Miller describes a phobia in a combat pilot which was cured with brief, psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy. The patient had been healthy prior to military service but became ill when exposed to a trauma which remobilized the affect of a similar experience in his past life. Following intravenous sodium pentothal, the handling of the transference situation played a decisive rôle in working through the traumatic material. Diminution of guilt feelings fostered by a benevolent father attitude and active encouragement helped this patient get well.