JOHN BRADSHAW, THD,MSP, MA

P.O. Box 667147

Houston, Texas 77266-7147

telephone:    (800) 6-BRADSHAW

email:          youcanheal@aol.com

website:       www.johnbradshaw.com

Author, TV Personality, Mentor, Innovator, Philosopher, Counselor, Theologian, Educator, and Elder

ABOUT JOHN BRADSHAW  For the past four decades, John Bradshaw has combined his exceptional skills as the role of counselor, author, management consultant, theologian, philosopher, and public speaker, becoming one of the leading figures in the fields of addiction/recovery, family systems, relationships, Spiritual and emotional growth, and management training. John brought the phrases dysfunctional families and inner child into mainstream society. His dynamic training and therapies are practiced all over the world. A much sought out speaker, John has truly touched and transformed the lives of millions.  He was elected by a group of his peers as ‘one of the most influential writers on emotional health in the 20th Century.’

He earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master degrees in psychology, philosophy, and theology from St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, graduating Magna Cum Laude.  He continued his postgraduate studies at Rice University and earned a Masters of Spiritual Psychology at University of Santa Monica.  Throughout his education, John was the recipient of many merit awards, including, the Trustees' Scholarship, John MacDonald Scholarship in Philosophy, Cardinal Mercier Gold Medal in Philosophy and the Trustees' Gold Medal for Academic Excellence.

TELEVISION, RADIO, NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE SHOWS & INTERVIEWS
Over the past 35 years the venerable John Bradshaw has hosted, appeared on, been interviewed on over 800 television and radio shows worldwide.  John has appeared on Oprah, Geraldo, Sally, Dr. Ruth, Tom Snyder, Donahue, Politically Incorrect, Good Morning America, CNN News, CNN-Talk Back Live, the BBC and on Sirius Radio. He has been interviewed for, or written articles for over 600 magazines (including Newsweek, Rolling Stone, People, Lears & The Hollywood Reporter), newspapers (including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Portland's Oregonian.)  At one time or another, virtually every newspaper in major markets in the United States has written articles about John Bradshaw.) John has been interviewed or written for special trade magazines. John has presented over 5000 keynote speeches, workshops, lectures and talks, and over 1,600 one to two day intensive workshops (US and Internationally.)

In the 1960’s and 1970’s, John hosted Spotlight, a weekly one-hour variety television show.  In the early 1980’s, he produced The Eight Stages of Man, an eight-part series for PBS.    With the 1986 airing of Bradshaw On: The Family, a ten-part PBS series, John became a television phenomenon.  His PBS series have gained huge audiences across the country. Since the 1980’s, John garnered huge international audiences through his television productions, workshops and series, including Where Are You Father?, Healing The Shame That Binds You, Adult Children Of Dysfunctional Families, Surviving Divorce, Bradshaw On: Homecoming (Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child), Creating Love, Eating Disorders, and Bradshaw On: Family Secrets. Through his television production ventures with PBS, John helped raise over $12,000,000 for the Public Broadcasting System.

In 1991, John was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host for his series Bradshaw On: Homecoming.  In 1996, John was the host of the nationally syndicated talk show, The Bradshaw Difference with MGM Studios.  John is widely sought as a public speaker and continues to tour the world giving lectures and workshops.

AUTHOR
John is the author of five books, three of which are New York Times Best Sellers.  John’s books have sold over 12½ million copies and are published in 42 different languages.  His books are Homecoming:  Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child (52 weeks at #1 and 108 additional weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List), Healing the Shame That Binds You (15 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List), Creating Love (7 weeks at #1 and 78 additional weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List), Bradshaw On: The Family—A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery, and Family Secrets—What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You. 

His newest book Reclaiming Virtue-Developing The Moral Intelligence To Do The Right Thing At The Right Time For The Right Reason  is published by Bantam Books, a division of Random House.

In 1999, John was honored by a group of his peers and elected ‘One Of The 100 Most Influential Writers On Emotional Health in the 20th Century,’ along with Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell and Erich Fromm.