This page is a combination of a reference list and recommended sources. The books, journal articles/book chapters, and influential fiction are listed separately, with the books being listed first. For some books, there is also a link to a review of the book. Although this site is owned by Louis Hoffman, the site supports the Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association (RMHCPA), which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. As an Amazon Associate RMHCPA earns from qualifying purchases when purchasing through the links to Amazon below.
Books
Bargdill, R., & Broome, R. (2015). Humanistic contributions for psychology 101: Growth, choice, and responsibility. Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press. Purchase at Publisher. Purchase at Amazon.
Becker, E. (1968). The structure of evil. New York, NY: The Free Press. Purchase here
Becker, E. (1973). The denial of death. New York, NY: Free Press. (review) Purchase here
Becker, E. (1975). Escape from evil. New York, NY: Free Press. Purchase here
Bohart, A. C., Held, B. S., Mendelowitz, E., & Schneider, K. J. (2012). Humanity’s dark side: Evil, destructive experience, and psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Purchase here.
Buber, M. (1970). I and thou (W. Kaufmann, Trans.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. Purchase here
Bugental, J. F. T. (1987). The art of the psychotherapist. New York, NY: Norton. (review) Purchase here
Bugental, J. F. T. (1999). Psychotherapy isn’t what you think: Bringing the p sychotherapeutic engagement into the living moment. Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen. (Review) Purchase here
Cain, D. J., Keenan, K, & Rubin, S. (Eds.). (2002). Humanistic psychotherapies: Handbook research and practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Purchase here
Camus, A. (1955). The myth of sisyphus and other essays (J. O’Brien, trans.). New York, NY: Vintage. (Original work published in 1955) Purchase here
Cooper, M. (2016). Existential therapies (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Review of Original Version) Purchase here.
Cooper, T. (2006). Paul Tillich and psychology: Historic and contemporary explorations in theology, psychotherapy, and ethics. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. Purchase here
De Beauvior, S. (1985). A very easy death. New York, NY: Pantheon. Purchase here
De Beauvior, S. (2000). The ethics of ambiguity (B. Frechtman, Trans). Secaucus, NJ: Citadel. (Original work published in 1947). Purchase here
Diamond, S. A. (1996). Anger, madness, and the daimonic: The psychological genesis of violence, evil, and creativity. New York, NY: State University of New York Press. (review) Purchase here
Elkins, D. N. (1998) Beyond religion: A personal program for building a spirituality life outside the walls of traditional religion. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books. Purchase here
Elkins, D. N. (2009). Humanistic psychology: A clinical manifesto. Colorado Springs, CO: University of Rockies Press. Purchase here.
Frankl, V. E. (1988). The will to meaning. New York, NY: Meridian. Purchase here
Frankl, V. E. (1984). Man’s search for meaning. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. (review) Purchase here
Frankl, V. E. (1986). The doctor and the soul (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: Vintage. Purchase here
Frankl, V. E. (2000). Man’s search for ultimate meaning. Cambridge, MA: Perseus. (review) Purchase here
Gendlin, E. T. (1981). Focusing. New York, NY: Bantam. Purchase here
Gendlin, E. T. (1996). Focusing-oriented psychotherapy. New York, NY: Guilford. Purchase here
Greenberg, J., Koole, S. L., & Psyzczynski, T. (2004) Handbook of experimental existential psychology. New York, NY: Guilford. Purchase here.
Grogan, J. (2012). Encountering America: Humanistic psychology, sixties culture, and the shaping of the modern self. New York, NY: HarperCollins. (review) Purchase here
Heery, M. & Richardson, G. (2009). Awakening to aging: Glimpsing the gifts of aging (2nd ed.). Petaluma, CA: Tonglen. Purchase here
Heidegger, M. (1996). Being and time (J. Stanbaugh, Trans.). Albany, NY: State University of New York: Press. Purchase here
Hoffman, L., Cleare-Hoffman, H., Granger, N., Jr., & St. John, D. (Eds.). (2019). Humanistic approaches to multiculturalism and diversity: Perspectives on existence and difference. New York, NY: Routledge. Purchase from Amazon.
Hoffman, L., Yang, M., Kaklauskas, F. J., Chan, A., & Mansilla, M. (Eds.). (2019). Existential psychology East-West (Vol. 1 – Revised & expanded ed.). Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press. Purchase from publisher. Purchase from Amazon.
Hoffman, L., Yang, M., Mansilla, M., Dias, J., Moats, M., & Claypool, T. (Eds.). (2019). Existential psychology East-West (Vol. 2). Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press. Purchase from publisher. Purchase from Amazon.
