Guilford Press or Guilford Publications, Inc. is a

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-based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books, journals, and DVDs in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, education, geography, and research methods.

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Guilford was founded by Bob Matloff and Seymour Weingarten. Matloff retired as President in 2022, and the firm is now run by Weingarten (President and Editor-in-Chief) and Tim Stookesberry (Chief Executive Officer). Guilford Press has over 1,200 titles in print and typically publishes more than 55-65 new books in print and e-book formats each year. The company also publishes 1 newsletter and 9 journals. Guilford's workflow for accessible ePub e-books has been accredited as Global Certified Accessible, and they have begun to offer certified accessible ePubs meeting WCAG 2.0 AA standards. In the academic sphere, Guilford Publications has published books by

Aaron T. Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

, who is known as the father of

cognitive therapy Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapy developed by American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck. CT is one therapeutic approach within the larger group of cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) and was first expounded by Beck in the 1960s. Co ...

and was the winner of the 2006 Lasker Foundation Clinical Medical Research Award; Marsha Linehan, the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT); and the founders of

motivational interviewing Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counseling approach developed in part by clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick. It is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to e ...

Stephen Rollnick Stephen Rollnick is Honorary Distinguished Professor in the School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Alongside William R Miller, he developed many of the founding principles of motivational interviewing. Biography Professor Stephen ...

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 chosen for inclusion 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. ''Mind Over Mood'' was also voted by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies as "the most influential cognitive behavioural therapy publication" and was recommended by Scientific American Mind. In the field of literacy education, Guilford has published books by leading scholars such as Isabel Beck and Margaret McKeown (whose books on vocabulary have sold over 500,000 copies), G. Michael Pressley, Kathy Ganske, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Susan B. Neuman, and Linda Gambrell. Among Guilford's authors and editors are 12 past presidents of the International Literacy Association, 44 members of the Reading Hall of Fame, and 14 winners of the Oscar S. Causey Award for lifetime contributions to literacy research from the Literacy Research Association. Guilford titles are distributed in the UK, Europe, Israel, and Pakistan by

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Guilford exhibits at numerous professional conferences each year, such as those held by the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. The company's titles are regularly reviewed in prominent publications, including ''

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''; ''Doody's Review Service'', which regularly includes Guilford titles in its Core Titles collection development tool for health science libraries; '' Library Journal''; and ''

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Authors

Guilford's list of authors includes:

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search, 18 July 2020. Anita L. Archer, Russell A. Barkley, David H. Barlow, Roy F. Baumeister,

Aaron T. Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

, Isabel L. Beck, Judith S. Beck, Lorna Smith Benjamin, Rachel Brown-Chidsey,

Geraldine Dawson Geraldine Dawson is an American child clinical psychologist, specializing in autism. She has conducted research on early detection, brain development, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and collaborated on studies of genetic risk fa ...

, Peg Dawson, Edward L. Deci, Peter Dicken, Glen H. Elder, Jr., Christopher G. Fairburn,

Allen Frances Allen J. Frances (born 2 October 1942) is an American psychiatrist. He is currently Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. He is best known for serving as cha ...

, Kathy Ganske, Christopher K. Germer, Eliana Gil, Leslie S. Greenberg, Dennis Greenberger, Richard Guare, Robert D. Hare, Melanie S. Harned, Andrew F. Hayes, Steven C. Hayes,

E. Tory Higgins Edward Tory Higgins (born March 12, 1946) is the Stanley Schachter Professor of Psychology and Business, and Director of the Motivation Science Center at Columbia University. Higgins' research areas include motivation and cognition, judgment and ...

, Kent Hoffman,

Stefan G. Hofmann Stefan G. Hofmann (born 1964) is a German-born clinical psychologist. He is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor and recipient of the LOEWE Spitzenprofessur for Translational Clinical Psychology at the Philipps University of Marburg in Germany ...

, David A. Jobes, Susan M. Johnson,

Jon Kabat-Zinn Jon Kabat-Zinn (born Jon Kabat, June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medi ...

Douglas Kellner Douglas Kellner (born May 31, 1943) is an American academic who works at the intersection of "third-generation" critical theory in the tradition of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, or Frankfurt School, and in cultural studies in the ...

, David A. Kenny, Rex B. Kline, Diane Lapp, D. Richard Laws, Robert L. Leahy, Patricia Leavy,

Michael Lewis Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) Gale Biography In Context. is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to ''Vanity Fair'' since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. He ...

, Marsha Linehan, Todd D. Little, Cathy A. Malchiodi, Michael C. McKenna, Margaret G. McKeown,

Nancy McWilliams Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D., ABPP., is a Visiting Full Professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She has written on personality and psychotherapy. McWilliams is a psychoanalytic/dynamic author, te ...

, David J. Miklowitz, William R. Miller, James R. Morrison, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Lisa M. Najavits, Kristin Neff, Susan B. Neuman, Christine A. Padesky, Michael Quinn Patton, Susan Pollak,

, Norman E. Rosenthal, Richard M. Ryan,

Zindel Segal Zindel V. Segal (born 1956 in Lutsk, Ukraine) is a cognitive psychologist, a specialist on depression and one of the founders of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). A professor of psychology at University of Toronto, Segal combines mindfu ...

, Francine Shapiro, Daniel J. Siegel, Louise Spear-Swerling, Ronald D. Siegel, Robert E. Stake, John D. Teasdale, Bessel van der Kolk, Sharon Walpole, Barent Walsh, Froma Walsh,

J. Mark G. Williams J. Mark G. Williams, is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry. He held previous posts at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, the Medical Research Coun ...

, Charles H. Zeanah, Edward L. Zuckerman, among many others.

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