Psychoanalysis is an evolving discipline. We acknowledge and fully utilize Freud's concepts of unconscious forces; of dreams being meaningful; of the importance for therapy of continually clarifying the doctor-patient relationship; of the recognizing and dealing with the patient's defenses which constrict his living; and of the value of achieving freer associating of thoughts and experiencing of feelings. We feel that Horney has extended and enriched our understanding of human motivation and psychoanalytic technique in seeing man as capable of choice and responsibility. She has identified certain patterns of behavior as expressions of emotional disturbance rather than inevitable phases of a man's development. Throughout her works, and particularly in Neurosis and Human Growth, she stressed the fact that “all kinds of pressure can easily divert our constructive energies into unconscious or destructive channels.” She further believed,