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In what way is the technique of ‘Free Association’ valuable for the practice of Psychotherapy.
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In what way is the technique of 'Free Association' valuable for the practice of Psychotherapy. Introduction The method of free association is generally considered to be a cornerstone of psychoanalysis and one of the most important of Freud's discoveries. Freud abandoned hypnosis as a clinical technique and started to use 'free association' as another option. This technique consisted of asking patients to relax and relate anything that came into their minds, regardless of how irrelevant or embarassing the patient thought it to be. Freud's intention was to bring to consciousness possible repressed feelings and thoughts. According to (Rycroft,1979) the free association technique relies on three assumptions: (a) that all lines of thought tend to lead to what is significant; (b) that the patient's therapeutic needs and knowledge that he is in treatment will lead his associations towards what is significant except in so far as resistance operates; (c) that resistance is...
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