The Feeling of Cancer (Paperback)

Paperback. AUTHOR'S NOTE: IN 2023 I was fifty-three and living and working in New Zealand as a psychotherapist when I was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer. As someone who's made a career from helping people manage their feelings at times of crisis, I could never have imaged the emotional impact cancer would have on me. Whilst treatment attends to the problems with the body, the wider, deeper emotional effects of living with cancer are left for us to deal with as we try to get on with our everyday life. I've found that not only does cancer disrupt your health, your family, your income, your relationships, your future - every aspect of your life, in fact - it strikes at the very heart of your identity. Cancer threatens to rob you of who you are, by shattering your emotional landscape. Cancer can threaten not just your life, but your very identity. After the devastating emotional impact of a diagnosis of incurable cancer, psychotherapist Sandra Russell takes us on her search for ways to live this changed life, showing how making sense of her feelings allows herself to find herself again and gain a level of inner peace. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…