Title: Prisoners of Our Thoughts
Subtitle: Second Edition, Paperback, and Audiobook Versions: Viktor Frankl’s Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work
Hardcover Version: Viktor Frankl's Principles at Work
Author: Alex Pattakos, Ph.D.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, California, USA; Audiobook: Gildan Media Corporation, New York, USA
Publication Date: Second Edition: July 2010
Hardcover: November 4, 2004
Paperback: January 1, 2008
Audiobook Digital Download: January 10, 2008
Audiobook CD (4-CD Set): July 1, 2008
ISBN: Second Edition:978-1-60509-524-0
Hardcover: 1-57675-288-7
Paperback: 1-57675-406-5
Price: Second Edition: $17.95
Hardcover: $22.95 USD
Paperback: $15.95
Audiobook Digital Download: $20.99
Audiobook CD (4-CD Set): $29.98
Format: Hardcover; Paperback; Audiobook CD; Audiobook Digital Download; Large Print
Pages: Second Edition: 216; Hardcover: 187; Paperback: 196
Available: World-wide
Foreign Languages: Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi (Indian), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
Bestseller Lists: National Top-10 bestseller list in Spain

Dr. Pattakos:

  • Please visit the About the Author Page of this website for a complete bio
  • Dr. Viktor Frankl urged him to write Prisoners of Our Thoughts: "Alex, yours is the book that needs to be written"

Dr. Viktor Frankl

  • Born on March 26, 1905, in Vienna, Austria. Died on September 2, 1997.
  • 2005 marked the 100th anniversary of Viktor Frankl’s birth
  • Chief of Neurology at Rothschild Hospital
  • Sent to and survived 4 concentration camps during World War II
  • Author of Man’s Search for Meaning, which has sold millions of copies and was named one of the top ten most influential books in America by the Library of Congress
  • Also wrote 31 other books and numerous publications

Logotherapy

  • Frankl developed a therapeutic system of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
  • Logotherapy seeks to make us aware of our freedom of response to all aspects of our destiny. This humanistic view of psychotherapy helps us find deeper meaning in our personal lives and work.

7 Core Principles

  • Dr. Pattakos derived 7 Core Principles from the work of Dr. Frankl. Please visit the About the Book Page of this website for a complete listing of these principles