This technique of psychoanalytic therapy has the therapist acting as an expert to explain the meaning of the patient's concerns and the meaning of unconscious material.

• A. Free association
• B. Dream interpretation
• C. Transference
• D. Interpretations

Answer: (D)

Interpreting unconscious material and patient concerns is about the therapist offering explanations that reveal hidden meanings behind what the patient expresses. In psychoanalytic therapy, the therapist acts as an expert who ties together symptoms, defenses, and patterns with underlying wishes and conflicts, often linking present issues to past experiences. This interpretive move helps bring unconscious material into conscious awareness, fostering insight and change.

Free association is the patient-driven process of speaking freely to uncover thoughts, dreams is about analyzing dream content, and transference refers to the patient projecting feelings onto the therapist. The act of interpretation specifically is the therapist’s skilled explanation of meaning, making it the technique described.