This article elucidates the cause of the origin of `gerontophobia' with psychotherapists. Arguments are adduced to ilustrate that psycho-analytic psychotherapy can very well be applied to elderly persons (i.e. over 55 years old). The arguments are derived from the psychoanalytic theory. Besides this article gives a summing up at some specific charasteristics of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy with elderly persons. This is illustrated by a case history.