摘要：Throughout the psychoanalytic literature, we observe cases where the analyst finds difficulty to deal with some kind of patients, those who do not present a significant improvement without a special handling. Based on this, we consider that Donald Winnicott and Wilhelm Reich bring important contributions to the theme, especially when they introduce the concepts of false self and armor. Our objective, therefore, is to establish a short dialogue between these concepts, emphasizing some approximations and distinctions. The research methodology is done through a bibliographic survey, being of qualitative and historical nature. At the end of the work, we concluded that the concepts of armor and false self are more similar than they are different in relation to emotional, motility, aggressiveness and spontaneity blockage.
关键词：psicanálise; Donald Winnicott; Wilhelm Reich; couraça; falso self
