Alex Pattakos

Alex Pattakos is an American psychologist and author who has made Carl Jung's and Viktor Frankl's legacy accessible as a practical philosophy. Prisoners of Our Thoughts — Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work applies the meaning-centered psychology of the Holocaust-surviving psychiatrist to modern work and everyday life.

Founder of the Center for Meaning, Pattakos works as a consultant and speaker helping organizations and individuals live by meaning rather than mere success. The book, endorsed by the Frankl family, has been published in many languages and is a standard text in the applied positive-psychology canon.