Coming to Peace Facilitator Certification

Coming to Peace is a distinctive and highly effective integrative approach to conflict resolution that equips facilitators with practical, compassionate tools for addressing the interpersonal tensions that arise within families, communities, and organizations. It is designed to honor the full spectrum of human identity, fostering equity and inclusion, making it an excellent tool for those working at the crossroads of culture, faith, and gender. Rooted in indigenous conflict resolution practices, Buddhist philosophy, and Depth Hypnosis—a contemporary therapeutic modality developed by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.—this method offers a grounded and transformative framework for working with conflict at both personal and collective levels.

Drawing on the principles and practices presented in Isa Gucciardi’s book, Coming to Peace: Resolving Conflict Within Ourselves and With Others, this training teaches facilitators how to establish a safe and respectful container for dialogue, support participants in maintaining constructive communication, skillfully navigate group conflict, and manage complex group dynamics. Emphasis is placed on fostering connection, building trust, and enhancing communication, transparency, and effectiveness within individuals, groups, and organizations.

The program is particularly valuable for facilitators working across cultural, religious, and gender differences, and for those supporting communities affected by historical and ongoing divisions. Participants respectfully explore the history and application of Indigenous mediation practices from Hawai‘i, Southern Africa, and the Iroquois League of North America, alongside Buddhist teachings on Fierce Compassion and Radical Self-Responsibility, and their relevance to modern conflict resolution.

In a time of increasing polarization, this training offers an effective and conscientious means of helping address the need for greater sensitivity around choice, identity, and sexuality, and the challenges facilitators face when holding space for charged and deeply personal issues. The Coming to Peace method teaches facilitators how to create and sustain a protected, respectful environment, honor time-tested wisdom with integrity, and work skillfully with their own energy to prevent overwhelm or burnout. Participants learn how to remain present, compassionate, and effective while holding the emotional and relational complexities of the group.

Postage and certificate fees are included in the course price. Postage outside the United States may incur an additional surcharge.

The Association of Depth Hypnosis Practitioners (ADHP) is the certifying body for the Coming to Peace method. To learn more about ADHP, please visit the Association of Depth Hypnosis Practitioners website.

Required Courses for Coming to Peace Facilitator Certification:

• The Shamanic Journey
• Coming to Peace: Tools and Resources (or Depth Hypnosis Foundation Course)
• Coming to Peace: Conflict Resolution Techniques

To enroll, you can simply register for the courses independently and contact us to let us know that you are seeking the Coming to Peace Facilitator Certification. We will track your progress and alert you when a course in the training is coming up.

Contact: info@sacredstream.org.

Reflections on the Training:

Coming to Peace is an identity-inclusive method that provides a robust framework for bridging disparate perspectives. The Facilitator training was well presented with helpful exercises and experiential processes for learning the method. The teacher held the space well and embodied the compassionate, yet firm holding required for peace-building.​Sri P.
The Coming to Peace Facilitator training was a supportive and informative experience. Dr. Adler offered helpful feedback and strategies for mediating difficult situations with sensitivity and grace.​Maria F.

Recommended Reading:

Coming to Peace: Resolving Conflict Within Ourselves and With Others

Further Study:

• Coming to Peace: The Inner Self

• The Path of Service
• Relationship and Karma
• Relationship and Power
• Depth Hypnosis Foundation Course

Praise for the book, Coming to Peace:

Isa’s Coming to Peace is just the ticket for these challenging times! It is both easily accessible, born of deeply lived experience, and profoundly transforming, tried and tested in therapeutic practice. Coming to Peace powerfully captures the intensities normally controlled by mental addictions, like rage, obsession, and envy, and how to deploy and transform them for the good of self and others. Isa conveys the practical how-to of this process that makes it possible to bring it into your life. I heartily recommend this book.​Robert A. F. Thurman, Ph.D., best-selling author, Buddhist scholar, co-founder of Tibet House US, and Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
In everyday idiom and sharing transformative experiences of her clients, the author brings to life, in a powerful way, what it means to truly let go, develop genuine self-acceptance, and tap into the creative energy of suffering. What Isa teaches in her remarkable book is a journey of mindfulness and self-acceptance–in short, true self-discovery through the path of compassion. This is a genuine offering to the world and I thank my friend for her writing this important book.​Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., principal translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama, chair of the Mind & Life Institute, and founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics