extends its warm regards and deepest sympathies to his family, colleagues, patients, and friends.