During their sessions together, Maria is instructed by her therapist to talk in an uninhibited manner, thus allowing her thoughts to be expressed spontaneously and exactly as they occur. Maria's therapist is utilizing which key technique of psychoanalysis?

Free associations

Explanation:

Free association is a technique that was given by Freud. This technique was used to help the patient to reveal their feelings without any hesitation. This a technique that aware of patients of their thinking and feelings. This is the technique that helps patients to know about unconscious thoughts and feelings.

This is not to mean to reveal the feelings but it is about to aware of the situation. So the patient can better understand the problem and try to solve the problem. The free association is typically performed in psychotherapy sessions. Thus here Maria therapist is utilizing which key technique of the psychoanalysis process.