New Harbinger Publications

New Harbinger Publications Quick Facts

Main Areas: Psychology, Self-Help, Mental Health, ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy), CBT, DBT, Anxiety, Depression, Mindfulness

For more than thirty-five years, New Harbinger
Publications has brought readers effective, scientifically sound
self-help books that deal with a range of topics in psychology, health,
and personal growth.

Launched by psychologist Matthew
McKay and writer Patrick Fanning in 1973, New Harbinger pioneered a
style of self-help book that has become the standard of today. Fanning
and McKay believed that the job of a self-help book was to teach
readers skills they could use to significantly improve the quality of
their lives. These books might inspire and enlighten in their own way,
but they had to offer real tools for real change. McKay and Fanning’s
writing partnership has yielded a dozen highly successful titles which
have established the model for New Harbinger’s other books.

New Harbinger books teach self-help skills using a unique, three-step approach:

• First, they teach ideas and concepts, so the reader understands how and why a particular skill works.
• Then they teach skills through series of simple, step-by-step exercises.

Finally, they provide examples of how others do the exercises so that readers can learn by example.

The values of our founders have, since the beginning, directed our
publishing program. We value books that address the real problems of
our readers. We value research-based and clinically proven books,
written by respected, experienced clinical professionals. We value
books that are concise and easy for every reader to understand. Our
dedication to these standards has made us the first choice for general
readers and professionals looking for effective, reliable information
on a range of mental health, medical, and personal growth topics.

All of New Harbinger’s books are grounded in real science, careful
research, and a tradition of empirically validated clinical practice.
Many of our titles are based in cognitive behavioral therapy, a method
which has time and again been proven effective for treating a range of
psychological problems. New Harbinger is also in the vanguard of
developments in clinical practice. We are the leading publishers of
books based in the new “third wave” of behavior therapy. Using
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and dialectical behavior
therapy (DBT), these books combine traditional cognitive and
behavior-therapy techniques with other approaches like mindfulness and
acceptance. The end result is a promising new direction in
psychotherapy that I know your patrons will want to discover.

 

Although we publish books on familiar subjects like anxiety,
depression, anger, relationships, and aging, we also strive to
recognize new diagnoses and offer self-help strategies based on the
newest research.  Even in well-treated subject areas, New Harbinger books are distinguished and respected.

 

Our titles are widely recommended by therapists, psychiatrists, and
physicians to their patients and clients. The books have received
accolades from reviewers in the health care and publishing industries
alike, and many have remained in print for decades-a testament to their
enduring quality and value.

In the coming years, we intend
to expand our publishing program into several new and exciting areas.
In every endeavor, though, you will always be able to depend on New
Harbinger for reliable, practical, and relevant information about the
topics that interest you most.

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