Hubben, W. (1952). Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, & Kafka. New York, NY: Touchstone. Purchase here
Kaufmann, W. (1974). Nietzsche: Philosopher, psychologist, antichrist (4th ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Purchase here
Kaufmann, W. (1980). Nietzsche, Heidegger and Buber. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Purchase here
Kaufmann, W. (2000). Basic writings of Nietzsche (W. Kaufmann, Ed. & Trans.). New York, NY: The Modern Library. Purchase here
Kierkegaard, S. (1981). The concept of anxiety (R. Thomte & A. B. Anderson, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (original work published in 1844) Purchase here
Kierkegaard, S. (1985). Fear and trembling (A. Hannay, Trans.). New York, NY: Penguin. Purchase here
Lander, N. R. & Nahon, D. (2005). The integrity model of existential psychotherapy in working with the ‘difficult patient’. New York, NY: Routledge. Purchase here
Malony, H. N. (Ed.). (1980). A Christian existential psychology: The contributions of John G. Finch. New York, NY: University of America Press. Purchase here
Matustik, M. J. (1993). Postnational identity: Critical theory and existential philosophy in Habermas, Kierkegaard, and Havel. New York, NY: Guilford Press. Purchase here
May, R. (1950/1970). The meaning of anxiety. New York, NY: Norton & Company. Purchase here
May, R. (1953). Man’s search for himself. New York, NY: Delta. Purchase here
May, R. (1969). Love and will. New York, NY: Delta. Purchase here
May, R. (1975). The courage to create. New York, NY: Norton & Company. Purchase here
May, R. (1979). Psychology and the human dilemma. New York, NY: Norton & Company. Purchase here
May, R. (1981). Freedom and destiny. New York, NY: Norton & Company. Purchase here
May, R. (1983). The discovery of being. New York, NY: Norton & Company. Purchase here
May, R. (1985). My quest for beauty. Dallas, TX: Saybrook. Purchase me
May, R. (1988). Paulus: Tillich as spiritual teacher (Rev. ed.). Dallas, TX: Saybrook. (review) Purchase here
May, R. (1989). The art of counseling (Rev. ed.). Lake Worth, FL: Gardner Press. Purchase here
May, R. (1991). The cry for myth. New York, NY: Delta. (review) Purchase here
May, R., Angel, E., & Ellenberger, H. F. (Eds.). (1958). Existence. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc. Purchase here
Mendelowitz, E. (2008). Ethics and Lao-Tzu: Intimations of character. Colorado Springs, CO: University of the Rockies Press. (review). Purchase here
Moustakas, C. (1994). Existential psychotherapy and the interpretation of dreams. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. Purchase here
Moustakas, C. (1995). Being-in, being-with, being-for. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. Purchase here
Nietzsche, F. (1955). The birth of tragedy (C. F. Fadiman, trans.). New York, NY: Dover. (Original work published in 1872). Purchase here
Nietzsche, F. (1962). Philosophy in the tragic age of the Greeks. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing. (Original work published in 1870) Purchase here
Nietzsche, F. (1966). Beyond good and evil: Prelude to a philosophy of future (W. Kaufmann, Trans.). New York, NY: Vintage Books: (Original work published 1886) Purchase here
Nietzsche, F. (1986). Human, all too human: A book for free spirits (R. J. Hollingdale, Trans.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Purchase here
Nietzsche, F. (1990). Twilight of the idols and the anti-christ. (R. J. Hollingdale, trans). New York, NY: Penguin Books. (Original works publsihed in 1889 & 1894). Purchase here
Psyzczynski, T. A., Solomon, S., & Greenberg, J. (2002). In the wake of 9/11: The psychology of terror. Washington, DC: American Psychological Assocation. Purchase here
Rank, O. (1936). Truth and reality (J. Taft, Trans.). New York, NY: Norton & Company. Purchase here
Rogers, C. R. (1951). Client-centered therapy. Boston, MA: Houghton Miffin. Purchase here
Rogers, C. R. (1965). On becoming a person. Boston, MA: Houghton Miffin. Purchase here
Rogers, C. R. (1977). On personal power. New York, NY: Delta. Purchase here
Rogers, C. R. (1980). A way of being. Boston, MA: Houghton Miffin. Purchase here
Sartre, J. P. (1956). Being and nothingness (H. E. Barnes, Trans.). New York, NY: Washington Square Press. Purchase here
Sartre, J. P. (1962). Sketch for a theory of emotions. New York, NY: Routledge. (Original work published in 1939). Purchase here
Sartre, J. P. (1965). Essays in existentialism (W. Baskin, Ed. & Trans.). New York, NY: Citadel Press. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. (1999). Horror and the holy: Wisdom teachings of the monster tale. La Salle, IL: Open Court. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. (1999). The paradoxical self: Toward an understanding of our contradictory nature. Amityville, NY: Humanity Books. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. (2004). Rediscovery of awe: Splendor, mystery and the fluid center of life. St. Paul, MN: Paragon House. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. (2007). Existential-integrative psychotherapy: Guideposts to the core of practice. New York, NY: Routeledge. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. (2009). Awakening to awe: Personal stories of profound transformation. Jason Aronson. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. (2013). The polarized mind: Why it’s killing us and what we can do about it. Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press. Purchase at publisher. Purchase on Amazon.
