What a dream means? The dream itself as it is remembered, and the hidden meaning of the dream ... According to his psychoanalytic theory, dreams-like most psychological experiences-can be understood through two distinct levels: manifest and latent. The manifold problems of consciousness in their entirety can be examined only through an analysis of the hysterical mental process. -Chapter IX. Sigmund Sigmund Freud (German: Froyd) 6 May 1856 - 23 September 1939 was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. In creating psychoanalysis, Freud developed therapeutic techniques such as the use of free association and discovered transference, establishing its central role in the analytic process. Freud's redefinition of sexuality to include its infantile forms led him to formulate the Oedipus complex as the central tenet of psychoanalytical theory. His analysis of dreams as wish-fulfillment provided him with models for the clinical analysis of symptom formation and the underlying mechanisms of repression. A good guide to interpreter your own dreams.