The treatment of exhibitionists referred by the court is described in this paper. The patients were in general sexually inhibited and had fewer heterosexual contacts than would normally be expected. Most came from backgrounds requiring suppression of anger. As a result of his understanding that effective treatment focused on conflicts having to do with the awareness and discharge of anger, Hackett was able to complete treatment successfully in a period of six months. The problem of the return of the desire to expose was handled with the suggestion