LogoTalk Radio #73: Boredom, the Existential Vacuum, and Noögenic Neurosis: Causes and Cures with Dr. Stephen J. Costello. Direct download link:  http://www.marshallhlewis.net/LogoTalk/LT73.mp3 Dr. Stephen J. Costello has given his kind permission for LogoTalk Radio to present his lecture entitled Boredom, the Existential Vacuum, and Noögenic Neurosis: Causes and Cures.  This presentation was given at the Second Future of Logotherapy Conference in Vienna on May 16, 2014. Dr. Costello, founder and director of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Ireland, is a philosopher, logotherapist/existential analyst, and author of multiple books on psychoanalysis, logotherapy, and philosophy. He has been lecturing philosophy and psychology for over twenty years in University College Dublin, Trinity College, and, more recently, in the Dublin Business School. He was educated in St. Gerard's School, Castleknock College, and University College Dublin, where he read Philosophy and Spanish Language and Literature. His Master's degree in philosophy was in existentialism and his PhD degree was on psychoanalysis and hermeneutics.  Subsequently, he trained at the Irish Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, gaining a Diploma in Psychoanalytic Studies with a thesis on Lacan and criminology. Dr. Costello is a Diplomate in Logotherapy and sits on the international faculty of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy.  He is a member of the Editorial Board of the forthcoming Annual Review of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis and has published widely in The International Forum for Logotherapy. Dr. Costello is also an engaging and entertaining speaker who has allowed LogoTalk Radio to podcast several of his delightful presentations. Links to Dr. Costello's past appearances on LogoTalk can be found in our show notes at logotalkradio.com. --- LogoTalk Radio is an accredited member institute of the International Association of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis at the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna. --- "Logotherapy and Existential Analysis: The Theory and Therapy of Viktor Frankl" is an online continuing education course for mental health professionals based on LogoTalk Radio. This 5 hour continuing education course is available at: http://www.zurinstitute.com/logotherapy_course.html --- Hosted by: Marshall H. Lewis, Ph.D. Diplomate in Logotherapy Music by: Tatjana Vucinic, M.Sc. Podcast Identification by: Dana Simmons Title Graphic by: Franklin Lewis