Growing Yourself Up

In this 2nd edition of the bestselling book, author Jenny Brown examines how our self-awareness and maturity and built by our relationships, and that it’s not necessarily the comfortable relationships that promote personal growth.

You will see how to help others without fostering dependency, and how to determine what kind of help you or others want from therapists. Drawing from Bowen family systems theory, Growing Yourself Up takes you on a journey through each stage of life to see predictable patterns of relationships and to show how to use this knowledge to make purposeful adjustments in yourself; as well as lending a mature helping hand to others.

The result is a sturdier self, sturdier relationships and a refreshing new way to view life’s challenges and opportunities.

About the Author

Jenny Brown is the founder and executive director of the Family Systems Institute and the Family Systems Practice in Sydney, Australia, where she has a counselling practice and trains mental health professionals and organizations. Jenny has a Ph.D. in Social Science from the University of New South Wales.

She has trained and earned academic awards at the University of Sydney and Columbia University, New York. Additionally, Jenny has completed many years of postgraduate education in systems approaches to counselling at Relationships Australia, Sydney; the Family Institute of Westchester, New York; and the Tavistock and Portman in London. Jenny lives in Sydney with her husband (and cocker spaniel) and enjoys the richness of her important relationships, in particular as a wife, mother to adult children and grandmother.