Freud is best known for his theories of the [[unconscious mind]], especially involving the mechanism of [[repression]]; his symbolic interpretation of dreams; his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of objects; and his therapeutic technique, especially his understanding of [[transference]] in the therapeutic relationship and the symbolic interpretation of dreams as sources of insight into [[unconscious desire]]s. <ref>See also The Unconscious Before Freud, by Lancelot Law Whyte, 1979 [www.amazon.com/Unconscious-Before-Freud-Lancelot-Whyte/dp/0312828705]</ref> | Freud is best known for his theories of the [[unconscious mind]], especially involving the mechanism of [[repression]]; his symbolic interpretation of dreams; his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of objects; and his therapeutic technique, especially his understanding of [[transference]] in the therapeutic relationship and the symbolic interpretation of dreams as sources of insight into [[unconscious desire]]s. <ref>See also The Unconscious Before Freud, by Lancelot Law Whyte, 1979 [www.amazon.com/Unconscious-Before-Freud-Lancelot-Whyte/dp/0312828705]</ref> |