Schneider, K. J., Pierson, J. F., & Bugental, J. F. T. (Eds.). (2014). The handbook of humanistic psychology: Leading edges in theory, research, and practice (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. & Krug, O. T. (2017). Existential-humanistic therapy (2nd ed.).Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Purchase here
Schneider, K. J. & May, R. (1995). The psychology of existence: An integrative, clinical perspective. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Purchase here
Soloman, R. C. (Ed.). (1974). Existentialism. New York, NY: The Modern Library. Purchase here
Spinelli, E. (1997). Tales of un-knowing: Therapeutic encounters from an existential perspective. New York, NY: New York University Press. Purchase here
Spinelli, E. (2004). The mirror and the hammer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
Spinelli, E. (2005). The interpreted world: An introduction to phenomenological psychology (2nd ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
Spinelli, E. (2014). Practicing existential therapy: The relational world (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
Stark, M. (1999). Modes of therapeutic action. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. Purchase here
Strasser, F. & Strasser, A. (1997). Existential time-limited therapy: The wheel of existence. New York, NY: Wiley & Sons. Purchase here
Szasz, T. S. (1974). The myth of mental illness (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: Perennial. Purchase here
Tillich, P. (1952). The courage to be. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Purchase here
van Deurzen, E. (2010). Everyday mysteries: Existential dimensions of psychotherapy (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. Purchase here
van Deurzen, E. (2013). Existential counseling and therapy in practice (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
van Deurzen, E. (2015). Paradox and passion in psychotherapy: An existential approach to therapy and counseling (2nd ed.).New York, NY: Wiley & Sons. Purchase here
van Deurzen, E. (2016). Skills in existential counselling and psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
van Deurzen, E., & Arnold-Baker, C. (2018). Existential therapy: Distinctive features. New York, NY: Routledge. Purchase here
van Deurzen, E., Craig, E., Längle, A., Schneider, K. J., Tantum, D., & du Plock, S. (Eds.). (2019). Wiley world handbook of existential therapy. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Purchase here
van Deurzen, E. & Iacovou, S. (Eds.). (2013). Existential perspectives on relationship therapy. New York, NY: Palgrave. Purchase here
Van Deurzen, E., & Kenward, R. (2005). Dictionary of existential psychotherapy and counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
Wampold, B. E. & Imel, Z. E. (2015). The great psychotherapy debate: Models, methods, and findings (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (1980). Existential psychotherapy. New York, NY: Basic Books. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (1989). Love’s executioner. New York, NY: HarperPerennial. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (1999). Momma and the meaning of life. New York, NY: Perennial. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (2002). The gift of therapy. New York, NY: HarperCollins. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (2008). Staring at the sun: Overcoming the terror of death. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. & Elkin, G. (1990). Every day gets a little closer: A twice-told therapy. New York, NY: Basic Books. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. & Leszcz, M. (2005). Theory and practice of group psychotherapy (5th ed.). New York, NY: Basic Books. Purchase here
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Bugental, J. F. T. & Edelstein, B. (2003, Feb/March). Interview with Jim Bugental, AHP’s first president. Perspective, Retreived from http://www.ahpweb.org/pub/perspective/feb03/feb03cover.html.
Cleare-Hoffman, H. P., Hoffman, L., & Wilson, S. S. (2013, August). Existential therapy, culture, and therapist factors in evidence-based practice. In K. Keenan (Chair), Evidence in support of existential-humanistic psychotherapy: Revitalizing the third force. Symposium presented at the 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI. Read on Academia.edu.
Fishman, D. B. (2005). Editor’s Introduction to PCSP – From Single Case to Database: A New Method for Enhancing Psychotherapy Practice. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy [Online], Vol. 1(1), Article 2. Available: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/pcsp1.1.47 (View Abstract & Link to Article).
Hoffman, L. (2004, August/September). The danger of the truth. AHP Perspectives, 22-44. Read on Academia.edu.
Hoffman, L. (2008). An existential approach to working with religious and spiritual clients. In K. Schneider (Ed.), Existential-integrative psychotherapy: Guideposts to the core of practice (pp. 187-202). New York, NY: Routledge Press. Purchase here
Hoffman, L. (2016). Multiculturalism and humanistic psychology: From neglect to epistemological and ontological diversity. The Humanistic Psychologist, 44, 56-71.
Hoffman, L. & Cleare-Hoffman, H. P. (2011). Existential therapy and emotions: Lessons from cross-cultural exchange. The Humanistic Psychologist, 39, 261-267.
