Man in Search of Meaning

"A two-part lecture presented before a live audience in 1984. In the first segment, Frankl describes his perspective on the logotherapy of anxiety problems. He tells of personal contacts with Freud and Adler and contrasts his existential orientation with their theories. Frankl discusses cycles that perpetuate anxiety and outlines his method of paradoxical intention, which harnesses respectful humor to promote change. In part two, Frankl considers the existential vacuum that is composed of boredome (lack of interest) and apathy (lack of initiative). In essence, people have the means to live, but do not have the meaning for which to live. Noogenic neuroses, those that are the result of a lack of meaning, require logotherapy"--Container.