GROWING YOURSELF UP: HOW TO BRING YOUR BEST TO ALL OF LIFE’S RELATIONSHIPS
Book ID/图书代码： 04410012B51587
English Summary/英文概要： To be human is to be in relationships. We can’t survive without them but at the same time it’s in our relationships that we so easily come unravelled. There are certain relationships that seem to just do us in. Either we feel like we lose ourselves or we feel burnt out from unsuccessful efforts to make things right for another. In our relationships we can experience the very best of ourselves and the very worst. Most psychological approaches to building resilience focus on the individual — the individual mind, emotions and experiences. The message of Growing Yourself Up, however, is that you can’t separate understanding the individual from understanding relationships; they go hand in hand.
All of life’s relationships are integral to increasing self-awareness and growing maturity — and it’s not necessarily the comfortable relationships that promote personal growth.
Drawing from Bowen family systems theory, this book takes you on a journey through each stage of life to see the predictable patterns of relationships and to show how to use this knowledge to make purposeful adjustments in yourself. The result, though certainly not a quick fix, is a sturdier self, sturdier relationships and a refreshing new way of viewing life’s challenges and opportunities.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人生中經歷過的每段關係 都形塑了今日的妳
在關係中學會自我覺察並成長身為人類，就免不了被各式各樣的人際關係綑綁住。沒有人際網絡的支持，我們就無法存活，但這些關係又常常讓我們感到痛苦。有些關係模式讓我們覺得失去自我，或覺得精疲力竭，似乎耗盡一切努力仍無法讓關係裡的其他人感到開心。在關係裡，我們可以發現自己最好的一面，卻也會看到自己最糟糕的一面。
人人都想要自我成長，也都想擁有堅強的心理抗逆能力。然而在培養心理抗逆能力方面，大部分的心理研究認為這方面能力完全是個人心理、情緒和人生經歷所造成。但此書作者認為，一個人的性格與抗逆能力並非完全來自於自己，而是來自於在人生中經歷的各種關係模式。人生中每一段關係都會提升一個人的自我覺察能力以及成熟度，不只是舒適快樂的關係，痛苦的關係更是幫助個人提升的最佳途徑。
本書由博域家庭系統理論(Bowen family systems theory)立論，由此我們可得知，每個人的生命中所遭遇的一切都會形塑我們的關係模式，而這一切只要自己發覺並有心想改變，都是可以調整的。雖然改變無法一蹴可幾，但只要開始去做，我們就會讓自己變的更堅強，人際關係變的更牢固而且快樂，也能以嶄新的視野看待生命中的逆境、挑戰與機會。(Eva)
Awards/获奖情况：‘In Growing Yourself Up, Jenny Brown demonstrates, through fascinating case vignettes and her own elegant clinical insights, how the challenging task of achieving maturity is possible.’- Dr Elliott J. Rosen, Ed.D., Director Emeritus, Family Institute of Westchester, White Plains, New York‘This book is an excellent resource for those interested in pursuing greater emotional maturity in their relationships (and those learning to help others do so). In short, a wonderfully clear, thoughtful and engaging read. I recommend it highly.’- Elizabeth A. Skowron, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
‘This will be a book that readers will return to again and again to refresh their thinking and their efforts to be effectively present and accounted for in the major relationships of their lives.’- Dan Papero PhD, MSW, Faculty of The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Washington, DC
“One of the marks of a truly brilliant idea is that once you hear it — especially from an expert — it sounds perfectly obvious. I had exactly this experience reading Jenny Brown’s Growing Yourself Up. On almost every page I found myself thinking: of course!”- Rev Dr John Dickson, Director, Centre for Public Christianity; Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney
“Growing Yourself Up is a book of wisdom, presented carefully and empathically without pulling any punches. The ideas will resonate, not as being from the ivory tower of academia but by reminding us of deep truths that you somehow already know."- Dr Paul Rhodes, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Sydney
About the Author/作者介绍： Jenny Brown於紐約哥倫比亞大學及雪梨大學就讀，接受專業訓練並獲得學術研究獎項，攻讀碩士學位時專研系統理論，曾在澳洲關係協會(Relationships Australia)、紐約Family Institute of Westchester以及英國倫敦塔維史托克心理治療中心(Tavistock and Portman)擔任心理諮商工作。現於新南威爾斯大學攻讀博士學位，研究父母對青少年的心理健康影響，也是澳洲Family Systems Institute的創辦人，為澳洲當地的心理健康專家及組織舉辦訓練課程。Jenny Brown現與家人住在雪梨，享受經營家庭關係的苦與樂，特別投注心力在擔任兩個長大成人、力爭上游的女兒最強力的後盾與諮詢。
Jenny Brown is the founder and director of the Family Systems Institute in Sydney, Australia, where she has a counselling practice and trains mental health professionals and organisations. She has trained and earned academic awards at the University of Sydney and Columbia University New York. Additionally, Jenny has completed many years of post-graduate education in systems approaches to counselling at Relationships Australia, Sydney; the Family Institute of Westchester, New York; and the Tavistock and Portman in London. She is currently undertaking PhD research at the University of New South Wales into parents’ experiences of their adolescents’ mental health treatment. Jenny lives in Sydney with her husband and two dogs and enjoys keeping in touch with her important relationships, in particular her two adult daughters as they make their way in the world.
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