The CBT Art Activity Book: 100 illustrated handouts for creative therapeutic work

This is good for those who have clients who like to be artistic with their feelings and CBT homework. This can reduce some anxiety of annoying CBT homework. This book is worth to have on the shelf. There is a coloring page for every letter of the alphabet but other than that. Clients enjoy the coloring part of their homework. It brings color to dull homework. I recommend this book. The clients rave that it looks more inviting for them. As it does have CBT activities, there is also the key component of mindfulness. You CAN incorporate CBT talk based on the activities in the book. I found that the book was even more inviting to people under the age 18 and college age students. If your client loves to color in adult coloring books this won't feel much different. Yes, there is no digital copy to download but the other book does. I was still able to copy pages for clients. From what I understand about the alphabets that others complain about is that this is a section on stress management. As we know client struggle with stress management in all levels, this can also go for every person at some level. Don't discredit someone who took the amount of time to draw this by hand and get it published. I wish there were more mental health professionals who could come up with books like these. You can see that she put a lot of work and detail in this book and her other activity book.

I work as an art therapist and have sought a workbook that I could use for exercises with groups of clients--this is the perfect book for that; the author's combination of CBT and art therapy makes this an amazing resource for clinicians. Highly recommended.

I work inpatient behavioral health. These are great worksheets but you have to get creative. It's exactly what it says 100 worksheets. There is no advice on how to use them. They are pretty straight forward but some talking points would help on some. Don't expect a lot of time out of them unless you can really process with your groups.

This is perfect for my population. I work in an inpatient psychiatric hospital and groups need to be pretty easy to grasp. Coloring is a big hit, so having coloring pages that have a topic to discuss this to it is very useful!

My clients love this book. They love having the ability to work on activities/exercises but also color during session. Also can be used consecutively as a CBT program, too.

I really like this book and most of the pages are pretty good. I strongly dislike one thing, and moderately dislike a second thing. Strongly dislike: why are 26 pages wasted, one for each letter of the alphabet? I could easily google and print that, it has no clear connection to CBT or therapy at all. Moderately dislike: there is very little variation in the complexity of the coloring pages, so they're only really effective for people who are allowed and can effectively use perfectly sharp colored pencils to color in very small mandala-type patterns. I wish there was some variation for my patients who would enjoy these but are limited to the use of crayons and markers.

Fun and creative while also tackling real emotions and life experiences

I absolutely love this book!! I work with survivors of Human Trafficking and am using this as part of their case plan development. This book offers 17 activity pages on self esteem and sense of self, 19 pages on managing emotions, coping with loss and change and also offers the alphabet and mandalas for stress management. The activity sheets promote thinking and engagement. They could be done in session or as homework. Thank you for this book....I look forward to more of these being published!!

Es sind gute Arbeitsblätter enthalten, aber wenige. Sehr enttäuscht hat mich, daß das Alphabet den größten Raum im Buch einnimmt. Danach folgen simple Mandalas. Also insgesamt das Geld leider nicht wert. Aber die Idee schöne Arbeitsblätter zu entfernen und hoffentlich gibt es bald jemanden, der diese Lücke füllt.

I have used this book with students, young people and adults. As a counsellor, who previously perceived CBT as the enemy, this book has enabled and empowered clients who find verbalising experiences hard. The autonomy this book allows for and the collaborative nature it opens up, through creative exploration, in ways other therapies do not allow for, is commendable. Format aside-perhaps publishers may consider loose ring binder?- I would recommend all helping professions try this, you may surprise yourself. Ruth Netherwood MBACP Integrative Counsellor.

Amazing resource! Thank you!

Fantastic book, full of printouts, which is what i wanted. Great theme and god quality book, so will withstand lots of copying for clients use. i highly recommend this book and appeals to young people and old!

This book is great! Worksheets with excellent cognitive behavioral exercises to colour. Love it.