Coming to Peace: Conflict Resolution Techniques

Coming to Peace: Conflict Resolution Techniques is an advanced professional training in an integrative approach to conflict resolution that restores connection, clarity, and forward movement in individuals, groups, and organizations. Designed for facilitators and practitioners working in complex interpersonal environments, this method offers practical and effective ways to address the kinds of conflict that can derail relationships, undermine well-intended initiatives, and slow organizational progress.

Coming to Peace is an integrative conflict resolution training taught by Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. and Joanna Adler that empowers participants to meet conflict directly and skillfully, with greater confidence in their ability to understand its deeper dynamics and guide it toward meaningful resolution. Designed for both personal and professional contexts, this approach offers facilitators a productive way to identify and transform the interpersonal friction that can derail relationships, impede well-intended initiatives, and slow progress within organizations and communities.

Drawing from indigenous mediation practices from Hawaii, Southern Africa, and the Iroquois League of North America, as well as Buddhist principles of Fierce Compassion and Radical Self-Responsibility and the Depth Hypnosis model, this training guides participants in working skillfully with the deeper roots of discord rather than merely managing surface-level disagreement. Participants learn how to remain calm and grounded in volatile situations, address problematic behavior constructively, and facilitate conversations that lead to genuine understanding and durable solutions that serve the highest good of all involved.

Based on the work of Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. and her book, Coming to Peace: Resolving Conflict within Ourselves and Others (co-author, Laura Chandler), this course is the final requirement for certification as a Coming to Peace Facilitator. The training provides the tools needed to bridge divides, build trust, and increase communication, transparency, and efficiency, while supporting the creation of productive, innovative, and successful workplaces and communities. Course tuition includes certificate and postage fees; additional postage may apply for addresses outside the United States.

What you’ll experience:

• Gain practical strategies for resolving conflict in families, groups, and organizations
• Learn indigenous mediation practices from Hawaii, Southern Africa, and the Iroquois League of North America
• Gain practical strategies for resolving conflict in families, groups, and organizations
• Explore Buddhist principles of Fierce Compassion and Radical Self-Responsibility in conflict situations
• Develop skills to remain calm, grounded, and effective in volatile or high-stakes moments
• Practice addressing problematic behaviors in a constructive and respectful way
• Strengthen facilitation skills that foster trust, understanding, and collaboration
• Apply tools to create productive, innovative, and harmonious workplaces and communities
• Deepen your ability to identify the root causes of discord and transform them into opportunities for growth and resolution

This course consists of:

• 8 videos consisting of lectures, meditations, and demonstrations (approx. 3.5 hours)
• 8 hours of live stream practice and lecture
• Handouts for download
• Peer sharing and teacher Q&A
• Supervised practice
• Suggested reading list

Prerequisites:

• The Inner Teacher or The Shamanic Journey
• Coming to Peace: Tools and Resources or Depth Hypnosis Foundation Course

Note: If you have not taken these prerequisite courses, you can meet the requirements by taking The Shamanic Journey (On Demand) and/or Coming to Peace: Tools and Resources instead of the Depth Hypnosis Foundation Course. The Tools and Resources course is a shorter, less expensive course that will provide you with all the tools you need to facilitate Coming to Peace processes.

Workshop Details:

Tuition: $495
Workshop Format: This course is offered in-person and via Distance Learning.
Offered by: Association of Depth Hypnosis Practitioners through the Sacred Stream.

The Sacred Stream has provided high quality education for over twenty years. Each course we offer provides easy to use portal pages, support staff, and support materials. Classes are offered with both online and in person options that are expertly managed to offer the best experience possible for students.

Instructors:

Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. is a renowned teacher and practitioner whose work bridges ancient wisdom traditions and modern therapeutic practices. She is the creator of Depth Hypnosis™, a groundbreaking model that combines elements of shamanism, Buddhism, energy medicine, hypnosis, and transpersonal psychology. Widely respected by clinicians and spiritual counselors alike, Depth Hypnosis offers a powerful path to healing and self-discovery and has helped thousands of people live happier, more fulfilling lives.

Holding advanced degrees in cultural and linguistic anthropology, comparative religion, and transpersonal psychology, Isa has spent over thirty years studying and practicing spiritual, meditative, and healing traditions from around the world. A pioneer in bringing shamanic and Buddhist principles into clinical contexts, she also developed Coming to Peace™, an innovative conflict resolution process inspired in part by indigenous peacemaking practices from Hawaii, Africa, and North America.

Dr. Gucciardi is also the creator of Sacred Stream’s Empowered Living program, designed to help individuals develop greater self-awareness, build inner resilience, and create lasting personal transformation through practical, experiential tools.

An accomplished author of three books, Isa speaks six languages and teaches and lectures nationally and internationally.

Joanna Adler, PsyD is a certified Depth Hypnosis Practitioner, Applied Shamanic Counselor, licensed clinical psychologist and executive coach. She has studied at the Foundation of the Sacred Stream since 2002 and began teaching there in 2015. She received her doctorate degree from the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she specialized in transpersonal psychology, family systems, and human development.

Joanna co-authored the pilot study on the efficacy of Depth Hypnosis called “Using Depth Hypnosis to Treat Mood Disorders and Raise Well-Being: A Pilot Study”, published in The International Journal of Regression Therapy.

Joanna teaches in the Depth Hypnosis Spiritual Counseling program, offering classes in the Coming to Peace Conflict Resolution Method, Depth Hypnosis Supervised Practice, and Conscious Parenting. She works with individuals and groups worldwide from Telluride, CO.