Tammy meets with a therapist because she wants to do something about the path her life is taking. the doctor tells her to lie down on the couch, relax, and say whatever comes to mind. this psychoanalytic method is known as

free association

Explanation:

Free association is the quintessential therapeutic method of psychoanalysis. Freud invented it in place of hypnotism in the treatment of neuroses. She began to use it in the treatment of Elizabeth Von R. who asked Freud to let her associate freely, without pressuring the search for a specific memory.

In free association the patient is told to say whatever comes to his mind, no longer giving any conscious guidance to his thoughts. It is essential that the patient obliges himself to report absolutely everything that occurs to his self-perception, leaving no room for critical objections seeking to set aside certain associations on the grounds that they are irrelevant or entirely meaningless.