Has adopted free world perspective: totally of this reality/mind set
Increasing awareness of and attachment to community issues
Greater buy-in/increasing social absorption/ever more to lose
Distanced from criminal past: just another chapter in life
Striving to reconcile past with present social values: needs help
Beyond major pull of past but lacks sense of long-term future
Basic confidence in ability to cope with demands of daily living
Determined to function pro-socially --- when choice available
Growing objectivity and self-control: slow but steady progress
Practical command of most basic social "rules of the game"
Modest (but useful) personal, social and vocational support base
Basic job stability but lacking skills required for advancement
Danger of couch potato syndrome: low ambition/minimal vision
Needs impetus to take increased initiative for overall growth
Periodic dependency problems and ongoing series of substitutions
Subject to free-floating dissonance: not psychologically healed/fixed
Improving interpersonal skills: dysfunctional relationships a danger
Needs professional "internal work" to confront historical demons
Self-image still insecure/fragile but self-worth/stability increasing
On quest for "quality of life": vague and elusive but "out there"
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