Sandra Russell lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and family. After working in the UK as a Careers Counsellor and becoming the first in the country to be part of a multi-disciplinary Youth Offending Team, she emigrated to New Zealand in 2001 where she studied to become a psychotherapist.

Sandra then spent many years working as a Registered Psychotherapist with adults, couples and families, when a diagnosis of incurable cancer propelled her into a different life with an uncertain future.  Having spent her working life helping others manage in times of emotional crisis, she found herself having to navigate through the turmoil of diagnosis, treatment and beyond. The Feeling of Cancer is Sandra’s honest and frank account of how she did that.

Sandra brings together her different areas of expertise in The Feeling of Cancer. She holds a BA in English Literature (First Class Hons) and a Masters in Health Science, Psychotherapy (First Class Hons). The Feeling of Cancer was written to meet the requirements of a Masters of Creative Writing (First Class Hons) where she made the Dean’s List.

However, this is by no means an academic book, but a human story told with depth from the heart, which she hopes readers will relate to.