who has invented the method of free associates
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Sigmund Freud was in the process of developing free association from 1892 to 1898. He planned on using it as a new method for exploring the unconsious. Freud claimed free association gave people in therapy complete freedom to examine their thoughts. This freedom would come, in part, from a lack of prompting or intervention by a therapist. Freud proposed the technique helped prevent three common issues in therapy:
- Transference. The process of transferring (https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/transference) feelings one has for one person to a different person.
- Projection. The process of projecting (https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/projection) one’s own qualities onto someone else.
- Resistance. The practice of blocking out certain feelings or memories (https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/memory) .
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