Dr. Jenny Brown

Family Therapist, Author, and Founder of the Parent Hope Project

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Dr. Jenny Brown is a leading family therapist, researcher, and author with over four decades of experience in child and family mental health across Australia, the USA, and the UK. She is the founder of the Parent Hope Project and author of Growing Yourself Up and Facilitating Parents ’ Agency.

Her forthcoming book with Bloomsbury USA, The Parenting Paradox: How to Love Your Children by Giving Them Space to Grow, will be released soon. A sought-after conference speaker, school presenter, and media guest, Jenny also hosts her own podcast on parenting and family resilience.

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The Parenting Paradox

Loving Children by Giving Them Space to Grow

More Than a How-To Parenting Book: A Lasting Companion for the Child-Raising Journey

Parenting today can feel relentless—full of pressure to get everything right. This substantial yet highly accessible book offers something different: a clear, grounded path back to balance.

Published by Bloomsbury Academic for a broad parenting audience, it brings together thoughtful research and real-world insight in a way that is both authoritative and easy to engage with.

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  • “Parents and helping professionals know that a worry-based approach to parenting is failing us. Dr. Brown is offering us an alternative… There is no greater gift for a child than a parent who is growing themselves up.”

    — Dr. Kathleen Smith, PhD, LP therapist, author, and international speaker who teaches globally on systems thinking and emotional resilience. Author of Everything Isn t Terrible and True to You, and writes the newsletter The Anxious Overachiever.

  • “A rare, refreshing antidote to intensive parenting culture… a calm, steady path toward clarity, confidence, and genuine connection at home.”

    — Bryana Kappadakunnel, author of Parent Yourself First.

  • “The Parenting Paradox equips parents to dial back anxiety, stay grounded, and thoughtfully make space for their kids to grow.”

    — Darby Saxbe, PhD, Professor of psychology at the University of Southern California and author of Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood.

  • “An important book for parents—and for all who work with them… guidance that has been largely missing from the conversation.”

    — Peter N. Stearns, co-author of The American Child: The Transformation of Childhood Since World War II, professor emeritus at George Mason University.

  • “Filled with enlightening case studies and gentle encouragement, this is a welcome resource for overstressed parents.”

    – Publishers Weekly

More Books by Dr. Jenny Brown

Growing Yourself Up Book by Dr. Jenny Brown

Growing Yourself Up

How to bring your best to all of life’s relationships

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Parenting with Clarity Book by Dr. Jenny Brown

Parenting with Clarity

A Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Their Supporters Who Want to Contribute to Children's Flourishing

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Confident Parenting Book by Dr. Jenny Brown

Confident Parenting

Restoring your confidence as a parent by making yourself the project and not trying to change your child

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The Parenting Paradox Book by Dr. Jenny Brown

New: The Parenting Paradox

Loving Our Children by Giving Them Space to Grow

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Facilitating Parents' Agency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health book by Dr Jenny Brown

Facilitating Parents' Agency in Child & Adolescent Mental Health:

Helplessness to Hope

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Bowen Family Systems Theory in Christian Ministry Book by Dr Jenny Brown

Bowen Family Systems Theory in Christian Ministry:

Grappling with Theory and its Application Through a Biblical Lens

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The Parent Hope Project

Hope grows when the project is the parent, not the child.

Transformative family systems parenting courses and training designed to empower and support parents in today’s complex world.

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