About Dr. Stephen J. Costello

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Dr Stephen J. Costello, BA, MA, PhD is the founder-director of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Ireland. He is a philosopher, psychoanalyst, logotherapist, bestselling author, corporate consultant, and accredited Enneagram coach.

He was educated at St. Gerard’s, Castleknock College, and University College Dublin. He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Spanish, and a master’s and doctorate in philosophy. Subsequently, he trained as a psychoanalyst (at the Irish Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, now in Trinity College), and in Viktor Frankl’s school of logotherapy and existential analysis (USA and Vienna diplomate).

Founder-Director of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Ireland

Philosopher, Psychoanalyst, Logotherapist, Corporate Consultant, and Accredited Enneagram Coach.

Author of Sixteen Books, Including a National Bestseller.

Dr. Stephen J. Costello

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He is the author of Sixteen books, including a national bestseller. He has addressed two parliaments – the European Parliament in Brussels on meaning and mental health and the Stormont Assembly in Northern Ireland on human rights. His corporate clients have included the Bank of Ireland, Red Bull, SAP Ireland, and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Dr Costello has more than thirty years’ experience giving talks, lecturing, and facilitating seminars and workshops both nationally and internationally. He is known for his philosophical and psychological expertise, sensitivity, understanding, knowledge, passion, humour, and motivational speaking.

"In my work as a consultant and coach to individuals and organisations, I stand at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and spirituality, drawing from these deep wells of insight and inspiration to advance existential wellbeing and flourishing."

Diploma in Addiction Studies

For those interested in pursuing an online Diploma in Addiction Studies, which draws on the Enneagram, as well as the twelve steps of Recovery from a philosophical and spiritual perspective, please visit the website of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Ireland for further information: www.viktorfranklireland.com

Books

Dr. Costello’s published works cover a wide variety of genres.

Body, Mind, Spirit, Mental Health, Stephen, Costello

A Tri-Dimensional Model of Mental Health

Cambridge Scholars, 2022

Dynamics, Discernment, Stephen, Costello, Decision-Making

Dynamics of Discernment: A Guide to Good Decision-Making

Pickwick Publications, Oregon, 2022

Between, Speech, Silence, Communicate, Meditate, Stephen, Costello

Between Speech and Silence: From Communicating to Meditating

Pickwick Publications, Oregon, 2022

Fear, Ethics, Essence, Ego, Enneatype, Stephen, Costello

The Nine Faces of Fear: Ego, Enneatype, Essence

Pickwick Publications, Oregon, 2022

Hope, Philosophy, Reflections, Stephen, Costello

Beyond Hope: Philosophical Reflections

Cambridge Scholars, 2020

Applied, Logotherapy, Stephen, Costello, Viktor Frankl

Applied Logotherapy: Viktor Frankl’s Philosophical Psychology

Cambridge Scholars, 2019

Philosophy, Clinic, Practical Wisdom, Stephen, Costello

The Philosophy Clinic: Practical Wisdom at Work

Cambridge Scholars Press, 2017

Friendship, Conversations, Philosopher, Stephen, Costello

What is Friendship? Conversations with the Great Philosophers

The Liffey Press, Dublin, 2015

Lying, Truth, Men and Women, Stephen, Costello

The Truth about Lying: With Some Differences Between Men and Women

The Liffey Press, Dublin, 2013

Philosophy, Flow, Presence, Stephen, Costello

Philosophy and the Flow of Presence: Desire, Drama and the Divine Ground of Being

Cambridge Scholars, 2013

Ethics, Happiness, Existential, Analysis, Stephen, Costello

The Ethics of Happiness: An Existential Analysis

Wyndham Hall Press, Ohio, 2011

Hermeneutics, Psychoanalysis, Religion, Stephen, Costello

Hermeneutics and the Psychoanalysis of Religion

Peter Lang, Switzerland, 2010

Mothers, Babies, Stephen, Costello

18 Reasons Why Mothers Hate Their Babies: A Philosophy of Childhood

Eloquent Books, New York, 2009

Pale, Criminal, Psychoanalytic, Perspectives, Stephen, Costello

The Pale Criminal: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Karnac, Dublin and New York, 2002. Romanian edition, 2017

Irish, Soul, Dialogue, Stephen, Costello

The Irish Soul: In Dialogue

The Liffey Press, Dublin, 2001

Credo, Faith, Philosophy, Contemporary, Stephen, Costello

Credo: Faith and Philosophy in Contemporary Ireland

Edited book. The Liffey Press, Dublin, 2002

Spirituality, Catholic, Tradition, Stephen, Costello

The Search for Spirituality: Seven Paths in the Catholic Tradition

Edited book. The Liffey Press, Dublin, 2002

Ignatian Mysticism: Exploring the Spiritual Exercises

The Alchemy of Addiction: Carl Jung, the Enneagram, and Contemplative Wisdom Traditions

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