If you’re an educator developing or updating a course, an important—and often challenging—aspect of your preparation is to find a quality textbook to use.
Fortunately, the ISSEP Task Force for Pedagogical Advancement has helped to identify trends and make recommendations for teaching and learning the science of existential psychology. The task force queried some of the leading experts, and is also actively calling for instructors and students to recommend textbooks that either focus on or substantially incorporate the science of existential psychology.
The following are recommended textbooks that communicate or incorporate at least some aspect of the science of existential psychology.
To recommend a textbook, or to send in comments about one, please send an email to info@issep.org with the subject line “Textbook recommendation.”
Introduction to Psychology
The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View
King
2019
Experience Psychology
King
2018
Social Psychology
Social Psychology: The Science of Everyday Life
Greenberg, Schmader, Arndt, Landau
2021
Social Psychology and Human Nature
Baumeister, Bushman
2021
Advanced Social Psychology: The State of the Science
Finkel, Baumeister
2019
Personality Psychology
Theories of Personality
Feist, Roberts, Feist
2021
Cultural Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Heine
2020
Religion & Spirituality
The Psychology of Religion
Hood, Hill, Spilka
2018
Therapy & Counseling
Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice
Deurzen
2012
Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy
Weixel-Dixon
2020
Existential Therapy: Distinctive Features
Deurzen, Arnold- Baker
2018
Theoretical Models of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Fall, Holden, Marquis
2017
Counselling Psychology: A Textbook for Study and Practice
Murphy
2017
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy
Deurzen
2016
Existential Therapies
Cooper
2016
Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling
Cooper
2015
Paradox and Passion in Psychotherapy: An Existential Approach
Deurzen
2015
Pragmatic Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy
Shapiro
2015
Practicing Existential Therapy
Spinelli
2014
Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy
Langdridge
2012
Existential Art Therapy: The Canvas Mirror
Moon
2009
Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
Yalom, Leszcz
2005
Introduction to Psychology
The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View
King
2019
Experience Psychology
King
2018
Social Psychology
Social Psychology: The Science of Everyday Life
Greenberg, Schmader, Arndt, Landau
2021
Social Psychology and Human Nature
Baumeister, Bushman
2021
Advanced Social Psychology: The State of the Science
Finkel, Baumeister
2019
Personality Psychology
Theories of Personality
Feist, Roberts, Feist
2021
Cultural Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Heine
2020
Religion & Spirituality
The Psychology of Religion
Hood, Hill, Spilka
2018
Therapy & Counseling
Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice
Deurzen
2012
Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy
Weixel-Dixon
2020
Existential Therapy: Distinctive Features
Deurzen, Arnold- Baker
2018
Theoretical Models of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Fall, Holden, Marquis
2017
Counselling Psychology: A Textbook for Study and Practice
Murphy
2017
Skills in Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy
Deurzen
2016
Existential Therapies
Cooper
2016
Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling
Cooper
2015
Paradox and Passion in Psychotherapy: An Existential Approach
Deurzen
2015
Pragmatic Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy
Shapiro
2015
Practicing Existential Therapy
Spinelli
2014
Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy
Langdridge
2012
Existential Art Therapy: The Canvas Mirror
Moon
2009
Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
Yalom, Leszcz
2005