Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.
Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.
Founding Director and Primary Teacher
Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. holds degrees in cultural and linguistic anthropology, comparative religion, and transpersonal psychology. She is the creator of Depth Hypnosis™, a groundbreaking therapeutic model that blends elements of ancient wisdom and contemporary psychological thought. It has won rave reviews from psychotherapeutic and spiritual counselors alike. She is also the author of three books, Coming to Peace, The New Return to the Great Mother, and the forthcoming, Depth Hypnosis.
Isa has spent over 30 years studying spiritual, therapeutic, and meditative techniques. She has worked with master teachers of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Sufism, as well as expert indigenous and shamanic practitioners from around the world. Isa has co-taught with many venerable teachers including Robert Thurman, Thupten Jinpa, Matthew Fox, and Khensur Rinpoche Thupten Tenzin, to name a few.
Isa was an early pioneer in bringing shamanic and Buddhist perspectives into the clinical setting. She deftly draws from these wisdom systems to support her students in an embodied process of teaching that includes lecture, experiential work, contemplation, and reflection. She has trained thousands of students in Depth Hypnosis and taught thousands more in her unique programs of Buddhist Psychology, Applied Shamanism, and Empowered Living.
Isa is the founding director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, a non-profit organization and school for consciousness studies in Berkeley, CA. She lectures nationally and internationally and is on the faculty of Embodied Philosophy, Menla/Tibet House, and Onaya, and is a regular guest lecturer at UC Berkeley. Isa has lived in eleven countries, speaks six languages, has two children, and lives in San Francisco with her partner.
Website: isagucciardi.org