Donald Winnicott) Believed the central feature of healthy development is rooted in relationship Objects Refers to a person, most often one's mother Can be internal or external Good-Enough Mothering and the True Self Mothers that are able to respond to their infants' communication and needs "good-enough" mothering facilitates development of child's true self False self based on compliance with parental wishes - a mask At unconscious level false self protects the true self