YOU WILL FIND PEOPLE YOU RECOGNISE IN THIS BOOK.
YOU MAY EVEN FIND YOURSELF.
Alison Russell first shoplifted at the age of nine years old.
Alison Russell stopped shoplifting at the age of eighteen years old.
Alison knew what had made her stop shoplifting on that day, but always wondered, why then and there?
Alison trained as a nursery nurse, married, had two children and worked in childcare. In 1985 she started working in a Waitrose supermarket near her home in Buckinghamshire.
A move to Yorkshire for a second marriage in 1994 saw her return to childcare, which in turn led to working on an acute psychiatric unit. Alison retrained as a psychotherapist and in 2000 opened her own practice in York.
By 2006, Alison understood about the shoplifting and much else that had happened in her life. She decided to write a book. It was never completed.
In 2010, Alison and her husband moved home from York to North Yorkshire. She passed the practice on to colleagues and gained her fourth grandchild.
In September 2012, Alison returned home after a glorious time as a Games Maker at London12 Olympics and Paralympics. For once, her diary looked empty. There were no excuses left for not finishing the book.
Which leads to Monday, October 14th 2013 and the publication of:
Are you Chasing Rainbows? A personal and practical insight into emotional maturity and why adults sometimes behave like children
£1 a copy is being donated to ChildLine
©AlisonRussell2013
©AlisonRussell2013
It's finally finished. Yay. This has been a long time coming but it can help so many people. Looking forward to reading the final product.
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