Showing posts with label Emotional maturity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emotional maturity. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

How to assess your level of emotional maturity.

 


I often share with clients Murry Bowen's ideas of "reactivity" vs. responsiveness." 

Being emotionally reactive usually creates problems for the individual and the people they are in relationship with. By contrast being responsive, meaning that the individual has developed purposeful and deliberate ways of handling distressing emotions in their interactions with others, usually results in more satisfying and fulfilling ways to functioning.