ABSTRACT
In the beginning, Freud made use of a little artifice when the flow of associations stopped, which he later abandoned: he assured the patient that the memory which would come at the moment he laid his hand on his brow would be the right one. * He gave up this tedious method, however. I attempted to coax out an association by promising that it would come immediately after I had counted three, since actual touching the patient, because of the transference to be discussed later, seemed to me from the beginning to work unfavorably. This forcing also is superfluous. There are better means of overcoming the resistance.
