Steve, who is 31 years old man and has never gone on date. His parents are concerned and take him to therapist.
In this situation, the Steve's therapist is using a technique which is called free association.
Free association is a technique which is used in Psychoanalytical therapy. In this therapy, therapist tells client to lie down on couch and therapist sits behind and use the technique of free association to know the client’s problem.