Sean Murphy received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University. He is currently the Pacella Postdoctoral Psychologist and Research Fellow at New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He formerly worked in a variety of software development and other information technology roles. His current work with the Referential Process Research Group concerns the psychometric properties of measures of the referential process and their validation, as well as the development of new computerized discourse measures.