High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Contemporary dream interpretation was first modelled by Sigmund Freud in his landmark monograph The Interpretation of Dreams. His was the first comprehensive approach to understanding dreams. Freud emphasized the analysis of dreams as a means to unlocking the unconsciousness, and felt that dreams were fundamentally composed of repressed psychological material. In contemporary psychoanalysis, the role of dream interpretation has been diminished somewhat, with analysts now focusing on other aspects of psychoanalysis. Nevertheless, dreams, and their interpretation, continue to provide a powerful therapeutic focus. Many studies have underlined the importance of dreams in psychoanalysis (and, indeed, therapeutic work in general.)