Colour Therapy: An Anti-Stress Colouring Book (Creative Colouring for Grown-ups)

I purchased this on recommendation of a therapist friend of mine. I have OCD and in recent years have sought ways that I can learn to control obsessive behaviour. I have previously really benefitted from Wreck This Journal and Mess by Keri Smith as they encourage you to destroy a book and intentionally make it imperfect. I was really impressed with this book. I have had it a few weeks now and have found that it has a real calming effect with me. It does force out obsessive behaviours and channels them into a contained hobby.The book focuses around colours and complementary colours. The outside cover is similar to a board book and is very thick card. It cannot be bent without destroying it. Each page is incredibly detailed and is also thick enough that fine tip pens / uni ball pens do not soak through. Some pages are partially coloured in and some are meant for line drawing. There is a good combination of colouring and line drawing.I personally feel that this book is better suited for fine tip pens as some of the spaces to colour in are tiny. It also takes well to the paper. I had looked on Amazon atthesame time for some fine tip pens and were surprised how much they were - but I bought a pack of 30 various coloured fine tip pens from the works for £6 called scribblers and they work really well. I would definitely recommend them for this book.This book has helped me calm OCD tendencies, I have read other reviews saying it has helped people sleep better. I can't say I have experienced that, but when I feel anxious an hour of colouring helps me control that anxiety. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for an outlet for OCD, stress or anxiety. I also think if you just enjoy colouring in your kids colouring books it's a great you time activity. Great quality, great price at £6.

To start off with I had been looking for a book for colouring therapy for a while and I just kept finding ones that were way to small for the price. It was really fustrating until I found this one as it had a lot of good reviews on it although it was a bit pricey I thought I should just try it.When I recieved the book in the post, It was nicely packaged in a box although I was abit disappointed it was not wrapped on the inside because water could have got in but it is the only fault I could give it.I bought this book as a gift but I absolutely fell in love with it as the size of it was amazing for the price I got it because it was a lot bigger than I thought it would be so I decided to keep it and buy another one for my sister.The book was a lot bigger than what i thought it was going to be. I would say just over 100 back to back pages in the book. There is loads of beautiful and fun pictures to colour in and I like the pages where you can draw your own details aswell because I feel that it makes it more your own book unlike having the same as everyone elses. I really love this book. Definitely recommended.Also, the hardcover book is cheaper than the paperback which I do not understand at all but I am very happy with it.I hope to find more books the author has made because its definitely worth the price or if anyone could recommend a large book for a good price I would really appreciate it, thank you.If you have any questions about the book, please feel free to leave any questions you may have and I will answer within 24 hours.

I love colouring in to de-stress, and so I got this when it came up on Amazon's lightning deals. There are some lovely patterns and pictures in this book. There is a nice balance of pure colouring in pages and pages where you can doodle in details or finish the picture. The paper is lovely and thick and I have not had any leakage. The hardback cover of the book is also great to lean on so you don't have to be at a tableThe only problem I have is that because some of the pictures are partially coloured in, I can find it quite difficult to find pens/ pencils that match the colour if I want to continue with that colour scheme.

I found this book a bit of an odd one. Its a nice and thick hard back which is great, but there is hardly anything inside to colour in. Most of the designs are already filled out, and are on coloured paper so the joy i find when i normally colour in is diminished.Its ok, wont take me long to get through, but it is not what i expected.

I love this book. I have anxiety and panic attacks. Colouring books help me to relax. This book is beautiful. I can spend hours using this book.

Great mix of simple and complex designs so no matter what type of mood you are in there is a project to tackle. Paper is decently thick, have found some of my coloured pens have bled through but not much and not all of the pens. Designs are beautiful. Really is a great book.

Brilliant therapy colouring book and it's a hard copy which helps when resting on your lap hours of fun doing it in this damp weather stops me getting board in the day.Brought for a very good price and excellent delivery will buy again from seller when needed.

Lovely