Monthly Archives: January 2016

Adult Colouring Books

INTERVIEW WITH CEO of BAAT. The use of adult colouring books is a new phenomenon that has taken the publishing world by storm. People have really enjoyed the activity of colouring ready-made images and patterns, and some service users with depression and anxiety have reported an improvement in the day-to-day management of their symptoms. There has also been some controversy about these books being sold as ‘Art Therapy’ books but paradoxically this has helped raise the profile of art therapy and of BAAT in the media and with the general public.