Markers of Psychosocial Maturation

This book advances an integrative approach to understanding the phenomenon of psychosocial maturation. Through a rigorous, dialectically-informed interpretation of psychoanalytic and humanistic-existential-phenomenological sources, Mufid James Hannush distils thirty essential markers of maturity. The dialectical approach is described as a process whereby lived, affect-and-value laden polar meanings are transformed, through deep insight, into complementary and integrative meta-meanings. The author demonstrates how responding to the call of maturation can be viewed as a life project that serves the ultimate purpose of living a balanced life. The book will appeal to students and scholars of human development, psychotherapy, social work, philosophy, and existential, humanistic, and phenomenological psychology.

1. Introduction. - Part I The Capacities for Self-Analysis, Self-Understanding, and Self-Transcendence. - 2. Self-Analysis: The Capacity for
Self-Analysis
Through Self-Reflection. - 3. Self-Understanding: The Capacity for
Self-Understanding
and Insight into the Self. - 4. Self-Transcendence: The Capacity for
Self-Transcendence
Through the Suspension of Belief/Judgment. - Part II The Capacities for Balance, Feelings, and Creativity. - 5. Balance: The Capacity to Establish and Maintain a Dialectical
Balance
Between Polar Lifeworld Meanings. - 6. Feelings: The Capacity to Balance One s
Feelings
and Come to Terms with the Ambivalences and Ambiguities of Existence. - 7. Creativity: The Capacity for
Creativity
and Creative Living. - Part III The Capacities for Aesthetics, Goodness, Kindness, and Truth. - 8. Aesthetics: The Capacity for Relational
Aesthetics
. - 9. Goodness: The Capacity for
Goodness
. - 10. Kindness: The Capacity for
Kindness
. - 11. Truth: The Capacity to Seek, Find, and Be in the Service of Emotional and Relational
Truth
. - Part IV The Capacities for Companionship and Aloneness. - 12. Companionship: The Capacity for
Companionship
and Friendship. - 13. Aloneness: The Capacity to Be at Home with
Aloneness
, Silence, and Solitude. - Part V The Capacities for Self-Esteem, Flexibility, and Resilience. - 14. Self-Esteem: The Capacity for
Self-Esteem
Regulation. - 15. Flexibility: The Capacity for
Flexibility
. - 16. Resilience: The Capacity for
Resilience
. - Part VI The Capacities for Acceptance, Authenticity, and Responsibility. - 17. Acceptance: The Capacity for
Acceptance
of Self, Others, and Life Itself. - 18. Authenticity: The Capacity for
Authenticity
, Congruence, Genuineness, and Realness. - 19. Responsibility (Response-Ability): The Capacity for the Acceptance, Assumption, and Owning of
Responsibility
. - Part VII The Capacities for Holding, Trust, andHope. - 20. Holding: The Capacity for
Holding
and Containing the Self/Other. - 21. Trust: The Capacity to
Trust
Self and Others. - 22. Hope: The Capacity for Realistic
Hope
. - Part VIII The Capacities for Empathy, Relating, and Repairing. - 23. Empathy: The Capacity for
Empathy
. - 24. Relating: The Capacity for Healthy
Relating
. - 25. Repairing: The Capacity for
Repairing
Relational Ruptures. - Part IX The Capacities for Irony, Joy, Love, and Work. - 26. Irony: The Capacity for Cultivating a Sense of
Irony
. - 27. Joy: The Capacity for
Joy
and En
joy
ment as Manifested in Humor, Laughter, and Playfulness. - 28. Love: The Capacity to
Love
and Be
Love
able. - 29. Work: The Capacity for Generative
Work
. - Part X The Capacities for Suffering and Mourning. - 30. Suffering: The Capacity to Endure
Suffering. -
31. Mourning: The Capacity for
Mourning
and Working Through Loss. - 32. Conclusion.