Core term · Donald Winnicott

True Self & False Self

The spontaneous, feeling core we are born with — and the compliant mask that can grow over it when we must please others to stay safe. Winnicott saw health as living from the true self.

Who shaped this idea

The thinker behind it

From concept to practice

Turn True Self & False Self into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.