Awareness and development of one's own potential by a person allow one to effectively embody one's abilities in personal and professional life, to feel satisfaction from one's own achievements. In this regard, the specifics of self-actualization in the family and professional spheres are actively investigated; the features of self-actualization are considered.

The study of the mechanisms and conditions of human self-development, the realization of the potential inherent in it is relevant in modern domestic psychology. In this regard, self-actualization is considered as a mechanism that stimulates self-development, making it a need, a goal, and a life strategy. Self-actualization is associated with the process of personal development as a subject of intellectual activity of free choice, self-regulation of arbitrary activity as a carrier of responsibility, morality, faith, and meaning).

The value of this article lies in the fact that its results expand and deepen scientific ideas about the influence of self-actualization on family relationships as a mental phenomenon, which is one of the main mechanisms of self-determination of personality.