LCTA People

“I love the calm but enthusiastic commitment of the teachers and their belief in the healing abilities of Chinese medicine”

What makes LCTA lecturers special?

Our teaching staff are one of the finest collections of Chinese medicine teachers in UK, many are world-renowned. Without doubt one of the most important features of our courses is the outstanding quality of our lecturers. Our students agree:

“Sarah has infectious energy and a passion for her subject”

“The eclectic approach of the staff is what makes the course so fascinating”

“I love the calm but enthusiastic commitment of the teachers and their belief in the healing abilities of Chinese medicine”

“The lecturers at LCTA are just fantastic. There is a great core of people who are brilliantly knowledgeable and also some amazing guest lecturers”

• Between them our lecturers have been in practice for over 500 years, making an average of 15 years each!
• 60% of our lecturers have over 15 years’ experience as practitioners
• 44% of our teachers have some orthodox medicine training, 6 of them are highly qualified medics
• 30% are qualified teachers
• Almost all are qualified herbalists as well as acupuncturists and they all run busy private practices
• Many are also tui na practitioners and most practice qi gong, tai chi or some form of martial art
• They have a sophisticated understanding of complementary and conventional medicine
• 56% have trained in the UK and in China
• They teach and practise integrated medicine
• They have not all trained at the same place, but instead combine learning from many different teachers in many different styles

Above all, Chinese medicine is what we love, in its true authentic form, as a central part of our lives, as a way of viewing the world and as a means of putting something back.

Sound too good to be true? Take a look for yourself at their biographies