Who is Joe?

This is another of Erickson's patients who are used as examples in the book. His case is covered in chapter 6, "Childbirth and Rearing of the Young." At the time that he was Erickson's patient he was an extremely difficult 8-year-old boy. The bottom line of his trouble was that he was overcome by anxieties associated with not having a leader. He had developed the belief that his mother would not or could not control him anymore and had turned to rampaging his entire neighborhood.