The Elmo Willard Library Branch has announced a group for adults that uses coloring to help relieve stress and anxiety. The group, called "Coloring Therapy for Adults", meets weekly on Mondays, at the ...

Group-based art therapy through coloring intricate geometrical patterns was an innovative approach to help boost morale. Something as seemingly simple as creating a group-based art therapy project ...

Coloring has therapeutic potential to reduce anxiety, create focus or bring about more mindfulness Like meditation, coloring allows the brain to switch off other thoughts and focus Coloring books are ...

Pamphlets, enthusiastic club presidents and sign-up sheets at multiple Welcome Week events this year had an odd companion: coloring books. Jackson Dangremond, a senior majoring in health innovation ...

Adult coloring books have, over the past two years, become one of the biggest sales phenomena to hit the modern publishing industry. Approximately 12 million adult coloring books sold in the US in ...

Although coloring had a positive effect on stress reduction, only art therapist-facilitated sessions demonstrated significant improvements, research findings suggest. “There is ongoing interest in ...

HARTLAND -- For long stretches, the sounds of a hand rifling through a bin of colored pencils and the subsequent sketching are all you can hear in Ranay Gross's living room. Lounged in a recliner, ...

Experts are questioning the therapeutic benefits of adult coloring books, one of 2015’s biggest and perhaps most-unexpected art trends, widely touted for its stress-relieving benefits. According to Jo ...

A cancer diagnosis is incredibly stressful for the person receiving the diagnosis. But those caring for the patient, both informally and formally, also experience stress, which can affect their own ...

As of this writing, five of the top 30 titles on Amazon’s best-seller list are adult coloring books. With over 2000 titles out there and rising, the phenomenon of adult coloring-within-the-lines just ...

A new study shows that while those adult coloring books can reduce stress, they’re still not art therapy. Often, the now-ubiquitous adult coloring books will advertise themselves as “art therapy.” But ...