The process of engaging young people with severe developmental disturbance in psychoanalytic psychotherapy: patterns of practice.
The author discusses some of the problems faced by psychoanalytic psychotherapists at a community-based center in engaging in psychotherapy hard-to-reach young people who present with severe developmental disturbance. The difficulties are suggested to arise from a poorly developed capacity, in these young people, to reflect on their own and others' mental states. The technical implications for the therapeutic approach are discussed. Case material is presented that illustrates this approach.John P. Moran

John P. Moran was for three years a member of the Los Angeles, California Common Council, beginning in 1879. He was council president for two years.

Family

Mrs. Mary Moran, who lived at East Ninth Street and Maple Avenue, was the head of the family. She died on December 11, 1894, and was survived by her son, John P., and two daughters, Mrs. Mary A. Dennison and Mrs. Catherine O'Connell.

Community activities

In the 1880s, Moran was a member of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee. He was also the president of the Young Men's Institute in Los Angeles, and was grand first vice president of the California unit of the organization.

In 1925, Moran was one of the organizers of a social and historical group called the Sons of