During psychoanalytic therapy, free association is said to occur
when the patient talks freely about anything that comes to mind. Not minding how coherent or appropriate the thoughts are. Rather
than verbal expressions, sometimes the client is asked to <span>write
down all thoughts that come to his or her mind.</span>
This statement is mostly false. The stigma comes from the thought of the mother being careless enough to drink while pregnant and harm her child before it is born.
