9 3 3 ▁– ▁May ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁educ ator , ▁coun sel or , ▁motiv ational ▁speaker , ▁and ▁author ▁who ▁hosted ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁P BS ▁television ▁programs ▁on ▁topics ▁such ▁as ▁add iction , ▁recovery , ▁code p endency , ▁and ▁spiritual ity . ▁Brad sh aw ▁was ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁self - help ▁movement , ▁and ▁was ▁cred ited ▁with ▁popular izing ▁such ▁ideas ▁as ▁the ▁" w ounded ▁inner ▁child " ▁and ▁the ▁d ys function al ▁family . ▁In ▁prom ot ional ▁materials , ▁inter views , ▁and ▁reviews ▁of ▁his ▁work , ▁he ▁was ▁often ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁a ▁the olog ian . ▁ ▁Brad sh aw ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁six ▁books , ▁several ▁of ▁which ▁held ▁top ▁sl ots ▁as ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁best s ellers ; ▁his ▁book ▁Home coming ▁reached ▁No . ▁ 1 . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁he ▁hosted ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁P BS ▁television ▁broadcast s ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁books . ▁He ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁of ▁the ▁Pal mer ▁D rug ▁Ab use ▁Program ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁national ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁John ▁Brad sh aw ▁Center ▁at ▁Ing les ide ▁Hospital ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁California . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Brad sh aw ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Houston , ▁Texas , ▁into ▁a ▁trouble d ▁family ▁and ▁abandoned ▁by ▁an ▁alco hol ic ▁father ▁who