free association

Respond in 1000 words with a scholarly references. Use citations, site your work and add references. In order for free association to be useful and effective, the individual can not edit or sensor him/herself.   This behavior is sometimes extremely difficult as the words that come to an individual's mind may seem strange, illogical or even inappropriate.  However, with free association, everything is fair game.  It does take considerable practice and a good therapeutic alliance between the individual and the therapist.   The therapist is looking to make some connections amongst those thoughts.   For an experiment, give it a try.  Take a few minutes and just say whatever comes to your mind.  Then, see if you can make any connections about it.  rences.