Independent publishing company
New Harbinger Publications
Nonfiction, Health, Independent
Published Updated Reviewed every month · next review November 2026
About New Harbinger
New Harbinger Publications is open to psychology and health self-help proposals by email, with no agent needed. Send a cover letter, a detailed table of contents and two sample chapters. Replies take two to three months. It generally does not accept authors who live overseas.
New Harbinger Publications is an independent publisher in Oakland, California, founded in 1973. It publishes psychology and health self-help books that teach essential life skills, written simply and with authority for general readers and for mental health professionals. Most of its authors are therapists or other helping professionals.
New Harbinger looks for proposals that present a new technique, modality or approach to a problem. The cover letter should state the problem, your approach, the book’s promise, three selling points, the audience, three comparable titles and a short bio. It generally does not accept authors who live overseas.
What New Harbinger is looking for
- Psychology and mental health self-help
- Health self-help
- Books for mental health professionals
Publishes
- Health
- Independent
- Nonfiction
- Self-Help
Readers
- Adult
- Young adult
How to submit to New Harbinger
From its own guidelines- Write a cover letter: problem, approach, promise, three selling points, audience, three comparable titles and a short bio.
- Add a detailed table of contents.
- Add two sample chapters, ideally chapter one and one from the main body.
- Email the proposal and allow two to three months.
Is New Harbinger right for your book?
A good fit if
Therapists, clinicians and helping professionals with a new technique or approach.
Look elsewhere if
Authors living overseas, and writers without professional expertise in the subject.
Books published by New Harbinger
Well-known titles- The Relaxation & Stress Reduction WorkbookMartha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman (with Matthew McKay), 1979
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
- The Untethered SoulMichael Singer
- Living UntetheredMichael Singer
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature ParentsLindsay C. Gibson
Questions about New Harbinger
Does New Harbinger accept unsolicited proposals?
Yes. New Harbinger reads self-help proposals by email, with no agent needed. Send a cover letter, a detailed table of contents and two sample chapters, ideally the first chapter and one from the main body. Replies take two to three months.
Who writes for New Harbinger?
Most New Harbinger authors are therapists or other helping professionals. It wants books that present a new technique, modality or approach to a psychological or health problem, written simply and with authority. It generally does not accept authors who live overseas.
What should a New Harbinger cover letter include?
State the problem the book addresses, your approach and the book's promise, then give three selling points, the audience, three comparable titles and a one or two sentence bio. A clear, specific letter helps editors judge quickly whether the idea fits.
Listing history
- Checked on the publisher's own site
