title: Is free association still at the core of psychoanalysis?
authors.affiliation: axel_hoffer@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffer
authors.forename: Virginia R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Youngren
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005608:Free Association; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy