founder bob matloff and seymour weingarten country of origin united states headquarters location new york city distribution worldwide key people bob matloff president seymour weingarten editor in chief publication types books periodicals software and audiovisual programs for scholarly and general audiences . nonfiction topics mental health psychology elementary and secondary education research methods geography . number of employees 75 official website www.guilford.com guilford publications inc. is a new york city based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books journals software and dvds in psychology psychiatry the behavioral sciences education and geography . the firm is owned by its two founding partners president bob matloff and editor in chief seymour weingarten . 1 contents 1 overview 2 authors 3 references 4 further reading overview edit when reviewing a guilford press title on parenting kirkus reviews said of the company guilford press makes the following claim on its web site from psychology psychiatry and the behavioral sciences to education geography and communication the company is dedicated to bringing well written solidly researched work to professionals academics and interested general readers . we ve taken a very close look at many of their books and the claim so far holds up . 2 library journal also described guilford press as a leading publisher of mental health resources no single publisher dominates this field although guilford publications is an excellent source of professional and consumer books and videos dealing with mental health . 3 the publishing house currently has over 1 350 titles in print and typically publishes more than 90 new books each year . 1 the company also publishes 2 newsletters and 11 journals . 1 in 2008 guilford press launched an e books program and now offers over 900 titles as e books . 1 guilford titles are distributed in europe by taylor & francis and in australia and new zealand by footprint books . guilford exhibits at over 25 professional conferences each year such as those held by the american psychological association the american psychiatric association the association for behavioral and cognitive therapies the american academy of child and adolescent psychiatry the american educational research association the international reading association the association of american geographers and bookexpo america . the company s titles are regularly reviewed in prominent publications including choice reviews psyccritiques nursing standard and library journal . in the academic sphere guilford publications has published books by aaron t. beck who is known as the father of cognitive therapy and was the winner of the 2006 lasker foundation clinical medical research award ; 4 marsha linehan the developer of dialectical behavior therapy dbt ; and the founders of motivational interviewing stephen rollnick and william r. miller . mind over mood by dennis greenberger and christine a. padesky was chosen for inclusion in the united kingdom national health service s bibliotherapy program a selective list of proven 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 . 5 the book was also voted by the british association of behavioural and cognitive therapies as the most influential cognitive behavioural therapy publication 6 and was recommended by scientific american mind . 7 the second edition of mind over mood is slated for publication in october 2015 . in the field of literacy education guilford has published books by leading scholars such as isabel beck g. michael pressley kathy ganske lesley mandel morrow and linda gambrell . among guilford s authors and editors are eight past and current presidents of the international literacy association formerly the international reading association 28 members of the reading hall of fame 8 and 11 winners of the oscar s. causey award for lifetime contributions to literacy research from the literacy research association . 9 authors edit guilford s list of authors includes 10 shamash alidina anita l. archer russell a. barkley david h. barlow donald h. baucom roy f. baumeister aaron t. beck isabel l. beck judith s. beck lorna smith benjamin james m. blaut cathy collins block rachel brown chidsey geraldine dawson peg dawson peter dicken glen h. elder jr. christopher g. fairburn allen frances kathy ganske christopher k. germer eliana gil leslie s. greenberg dennis greenberger richard guare robert d. hare andrew f. hayes steven c. hayes e. tory higgins susan m. johnson jon kabat zinn douglas kellner david a. kenny rex b. kline diane lapp d. richard laws robert l. leahy michael lewis marsha linehan kee macfarlane cathy a. malchiodi michael c. mckenna nancy mcwilliams david jay miklowitz william r. miller scott l. montgomery james r. morrison lesley mandel morrow lisa m. najavits susan b. neuman james o connor christine a. padesky michael quinn patton susan pollak stephen rollnick norman e. rosenthal zindel segal eric sheppard daniel j. siegel ronald d. siegel robert e. stake john d. teasdale bessel van der kolk sharon walpole barent walsh froma walsh j. mark g. williams charles h. zeanah and edward l. zuckerman . references edit a b c d about guilford publications . accessed 14 june 2015 . kirkus reports 15 november 2004 vol . 1 . issue 1 the two faces of mental illness library journal may 1 2004 features ; lj collection development ; mental health ; by mary ann hughes . accessed 30 april 2015 . aaron t. beck m.d. receives lasker award for clinical medical research . accessed 6 july 2009 . self help book prescription schemes . accessed 6 july 2009 . the observer new prescription for mental health . 9 january 2005 . accessed 6 july 2009 . do self help books help scientific american mind october november 2006 reading hall of fame current members . accessed 2 july 2015 . literacy research association oscar s. causey award . accessed 2 july 2015 . worldcat search 14 june 2015 . further reading edit los angeles times publisher relies on agent ocean views . 2 december 2006 . accessed 1 july 2009 . new york times personal health ; a matter of compromise and acceptance . 15 february 2000 . accessed 8 july 2009 . publishers weekly raising em by the book . 28 february 2005 . accessed 1 july 2009 . publishers weekly reader heal thyself . 27 june 2005 . accessed 1 july 2009 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title guilford press & oldid 686555770 categories publishing companies of the united statescompanies based in new yorkeducational publishing companiespublishing companies established in 1973hidden categories use dmy dates from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 october 2015 at 21 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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