Dr. Cloud is a clinical psychologist with a unique ability to connect with
audiences. Drawing upon his broad range of experiences in private practice,
leadership consulting, and media, he simplifies life's issues and gives easy to
understand, practical advice. Its Dr. Cloud's humor, compassion, and 'in the
moment' confrontation that make his approach to psychology and spirituality
such a success.
Dr. Cloud has written or co-written more than twenty books, including the
million-seller Boundaries and his most recent book, Integrity: The Courage to
Meet the Demands of Reality. His books have sold over four million copies. He
has appeared on numerous radio and television broadcasts, including ABC News,
PBS, and FOX News and has been featured or reviewed in the Los Angeles Times,
New York Times, the Boston Globe, and more. Dr. Cloud co-hosts the nationally
syndicated radio program New Life Live, which is heard in over 150 markets.
As president of Cloud-Townsend Resources, Dr. Cloud has produced and
conducted hundreds of public seminars around the country, speaking on business
and leadership development, as well as relationships of all kinds.
In his consulting practice, he works with leaders in a wide range of
organizations and corporations, from family held firms to Fortune 25 companies.
He has an extensive executive coaching background and experience as an
organizational and leadership consultant, speaking regularly across the U.S.
and internationally at corporate and leadership events.
Dr. Cloud founded and built a health care company which operated treatment
centers in thirty-five cities in the Western U.S. for which he served as
Clinical Director for ten years. In that context of hands-on clinical
experience, he has developed and researched many of the treatment principles
and methods that he communicates to audiences now. After selling the company,
he has devoted his time to publishing and spreading principles of hope and
life-change through speaking, writing, and media.
He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, earning a B.S. in
psychology with honors. He completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Biola
University, and his clinical internship at Los Angeles County Department of
Mental Health. His philanthropic interests lie in the area of homelessness and
the inner city, as well as Third World missions and development. He lives in
Los Angeles with his wife, Tori, and their two daughters, Olivia and Lucy.
Dr. Cloud has a variety of programs on communication. His most recent offering
is on leadership.
-Leadership
From Publishers Weekly. "For Cloud, an author, clinical psychologist and
corporate consultant, integrity is more than just a person's ethics and morals.
The French and Latin meanings of the word hint at its origins, "that the whole
thing is working well, undivided, integrated, intact and uncorrupted."
Achieving this "wholeness" requires the development of six character traits
(creates trust, unafraid of reality, results-oriented, solves "negative
realities," causes growth and finds meaning in life) which Cloud examines in
great detail, using business stories like Proctor and Gamble's success in China
and the experiences of his CEO friends and clients. What each of his stories
has in common is how success, often wild success across multiple fields, is
fueled by openness, honesty to one's self and to others and "true trust," which
is borne out of someone's goodness not being "dependent on anything." Cloud's
conversational writing style makes for an easy read, and much of his advice is
sound if not groundbreaking, but some aphorisms come off as hokey. ("Things
never work. When they don't, that is the time to make them work. Then, if you
do, they work," or "Character = the ability to meet the demands of reality,"
which is not to be confused with integrity, the courage to meet those same
demands.) This book is not for the person seeking a quick-fix; Cloud's breed of
integrity is a lifestyle choice.
Ken Blanchard, Co-Author, The One-Minute Manager:
"Let Henry Cloud teach you how to live an authentic life. This is a must-read!"
Dr. Phil McGraw, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and host of the Dr. Phil
show:
"Dr. Cloud will show you how to produce the results you are looking for in your
work and personal life."
The New York Times
"[Integrity] lays out a transparent way to be a terrific leader by drawing on
and improving your best traits."
