Coloring Therapy for the Hospital
The current rage in art therapy models is the coloring book craze, particularly the adult coloring book market, which has exploded over the past couple of years with new titles. Some coloring books are marketed with 'art therapy' label suggesting coloring is a viable means to not only calm the mind, but offer therapeutic benefits as well. Art therapy is a useful tool to help caregivers, therapists, and other health care providers. Certain patients who do routine mindfulness exercises have been reported to experience benefits. Whether that's directly because of self-identified 'art therapy' coloring books, is debatable. Mind you, the Mayo Clinic has noted the benefits: Nobody can discount the craze that is the current norm. Coloring books benefit both the patient in a therapeutic way, but also help anybody de-stress. Given their popularity, eventually there may be something to color for everybody. The top coloring books on the market right now, apart from the