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The LCCH International Team
The LCCH International Team
Meet your Lecturers
When you study with LCCH International, you are guided and supported by a group of talented and knowledgeable lecturers. With decades of collective experience, our educators draw on diverse backgrounds to offer an enriching and engaging learning journey. All qualified hypnotherapists, our team are committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards as aligned with the core values of LCCH International.
Feisal Umar FBSCH
Director and Co-Founder
Feisal Umar is the co-founder and Director of LCCH International. He has worked in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) field for over 20 years and uses various therapeutic approaches to improve client treatment outcomes. His clinical hypnotherapy career has included volunteer positions at Mind in Greenwich and the Oncology Unit at St George’s Hospital. He is a Fellow of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis and strives to promote the profile of hypnotherapy within the entire CAM industry.
Julia Lewis, MSc Clinical hypnotherapy, MBSCH
Head of Academic Studies
Julia Lewis is responsible for the academic assessment process within the college. She spent more than 25 years in the public sector and remains an advocate for positive psychology principles linked to workplace wellbeing. In hypnotherapy practice, Julia’s particular interest was linked to clients presenting with stress and anxiety-related issues. She now focuses on general hypnotherapy research, whilst retaining a particular interest in exploring treatment approaches in these areas.
Dr Stephanie Gentelle
Medical Associate Director
Dr Stephanie Gentelle is a highly qualified rheumatologist with many years’ experience working in
hospitals and establishing her practice in France.
Her training and experience have led her to develop a strong interest in chronic pain, as well as treating
chronic illnesses over the course of her career
As a result of her extensive research and travels, she has gained an in-depth understanding of the
relationship between body and mind.
She firmly believes that complementary and alternative medicine should be used in conjunction with
traditional medicine to provide patients with a comprehensive treatment plan.
Stephanie has worked in a chronic pain unit in France for two years and has been using clinical hypnosis
with patients to help alleviate their pain and cope with the psychological effects of chronic pain that they
experience.
Harold Wijetunge PDCH, MBSCH
Lecturer
Harold Wijetunge has personally experienced the power of hypnosis and now helps his clients to transform their lives. He has learnt from spiritual masters from the east and west, interweaving their ideologies into his way of living and hypnotherapy practice. Harold teaches LCCH International students about the power of self-transformation.
Catherine Ayensu, MSc
Lecturer
Catherine Ayensu earned her MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy 14 years ago. She incorporates Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment therapy into private practice with clients. Catherine has also worked with mental health organisation, MIND, and runs mindfulness groups and workshops in schools.
Priya Ekanayaka, MSc Clinical hypnotherapy, MBSCH
Administrator and Lecturer
Priya Ekanayaka started her journey as a physical therapist, quickly learning about the power of
the mind and body connection. She is a practising hypnotherapist, also working as a lecturer and tutor at LCCH International. Utilising a client-centred combination of psychodynamic and cognitive approaches, she helps clients to regain their personal power, take responsibility, and find freedom.
Elizabeth Sullivan PDCH, MBSCH
Tutor and Digital Marketing
Elizabeth Sullivan is a tutor at LCCH International. She completed her training in 2010 after a career change from Chartered Accountant to Hypnotherapist brought her happiness and fulfilment. Elizabeth particularly enjoys working with people in their 20s and 30s, helping them to have a great relationship and career.
Gina Corbett, MBSCH, CNHC
Head Supervisor, Tutor, Examiner
Gina Corbett has been a practicing hypnotherapist since completing her LCCH International training in 2006. She has diverse experience in private practice, with a clinical focus on auto-immune disease, anxiety, virtual gastric band and the game of golf. Gina’s role at the college includes tutoring, assisting students and mentoring new supervisors.
Sarah Campbell
Lecturer
Sarah Campbell, is an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner with a passion for holistic healing. With her background as a qualified homeopath and trained hypnotherapist, she seamlessly blends the two to bring her clients optimal wellness. She is also highly trained in EMDR, particularly in the Solution Focused approach, and has been a practitioner of EFT for many years.
Sarah is dedicated to passing on her knowledge and experience and finds joy in supervising students and sharing her expertise as an assistant lecturer.
Sarah Campbell
Lecturer
Sarah Campbell, is an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner with a passion for holistic healing. With her background as a qualified homeopath and trained hypnotherapist, she seamlessly blends the two to bring her clients optimal wellness. She is also highly trained in EMDR, particularly in the Solution Focused approach, and has been a practitioner of EFT for many years.
Sarah is dedicated to passing on her knowledge and experience and finds joy in supervising students and sharing her expertise as an assistant lecturer.
Elizabeth Sullivan PDCH, MBSCH
Tutor and Digital Marketing
Elizabeth Sullivan is a tutor at LCCH International. She completed her training in 2010 after a career change from Chartered Accountant to Hypnotherapist brought her happiness and fulfilment. Elizabeth particularly enjoys working with people in their 20s and 30s, helping them to have a great relationship and career.
Gina Corbett, MBSCH, CNHC
Head Supervisor, Tutor, Examiner
Gina Corbett has been a practicing hypnotherapist since completing her LCCH International training in 2006. She has diverse experience in private practice, with a clinical focus on auto-immune disease, anxiety, virtual gastric band and the game of golf. Gina’s role at the college includes tutoring, assisting students and mentoring new supervisors.Sarah is dedicated to passing on her knowledge and experience and finds joy in supervising students and sharing her expertise as an assistant lecturer.
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