The Art Therapy Colouring Book

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Whether you love them or hate them, it seems like the interest in coloring will not be waning any time soon. I was given a copy of this colouring book, Art Therapy, for Christmas a couple of years ago, before they became the latest craze. Information presented in this blog does not replace professional training in child and family therapy, art therapy, or play therapy . I have also often heard patients mention that they began coloring for relaxation and then decided to start exploring other types of art, both in therapy and for self-care.

Biography: Richard Merritt (Author) Born and bred in North London, Richard Merritt has been an illustrator for 15 years after graduating from Central Saint Martin's college of Art and Kingston University. This art therapy coloring book is thoughtfully crafted to support mental health and physical well-being.

I’m not an art therapist but love coloring as a suggestion to help clients self sooth and heck I like it myself. However, for some it can be more relaxing to color while passively listening to music or watching a movie. A huge range of themes is contained within this book and while it’s not the most delicate, it really is an essential book to add to your collection. When coloring your Art Therapy coloring book, you can use whatever art supplies you may already have around. And that’s the beauty of Calming Art Therapy Colouring Book – it would make a fantastic gift for anyone, but now more than ever.

Combining illustrations and pattern design, 'I use my imaginative and detailed hand-drawing as a starting point. To learn more about this see links to the statement from AATA, as well as other articles at the bottom of the post. Hannah Davies (Author) Hannah Davies is an award-winning Welsh-based freelance designer and illustrator.However, this feature actually changed the way I colour forever because until I had this book I had always felt forced by the perfectionist in me to colour everything in realistic, natural colours. Like self-soothing and relaxation, an activity that helps clients turn away from negative thoughts or trauma memories may be helpful as a way to close a challenging session. Each page is double sided and the images sometimes do run into the spine, but some pens would work in this book as long as you are careful not to over pile the pen in one spot. The Strawberry Post is unfortunately not responsible for the amount of ads currently running on this site and apologises for any inconvenience this causes visitors.

and I said, ‘A little bit of walking and I color at night,’” said Dettone over the phone, outing herself as an adherent of a suddenly trendy hobby – adult coloring. She has epilepsy, and said she used to enjoy drawing and painting, but “my epilepsy got to the point where anytime I would try to focus on doing things like that, my hands would start to jerk”, she said. This has been very therapeutic for me and has really expanded my creativity and I’m sure it would expand yours too. She is a fine-detail Surface Pattern Design specialist who draws on her love of nature for inspiration, producing intricate work rich in texture and colour.I really can’t recommend this book highly enough and strongly urge you to purchase a copy just as soon as you can because it does exactly what it says it’ll do on the cover – Uses your creativity to de-stress and provides Art Therapy – What more could you want? Clients are then encouraged to share and discuss what they have noticed during the coloring activity.