Goldfried joined the faculty at University of Rochester in 1961. In 1964, he joined the psychology department at Stony Brook University and worked on developing a graduate program in clinical psychology. Goldfried studies LGBT issues, psychotherapy research, and psychotherapy integration. He is a distinguished professor of clinical psychology at Stony Brook University. He is a co-founder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration. Goldfried is the founding editor of In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice. He is a former president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. He founded AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming their LGBT Family which comprises a network of family members in psychology with LGBT relatives that encourages research, clinical work, education, and advocacy.
