Profiles

• Angela Hicks
• John Hicks
• Lorraine Spring-Taylor
• Peter Firebrace
• Allegra Wint
• George Knecht

Angela Hicks, M.Ac.

Angela Hicks has been in practice since 1976. She originally studied with J.R. Worsley at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, UK (CTA) where she received her M.Ac. Degree.
She was lecturer and clinical supervisor at this college from 1979 until 1987 and went on to study TCM with Giovanni Maciocia on the Journal of Chinese Medicine course. She completed clinical training in China at the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NCTCM).

In 1988 she co-founded the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (CICM) with John Hicks. The college offers a 3 year course leading to Licentiate in Acupuncture and various post-graduate trainings.
Angela has taught TCM to postgraduates and with John Hicks developed the Clinical Integration course for practitioners wishing to combine 5 Element & TCM skills.

Angela is a master practitioner of NLP and practises Qi Gong.

Publications:

• The Principles of Chinese Medicine
• The Principles of Acupuncture (both books introduce these subjects to members of the public)
• The 5 Laws of Healthy Living
• Healing your Emotions (co-author with John Hicks)
• 5 Element Constitutional Acupuncture (co-author with John Hicks & Peter Mole)

John Hicks, Dr.Ac.

John has a PhD from the University of London and has been practising Chinese medicine since 1975.
He trained at CTA where he was awarded a Dr Ac degree. He was Dean of CTA, lecturer and clinical supervisor from 1978 to 1985. He created the Acupuncture Skills course which teaches the basic diagnostic skills of the 5 Element constitutional diagnosis.

John has undertaken clinical training at the NCTCM and completed Ted Kaptchuk's course in Chinese herbal medicine.

In 1988 he co-founded the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (CICM) with Angela Hicks with whom he taught TCM to postgraduates and developed the Clinical Integration course for practitioners wishing to combine 5 Element & TCM skills.

John is an associate trainer with the Society of Neuro-Linguistic-Programming and practises Qi Gong

Publications:

• The Principles of Chinese Herbal Medicine
• Healing your Emotions (co-author with Angela Hicks)
• 5 Element Constitutional Acupuncture (co-author with Angela Hicks & Peter Mole)

Lorraine Spring-Taylor, B.Ac.

From a background of nursing, social sciences and medical research, Lorraine went on to study acupuncture with J.R. Worsley at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, UK (CTA). From here she received her BAc. Degree then continued her studies with Giovanni Maciocia on the Journal of Chinese Medicine TCM course. Following a one year post-graduate course in classical Chinese at Oxford University she continued her studies of classical chinese texts with Claude Larre. She is particularly interested in the symbolism of dis-ease as an allusion to a more whole sense of well-being, both for the individual and their community.

Her long study and practise of Yoga and Feng Shui has provoked many insights into seeing the body as a landscape holding secrets from the past and - via the acupuncture points - the unfolding of a healthier future.

Lorraine has been in practice since 1980 and teaches 5 Element diagnostic methods at the Shiatsu Zentrum Bern, and gives post-graduate seminars in acupuncture, and clinical supervision at the Schule für Naturheilkunde, Zürich.

Lorraine lives in Bern with her 2 children and is founder of SICA.

Publications:

• Chapter on Traditional Chinese Medicine in Handbook of Complementary Medicine, edited by Stephen Fulder, 1983
• "Acupuncture, not just another analgesia". Oxford University Medical School Journal, 1981.
• The 5 Minute Investment, for Health and Happiness: Tao Ling Yoga exercises for the 5 elements

Peter Firebrace, B.Ac.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Acupuncture degree having first studied at The International College of Oriental Medicine UK (1980-83) and then at the European School of Acupuncture, Paris.
He studied classical Chinese Language and Literature with the Ricci Institute, Paris and has specialised in research into the Chinese philosophical and medical classics and on how the depth of this traditional knowledge can be applied in the modern world.
He was principal of The International College of Oriental Medicine (1985-1990) and now teaches extensively at colleges and associations in Europe: He has been practising acupuncture in central London since 1980 and is co-founder of the Monkey Press which publishes the Chinese Medicine from the Classics series.

He is co-author of "A Guide to Acupuncture" and a member of the British Acupuncture Council

Allegra Wint, Dr.Ac.

Allegra took a degree in Physiology at University College London and then studied Acupuncture with J.R. Worsley at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, Leamington Spa, U.K. (CTA). She has been in practice since 1975 and was awarded her Doctorate in Acupuncture in 1984.

From 1978 till 1984 she was a member of the faculty at CTA, lecturer and clinical supervisor.
Allegra continues to teach as a guest lecturer at the college while practising in Oxford and raising her three children with her partner Peter Mole.

Her special interest is the use of acupuncture in pregnancy, childbirth and post-natal care which she teaches and practises.

Allegra has researched and published work on the history of point location in different traditions. She has also written detailed procedures for the practical steps involved in finding each point for the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (CICM) in Reading.

Allegra acts as a consultant for point location at CTA and in recent years has been studying Taoism and other similar traditions.

George Knecht, B.Ac.

George holds a Bachelor of Acupuncture degree having studied at the International Free University in Maastricht Holland (1986- 1990). The program specialised in bringing together European and Chinese aspects of philosophical medicine.

He has specialised in the application of Stems and Branches as well as chronological acupuncture and the application of these old techniques in today's world.

Has been in private praxis in Zug Switzerland since 1990.

Abbreviations

B.Ac.

Bachelor of Acupuncture

M.Ac.

Master of Acupuncture

Dr.Ac.

Doctor of Acupuncture

CICM

College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (Reading, Berkshire, England)

CTA

College of Traditional Acupuncture (Hatton, Warwickshire, England)

NLP

Neuro-Linguistic Programming

TCM

Traditional Chinese Medicine