Individual psychotherapy with the old is being described and analyzed on the basis of treatment experiences with 48 geriatric and gerontopsychiatric patients aged 80 to 96. Furthermore conditions of successfully integrating psychotherapists in the team of geriatric hospital are examined. Special problems in treating the chronically and terminally ill are dealt with and resulting therapeutical aims are discussed.

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