Guilford Press
{{Short description|Publisher in New York, United States}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
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| status = Active
| founded = 1973
| founder = Bob Matloff and Seymour Weingarten
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| country = United States
| headquarters = New York City
| distribution = Worldwide
| keypeople = {{ubl|Seymour Weingarten (Co-Founder)|Tim Stookesberry (CEO)|Laurie Rosatone (Editor-in-Chief)}}
| publications = Books, periodicals, and audiovisual programs for scholarly and general audiences.
| topics = Mental health, psychology, elementary and secondary education, research methods, geography.
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| numemployees = 81
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Guilford Press or Guilford Publications, Inc. is a New York City-based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books and journals in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, education, geography, and research methods.
Overview
Guilford was founded by Bob Matloff and Seymour Weingarten. Matloff retired as president in 2022. The firm is run by Weingarten (co-founder and editor-at-large) and Tim Stookesberry (chief executive officer).
Guilford Press says it has over 1,300 titles in print, typically publishes more than 55–65 new books in print and e-book formats each year,{{cite web|url=https://www.guilford.com/about-guilford-press|title=About Guilford Press|website=Guilford Press}} and also publishes 10 journals.
In the academic sphere, Guilford Publications has published books by Aaron T. Beck, the cognitive therapist;{{cite web |url=http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/2006_c_description.htm |title=Aaron T. Beck, M.D. Receives Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research |website=laskerfoundation.org |access-date=6 July 2009}} Marsha Linehan, the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT); and the founders of motivational interviewing, Stephen Rollnick and William R. Miller. Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition, by Christopher G. Fairburn, and Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky, have been included in the United Kingdom Reading Well Books on Prescription program, a selective list of self-help books that general practitioners, counselors, and community mental health specialists are encouraged to "prescribe" for patients with mild to moderate mental health concerns.{{cite web |url=https://reading-well.org.uk/books/books-on-prescription/mental-health/self-help |title=Self-help books to support mental health {{!}} Reading Well |website=reading-well.org.uk |access-date=2020-09-09}} Mind Over Mood was also voted by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies as "the most influential cognitive behavioural therapy publication"{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jan/09/mentalhealth.medicineandhealth |last=Asthana |first=Anushka |title=New prescription for mental health: read a good book |website=The Guardian |date=9 January 2005 |access-date=6 July 2009}} and was recommended by Scientific American Mind.{{cite journal |last1=Arkowitz |first1=Hal |last2=Lilienfeld |first2=Scott O. |author-link2=Scott Lilienfeld |date=November 2006 |title=Do self-help books help? |journal=Scientific American Mind |volume=17 |issue=5 |pages=78–79 |doi=10.1038/scientificamericanmind1006-78 |jstor=24921594 |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-self-help-books-help/ |url-access=subscription}}
It also publishes books in the field of literacy education, by authors including G. Michael Pressley and Susan B. Neuman. Guilford's authors and editors include 13 past presidents of the International Literacy Association,{{Cite web|url=https://literacyworldwide.org/about-us/our-team/past-presidents|title=Past Presidents | International Literacy Association}} 49 members of the Reading Hall of Fame,{{cite web |url=http://www.readinghalloffame.org/current-members |title=Reading Hall of Fame – Current Members |website=readinghalloffame.org |access-date=10 July 2023}} and 14 winners of the Oscar S. Causey Award for lifetime contributions to literacy research from the Literacy Research Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.literacyresearchassociation.org/index.php/component/content/article?id=87 |title=Literacy Research Association – Oscar S. Causey Award |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705005427/http://www.literacyresearchassociation.org/index.php/component/content/article?id=87 |archive-date=5 July 2015 |access-date=2 July 2015}}
Guilford exhibits at numerous professional conferences each year, including those held by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the Literacy Research Association, the International Neuropsychological Society, and the National Association of School Psychologists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guilford.com/conference-calendar|title = Guilford Conference Calendar}}
Authors
Guilford's authors include:WorldCat search, 18 July 2020, with subsequent additions.
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- Russell A. Barkley
- David H. Barlow
- Donald H. Baucom
- Aaron T. Beck
- Judith S. Beck
- Geraldine Dawson
- Edward L. Deci
- Christopher Fairburn
- Robert D. Hare
- Steven C. Hayes
- David A. Jobes
- Susan M. Johnson
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Robert L. Leahy
- Jay L. Lebow
- Marsha Linehan
- Todd D. Little
- Cathy A. Malchiodi
- Nancy McWilliams
- William R. Miller
- Kristin Neff
- Susan B. Neuman
- John C. Norcross
- Patricia Resick
- Stephen Rollnick
- Richard M. Ryan
- Richard C. Schwartz
- Zindel Segal
- Francine Shapiro
- Daniel J. Siegel
- John D. Teasdale
- J. Mark G. Williams
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References
Further reading
- {{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/15/health/personal-health-a-matter-of-compromise-and-acceptance.html |title=Personal health; A matter of compromise and acceptance |last=Brody |first=Jane E. |date=15 February 2000 |access-date=8 July 2009}}
- {{cite magazine |magazine=Publishers Weekly |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20050228/25547-raising-em-by-the-book.html |title=Raising 'em by the book |last=Danford |first=Natalie |date=25 February 2005 |access-date=1 July 2009}}
- {{cite magazine |magazine=Publishers Weekly |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20050627/32181-reader-heal-thyself.html |title=Reader, heal thyself |last=Danford |first=Natalie |date=24 June 2005 |access-date=1 July 2009}}
- {{cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-02-fi-biztravel2-story.html |title=Publisher relies on agent, ocean views |last=Gilden |first=James |date=2 December 2006 |access-date=1 July 2009}}
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