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- This is a focused article on clinical interpretation in the light of psychoanalytic theory. See Interpretation for a general discussion and interpretation in psychotherapy for the broader clinical application of other theoretical frameworks.
A psychoanalytic interpretation is the offering of a meaning of a patients therapeutic material in the light of psychoanalytic theory. Such interpretations are also made to illuminate commentary on art, literature, historical biography, anthropological research and a wide variety of other cultural fields.