Is this Sanctification?

Whilst studying some aspects of psychology used in counselling I was struck by this idea - a person is a Christian to the degree that he or she has come to terms with themselves. It sounds faintly odd and the idea needs fleshing out I know.
First of all I use the term Christian to mean someone in whom the characteristics of the person of Jesus Christ are being manifested - not as a replicated clone but rather as a distinctive family member.
Secondly by the expression ‘come to terms with one’s self’ I mean the process of accepting oneself for who we are in the reality of today, warts and all. This often has to be an objective acceptance from which the subjective journey can be made into the reasons why we are the way we are.
One of my favourite verses is the one that states that ‘the truth sets you free’. For most of us that might conjure up some idea of a court room drama where the truth is expressed, the prosecution’s case collapses and the accused walks away free. Many people have experienced an immense sense of personal freedom when the understanding that their sins have been forgiven bursts upon their minds. This is the freedom from the guilt of all past wrongdoings. It is also freedom from future accusation - the amazing idea that no one can ultimately raise an accusing finger against me in the final analysis of my life.
However I think that there is a more profound experience of freedom than the revelation that our sins have been forgiven. This is the lightness of soul that comes gently and steadily upon a person as they settle mentally and emotionally into the fact that they are personally accepted by God in the here and now, and that He is working everything towards their ultimate good. This eliminates any effort at self improvement - what is the point if one is already accepted? It also means that whatever has been stacked against us in life can be used by God - there is no such label as ‘disadvantaged.’ In fact the more ‘disadvantaged’ you are the more potential you have to be ‘advantaged’ - with God your absolute best will always surpass your absolute worst.
How can all this be? In the end it is because the truth, or Truth, is a person. It is not some abstract concept existing in human consciousness. This person, who is Truth, is Jesus Christ and His personality and character can only be expressed through another human personality and character - you and me. This isn’t about upholding the truth as if we were championing a cause. Nor is it knowing about the truth as in Bible knowledge or theology. There may be many Christians who do great things for the truth and others who are deeply in the knowledge of the truth who have very little expression of the Truth in their own characters and lives.
This Truth is in fact the life....... of Jesus Christ. We come into the Truth as we make room for Him by coming to terms with the present state of our being - something He has already done. Then, as we work with Him, in being healed from wounds, forgiving other’s trespasses upon our lives, and our own upon theirs we thereby give Him the raw material that He needs in order to change us into His likeness and make us whole.
Come to think of it, being in the image and likeness of God was what He actually intended right from the beginning!