Hoffman, L., Cleare-Hoffman, H. P., & Jackson, T. (2014). Humanistic psychology and multiculturalism: History, current status, and advancements. In K. J. Schneider, J. F. Pierson & J. F. T. Bugental (Eds.), The handbook of humanistic psychology: Theory, research, and practice (2nd edition; pp. 41-55). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hoffman, L. Dias, J., & Soholm, H. C. (2012, August). Existential-humanistic therapy as a model for evidence-based practice. In S. Rubin (Chair), Evidence in support of existential-humanistic psychology: Revitalizing the ‘third force.’ Symposium presented at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. Read on Academia.edu.
Hoffman, L., Granger, N. Jr., Vallejos, L., & Moats, M. (2016). An existential-humanistic perspective on Black Lives Matter and contemporary protest movements. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 56, 595-611. doi: 10.1177/0022167816652273
Hoffman, L., Lopez, A., & Moats, M. (2013). Humanistic psychology and self-acceptance. In M. Bernard (Ed.), The strength of self-acceptance: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 3-17). New York: NY: Springer. Purchase here
Hoffman, L., Richards, R., & Pritzker, S. (2012). Creativity and the evolution of humanistic psychology. Self and Society, 40, 10-15.
Hoffman, L. & Rubin, S. (2013, December 25). Rediscovering humanistic psychology: Understanding its complicated history. [Review of Encountering America: Humanistic psychology, sixties culture, & the shaping of the modern self]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 58(no. 50). doi 10.1037/a0034938. Read on Academia.edu.
Hoffman, L., Stewart, S., Warren, D., & Meek, L. (2014). Toward a sustainable myth of self: An existential response to the postmodern condition. In K. J. Schneider, J. F. Pierson & J. F. T. Bugental (Eds.), The handbook of humanistic psychology: Theory, research, and practice (2nd edition; pp. 105-133). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Purchase here
Hoffman, L. & Thelen, M. (2010). William James and the fight for science. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 50, 430-439. DOI: 10.1177/0022167810373397
Hoffman, L., Vallejos, L., Cleare-Hoffman, H. P., & Rubin, S. (2015). Emotion, relationship, and meaning as core existential practice: Evidence-based foundations. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 45, 11-20. doi: 10.1007/s10879-014-9277-9. Read on Academia.edu or ResearchGate.
Hoffman, L., Warner, H. J., Gregory, C., & Fehl, S. (2011). Existential-integrative perspectives on the psychology of evil. In J. H. Ellens (Ed.), Explaining evil (Vol. 3: Approaches, responses, solutions; pp. 263-286). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. Purchase here
Influential Existential Fiction
Camus, A. (1948). The plague (S. Gilbert, trans.). New York, NY: The Modern Library. (Original work published in 1947) Purchase here
Camus, A. (1972). A happy death (Trans. by R. Howard). New York, NY: Vintage International. (Original work published in 1971) Purchase here.
Camus, A. (1988). The stranger (M. Ward, trans.). New York, NY: Vintage. (Original work published in 1942) Purchase here
Camus, A. (1991). The fall (J. O’Brien, trans.). New York, NY: Vintage. (Original work published in 1957). Purchase here
Camus, A. (1991). The rebel (Rev. Trans. by A. Bower). New York, NY: Vintage Books. (Original work published in 1956) Purchase here.
Dias, J. (2014). The girlfriend project. CreateSpace. Purchase here. Read Review.
Dostoyevsky, F. (1957). The brothers Karamazov (C. Garnett, trans.). New York, NY: Signet. (Original work published in 1880). Purchase here
Dostoyevsky, F. (1994). Crime and punishment (R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky, trans.). New York, NY: Vintage Classics. (Original work published in 1866). Purchase here
Dosteyevsky, F. (2008). Notes from underground (J. Kentish, trans.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. (Original work publsihed in 1864). Purchase here
Kafka, F. (1998). The trial (B. Mitchell, trans.). New York, NY: Schocken Books. (Original work published in 1925). Purchase here
Kafka, F. (1998). The castle (M. Harman, trans.). New York, NY: Schocken Books. (Original work publsihed in 1935). Purchase here
Nietzsche, F. (1954). Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A book for none and all (W. Kaufmann, Trans.). New York, NY: Penguin. (Original work published 1892) (review) Purchase here
Sartre, J. P. (1989). No exit and three other plays (S. Gilbert, trans.). New York, NY: Vintage. (Original work published in 1946). Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (1993). When Nietzsche wept: A novel of obsession. New York, NY: Perennial. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (1997). Lying on the couch: A novel. New York, NY: Perennial. Purchase here
Yalom, I. D. (2006). The Schopenhauer cure: A novel. San Francisco, CA: Harper Perrenial. Purchase here.
Videos
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