Markers of Psychosocial Maturation

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 Enjoyment as Manifested in Humor, Laughter, and Playfulness. - 28. Love: The Capacity to Love and Be Loveable. - 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.