Rebel Without a Cause

Robert Lindner''s 1944 classic Rebel Without a Cause follows the successful analysis and hypnosis of a criminal psychopath Harold. In full transcriptions of their forty-six sessions Lindner takes his patient into the depths and recesses of his childhood memories. Plumbing the free-associative monologues for clues to unlock the causes of Harold''s criminal behavior Lindner portrays a man cut off from himself and unable to attach himself to others.. Lindner reveals to Harold long-hidden incidents from his infancy and childhood that served to propel him toward a troubled and chaotic adulthood full of armed robbery break-ins and random sexual encounters. With care and diligence patient and analyst begin to excavate events from Harold''s childhood and reconstruct them as a foundation for analysis. . Heralded as a classic upon its publication Rebel Without a Cause is the tale of a masterful analysis that is still relevant today against the complex issues of sanity rehabilitation and crime that resonate in our legal system.