Creative Therapy: An Anti-Stress Coloring Book Hardcover – May 26, 2015

The illustrations in this book are phenomenal. I love coloring in this book and feeling the stress ebb away as I focus on the feel of the paper and staying within the lines as I color. It's a great way to calm down after a particularly stressful day and it also helps divert my attention after being triggered by something (I have PTSD) or focus on staying grounded when I start dissociating or having a flashback. The markers I use tend to go all the way through standard paper but not a single mark has appeared on the opposite side of any of these pages. The backgrounds are already beautifully colored, which some of the other reviewers seem to dislike but I personally loved. I'm definitely planning on getting the other coloring books by this author.

This book had vivid images, a variety of styles, and very creative themes for each page! The book is FOR REAL hard-bound! It is very durable. It can go anywhere with you, and fits easily in most laptop bags. Most coloring books have primarily "mandala" styled images and pictures of animals, but this book also contains architectural, fractal, and astronomical pages! The themes for each page are so different, you're bound too find the kind of page you are in the mood for! It also makes a great gift for loved ones who are in need of therapeutic activities. I bought mine for my sister who is on bed rest. It helps her a lot with keeping her mind off of her health problems. I'm very pleased with this purchase! Thank you!

I love these coloring books! My roommate has color therapy and I liked it so much I got creative therapy. Color therapy is separated into sections based on color which I really like and it has a lot of great doodling pages. Creative therapy is separated into a coloring section and a doodling section. I personally like the coloring pages in creative therapy better and the doodling pages in color therapy better, but they both have great pages for each.In the colored image attached I mostly used my Staedtler fineliners along with a few of my roommate's Stabilo fineliners. Fineliners are excellent for both doodling and coloring in these pages.The fish page is an example of one of my favorite pages in the doodling section that I haven't yet started.This book is unique among coloring books as it has colored backgrounds and some images are partially started for you. My roommate and I both think the pages are quite beautiful and it is one of my favorite coloring books!

I can't stress enough how much I love this coloring book. I have purchased quite a few coloring books to help de-stress at the end of long days and have found myself even more frustrated and stressed from the intricacies of those books. This one provides just enough fun intricate designs without being overwhelming. There's many with repetitive designs/patterns and plenty unique images. I tend to put on music and zone out to coloring. An hour or so seems to be long enough to clear my mind. I noticed that quite a few pages do have colored backgrounds or some coloring already done but this doesn't bother me since I rarely have a color scheme in mind when I first start. I do understand why this could be frustrating to others, though. The hardback is perfect for flat surfaces so you're not fighting to keep pages open while you color. I used both bullet point animation markers and Crayola markers to color and have not experienced any bleed-throughs at all. I would recommend this and the others by Hannah Davies.

My doctor told me about doing ADULT coloring and cross word things and these keep your brain sharp and help prevent demetia. I Don't like doing cross words, but love art....I got this to try,I love working with the Creative Artistic pieces this book gives me. I will keep up this creative art as I want my brain to stay SHARP !!! I recommend anyone to get this book and start reducing your stress and perhaps keep dementia away!!!! So worth while !!!!! I would like to add since working with the book, and I jmped right in doing one of the hardest in the book.....don't do that, they suggest with doodling that they help you with ideas, do that and you will enjoy the easier ones much more. I love the book, but you don't have to rush like trying to catch a bus, you have time and as I learned pacing myself, I really enjoyed it so much more. I went to buy more felt pens yesterday and found books had flown off of the shelves. It is going to be a huge hit and your brain will thank you !!!!!

Just what I expected to get

I just got this coloring book today and I fell in love with it instantly. The cover is nice and sturdy. I wouldn't say it's hardback exactly it's kind of like a really hard cardboard but it's good quality. The pages are nice and thick but very smooth so coloring is easy. All the pictures are beautiful and I love how they have the background colored on them because it makes the book more lively and I also don't have to color the background myself. The pictures are very intricate and they aren't something you will finish very quickly which is what I like about this book. I would definitely buy this book if you are considering it.

Not overly impressed with this oneI collect and color in lots of coloring books and this was not what I expected. The first 3 or 4 pages are good bit towards the end of the book there is alot of blank draw what you want pages with very little design. Cover is super nice hard and sturdy and the book itself is larger than most but filled with lots of pages with some parts already colored and the drawings are more aimed at a younger person. Don't buy if you are looking for detail or a challenge. I feel like I paid for the cover not what's inside.