Rites of Passage/Initiation Archives - Applied Buddhist Psychology

Article: Depth Hypnosis: Where Fierce Compassion and the Path of the Wounded Healer Converge

Applied Buddhist Psychology, Applied Shamanism, Article, Depth Hypnosis, Personal Responsibility, Rites of Passage/Initiation

By Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.

Dr. Robert Thurman, noted Buddhist scholar, has stated that the future of Buddhism in the West lies in meditational therapies. One such meditational therapy is Depth Hypnosis. Depth Hypnosis is a therapeutic model that incorporates the wisdom of two very ancient healing and spiritual modalities (Buddhism and shamanism) with two more modern approaches (hypnotherapy and transpersonal psychology) to address emotional and spiritual imbalance.