In heinz kohut’s (1913–1981) self psychology, the archaic selfobject to which the child, as is appropriate for his or her phase of development, needs to admire and feel attached. When development is successful, it becomes transformed into internalized values and ideals that are soothing, drive-channeling structures that maintain and restore internal balance. The idealized
parental imago is one pole of the bipolar self; the other pole is the grandiose self.