In the development of his psychoanalytic method Freud made use of his personal self-analysis to help achieve an analytic perspective on the data for interpretation. When he wrote his papers on technique, Freud drew upon this early experience and the model of the mind which he derived from it to fashion his core model of psychoanalytic technique. This model emphasizes the scientific objectivity of the analyst while minimizing the participatory dimensions of the process, which in the case of Freud's self-analysis occurred within his longstanding relationship with Fliess. As a result, the core model places undue emphasis on the interpretive aspects of the process to the neglect of the experiential dimensions of the work. Two of Freud's dreams, the dream of Irma's injection and the 'non vixit' dream, are reviewed to provide the framework for an expanded model of psychoanalytic technique.