Treatment of the elderly and aged differs in some respects from conventional therapy based on analytic principles. Analysis of resistances should be avoided as it may activate too many pathological ideas. In the transference the therapist often represents the patient's child. Dissolution of the transference is not attempted; many patients remain in a permanent state of transference. Sexual education is often valuable to the aged. Growing old in our society is a traumatic experience, which may be mitigated by the therapist's coöperation with the general practitioner and with social agencies.