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The True Self: Unlocking Your Hidden Potential


The True Self: Unlocking Your Hidden Potential

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, the totality of a person’s potentialities which could be cultivated under ideal cultural and social circumstances. The term is utilized in the framework of Erich Fromm’s approach to neurosis as a response to social pressures and repressed potentialities. The idea is additionally utilized within the patient-focused therapy of Carl Rogers.

TRUE SELF: “The acknowledgement of the true self is a significant objective of therapy.”

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looti, M. (2026, June 21). The True Self: Unlocking Your Hidden Potential. Encyclopedia of psychology. https://encyclopedia.arabpsychology.com/true-self/
looti, Mohammed. “The True Self: Unlocking Your Hidden Potential.” Encyclopedia of psychology, 21 June 2026, https://encyclopedia.arabpsychology.com/true-self/.
looti, Mohammed. “The True Self: Unlocking Your Hidden Potential.” Encyclopedia of psychology. June 21, 2026. https://encyclopedia.arabpsychology.com/true-self/.