Stephen J. Costello, Ph.D. is a philosopher, business consultant, practising logotherapist/existential analyst, the founder and director of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Ireland, and a bestselling author. viktorfranklireland.com

Over the course of his career, he has addressed two parliaments, given over eighty keynote addresses, and published over ten books. He is much sought after as a speaker in the areas of work and wellness, meaning and mental health.

Logotherapy is a scientifically based school of psychotherapy, based on the belief that the search for meaning even amidst misery can constitute a potential solution to human suffering. Meaning can be found by creating a work, loving someone, or adopting a modified attitude toward inevitable suffering.