or.. Meet the Students

The Lakeland College has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the largest homœopathic training colleges in the U.K. As we have grown, our staff team has expanded to include a network of course tutors, regional tutors and clinical training supervisors. Whilst our students numbers have also grown considerably, our group sizes have been kept to a maximum of twenty students to ensure adequate individual attention can be given.

The College Directors

The Administration Staff

Noreen Atkinson has a background in business administration and now runs our accounts and finance departments, including all student fee payments. Noreen is available between 9.30 am and 2.30 pm term time only.

Harriet Wood graduated from our Ambleside training course and works in the office on a Wednesday and Thursday. Harriet supports Noreen as well as editing the college newsletter. Clare Landon graduated from our Ambleside training course, and enjoys the contact with students and prospective students that she gets from working in the office. Clare works Monday & Tuesday and is responsible for all matters pertaining to college weekends. Clare is currently on maternity leave and her responsibilities are being covered by Harriet.

Bridie Diamond is a graduate of the Lakeland College and works in the office one day a week looking after the bookshop and pharmacy stock. Bridie runs the Lakes college bookshop and is supported by Azmi who runs the London college bookshop.

The Course Tutors

We have a dedicated core team of tutors who provide most of our teaching on the college weekends. In addition, we have regular visiting guest tutors who are experienced in a particular area. Our core team comprises:

	Deirdre Owen practices in Workington, Cockermouth, Dalton and Seascale, where she has taught many evening groups over the years. Deirdre has been studying with the Guild of Homeopathy recently. "I love working with students in the tutor groups, helping to build their confidence as they start out in practice. I think it is important to be yourself in practice and to be real with your patients. I also enjoy the materia medica side of homeopathy enormously."
	Robert Bridge trained in London and has been in practice for 15 years. During that time he has taught for most of the major UK colleges, worked as a personal supervisor and clinical supervisor, and presented several case studies at national conferences. Although his approach to both his own patients and teaching is primarily pragmatic, his training with the Guild of Homeopaths has given him an insight into subtle energy models and some of the new remedies. His other life as a classically trained concert pianist infuses his work and he is always looking for ways to bring out the inner music that lies beneath the spoken word.
	Lorraine Grayston is a homœopathic and shamanic practitioner running busy practices in London and Devon. She has many years experience working with individuals and groups. "I am passionate about using a combination of the magic of homœopathic prescribing and shamanic techniques to help people visit their stuck places and transform them, to touch in on their beauty, strengthen those places, and to reclaim their wholeness and vital energy. I love working with groups and finding imaginative ways to engage people in the learning process.”
	Hilary Barnett is a graduate of our Practitioner Development Training. After several years of being the student supporter and clinic and tutorial organiser Hilary has now joined the London teaching team. She also runs regional tutorials and student training clinics in London and in Ewell Village, Surrey. "I particularly enjoy working with the students, watching and helping them develop their personal strengths and to realise their individual potential."
	Lee Pollack has been practising homeopathy in southeast London for over 12 years, " I am particularly excited about homeopathy as an energy medicine. I use other energy disciplines such as the chakra system, the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and meditation techniques to help me to understand why the body has produced particular physical symptoms. Everything happens for a reason. And if we can identify the underlying causes of a physical ailment, then anything is possible. That has been my experience."
	Simon Taffler is a practicing homeopath, with a career that has encompassed clinical practice and training in England, Israel, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, and North America and, teaching and research at colleges in the UK and USA. He opened the Life Works clinic in London in 1985. Concurrently, he is completing a PhD dissertation on the education of homeopathy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Simon graduated in England from the School of Homeopathy and the Dynamis School for Advanced Homeopathic Studies.
	Bob Wooler has a busy homoeopathic practice in Worcester, and a specialist HIV/AIDS Clinic in Liverpool. He is also a Reiki Master and Colour Therapist. He has taught at a number of Homoeopathic Colleges, both classical and non-classical, and now is a core member of the Lakeland College. A student of the Ancient Wisdom Teachings (The Science of Energies) for over 35 years, Bob is the Director of Esoteric Studies for the movement, Universal World Harmony, and is the administrator for "The Quest" an international correspondence course in Esoteric Studies founded in 1960.
	Myriam Shivadikar's journey in homeopathy began with a trip to Sri Lanka in 1984. She returned to London and studied Classical Homeopathy at COH. She has been practising in the UK since 1992. She has had a radio slot with the BBC and was part of the editorial team for the magazines of the UKHMA and the ARH. In 1998 she started teaching at the College of Practical Homeopathy and became the Vice-Principal. She now teaches at 5 of the main homeopathic colleges both in the UK and abroad. Myriam practises in Finchley using an eclectic combination of therapies, diet and nutrition.
	Beth Moon trained at the North West College of Homeopathy in Manchester and has been working as a homeopath in Cumbria since 1995. She has several years experience running student teaching clinics and enjoys the hands on, practical side of helping students to develop their clinical skills. Beth particulatly enjoys homeopathic philosophy and exploring that within the evolution of health and disease. Alongside homeopathy, Beth is passionate about woods, trees, walking, flowers, growing organic food and enjoying the pace of life on her canal boat.

Our core tutor team is complemented by an extended group of regular guest tutors with skills in specific areas. Including Steve Johnson, Jillian Mitchell, John Cardon, Helen Johnson, Ann Callaghan and Angie Zajac.

The Regional Co-ordinators

On the college weekends we like to have a staff member available who can provide practical and personal support for our students on an individual basis. As well as being available during the college weekends, our co-ordinators also help us to organise the growing network of regional tutors and practitioners providing clinical experience for our students.

	Di Belton is the London Student Supporter and organises the clinics in London.
	Joyce Ormesher is the Lakes Student Supporter

Final year case assessment

Part of the graduation criteria is that all students in their third year must write up five cases each with two followups. In order to facilitate maximum learning from this process cases are submitted one at a time and are reviewed by our staff.

Case feedback takes place every college weekend and third year students have individual sessions on their cases, designed to support their continuing development as practitioners.