Meet your lecturers

With decades of collective experience, our educators draw on diverse backgrounds to offer an enriching and engaging learning journey. All are qualified hypnotherapists in practice themselves.

Feisal Umar FBSCH

Co-founder and Director

Feisal Umar is the co-founder and Director of LCCH International. He has worked in Complementary and Alternative Medicine for over 20 years and uses a range of therapeutic approaches to improve client treatment outcomes.

Julia Lewis MSc, MBSCH

Head of Academic Studies

Julia 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.

Dr Stephanie Gentelle

Medical Associate Director

A highly qualified rheumatologist with many years’ experience in hospitals and in her own practice in France. Stephanie has worked in a chronic pain unit for two years, using clinical hypnosis to help patients manage pain and its psychological effects.

Harold Wijetunge PDCH, MBSCH

Senior Lecturer

Harold has personally experienced the power of hypnosis and now helps his clients transform their lives. He has learnt from spiritual masters from east and west, interweaving their ideologies into his practice and his teaching.

Sarah Campbell

Lecturer

A qualified homeopath and trained hypnotherapist who integrates both disciplines to create tailored approaches for her clients. Sarah is also trained in Attachment-Focused EMDR and Emotional Freedom Techniques.

Priya Ekanayaka MSc, MBSCH

Lecturer and Tutor

Priya began as a physical therapist, quickly learning the power of the mind and body connection. She practises hypnotherapy alongside her teaching, using a client-centred combination of psychodynamic and cognitive approaches.

Georgia Watson

Lecturer

Georgia’s journey began in 1997 studying humanities and psychology at Vilnius Pedagogical University, where she became deeply interested in the human psyche. She is particularly compassionate towards those suffering from addiction and trauma.

Kaja Krawczyk

Clinical Hypnotherapist and Hypnobirthing Trainer

Kaja holds a Master’s degree from the University of West London and is a certified KG Hypnobirthing Instructor. She created the Hypnobirthing International Instructor Training programme, delivered in collaboration with LCCHI.

Catherine Ayensu MSc

Lecturer

Catherine earned her MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy 14 years ago and incorporates Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into private practice. She has also worked with the mental health charity MIND.