# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-bradshaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:42:38.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-bradshaw"
name: "John Bradshaw"
slug: "john-bradshaw"
description: "John Elliot Bradshaw was an American educator, counselor, motivational speaker, and author who hosted a number of PBS television programs on topics such as addiction, recovery, codependency, and spirituality. Bradshaw was active in the self-help movement, and was credited with popularizing such ideas as the \"wounded inner child\" and the dysfunctional family. In promotional materials, interviews, and reviews of his work, he was often referred to as a theologian."
tagline: "American educator, counselor, motivational speaker, author and television host (1933-2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-06-29"
deathDate: "2016-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.539890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnbradshaw.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bradshaw_(Psychologe)"
    title: "John Bradshaw (Psychologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "جون براشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "جون براشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bradshaw_(author)"
    title: "John Bradshaw (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bradshaw_(author)"
    title: "John Bradshaw (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bradshaw_(th%C3%A9ologien)"
    title: "John Bradshaw (théologien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699390"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump