A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to the airport where she boards a plane. As the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the dream suggests a desire for a divorce. The therapist's interpretation represents what Sigmund Freud called the dream's

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The therapist's interpretation of the dream represents what Freud called the dream's latent content, which is the hidden, unconscious meaning behind the manifest content (the actual events of the dream). In this case, the therapist is suggesting that the dream may be expressing the client's unconscious desire for a divorce.

A Client Tells His Therapist About a Dream in Which