| Transformational Counseling is about | | | | activity for an even more profound state of |
| assisting others to transform their life. | | | | relaxation.The meditative process of |
| Transformational Counseling is a process of | | | | practicing staying present to the Now is as |
| assisting others to learn how to let go of | | | | follows:1. Take a comfortable position in an |
| the past and live fully in the present. To | | | | upright sitting position.2. Allow your legs |
| live fully in the present is to become awaken | | | | and arms to be open.3. Allow your eyes to |
| to what is truly real and to our own natural | | | | focus upon a chosen object. The chosen |
| power. Much of our life is spent living in | | | | object could be a candle light in a darkened |
| the past, and in the process, attempting to | | | | room or any point that you choose.4. As you |
| fix it, to make it something that it is or | | | | focus on the chosen object, allow your |
| was not. It is from living in the past that | | | | muscles to slowly relax from the top of your |
| we also attempt to create our future, the | | | | head to the tips of your toes.5. Take three |
| result always being a living of life as it | | | | slow deep breathes in through your nose as |
| was in the past. Transformation takes place | | | | you inhale. Hold each breath to the mental |
| when we learn to exist in and be present to | | | | count of four. Slowly exhale each breath out |
| the Now.The practice of staying present to | | | | through your mouth. Continue to breath at a |
| our natural power and to that which is real | | | | slow pace after the three breaths.6. |
| is becoming conscious to what is so, to the | | | | Continue to focus on the chosen object. When |
| Now, to the present. What is so, the Now, | | | | your mind wanders to some thought or thoughts |
| has no meaning and exists outside of thought | | | | slowly and gently bring it back to your |
| and language. As human beings we tend to | | | | focused concentration upon the chosen object. |
| give meaning to everything, including other | | | | Simply let go of the thoughts that arise. |
| people, ourselves and even life itself. It | | | | The thoughts are from the past. Stay focused |
| is in our meaning making that we leave the | | | | to what is so.7. Continue the practice for a |
| present and create our life from the past, a | | | | prescribed period of time and then go about |
| life that can be filled with a great deal of | | | | your daily activities. Each day that you |
| anxiety, fear and stress. What is so merely | | | | practice you may even choose to lengthen the |
| exists and it is in the experience of the Now | | | | time you spend with this technique.The |
| that we begin to live a life of power and | | | | ability to stay in the present, to access the |
| freedom, a life and way of being free from | | | | Now, can be enhanced with the consistent |
| our past.A specific technique that is very | | | | practice of meditation. What this will |
| powerful for practicing staying present to | | | | necessitate is one making the practice of |
| the Now is meditation. It is in meditation | | | | meditation apart of his or her daily |
| that one creates the space to experience a | | | | schedule. With the consistent practice of |
| very deep state of relaxation, a state that | | | | meditation one will also create the ability |
| is very healing to both the mind and body. | | | | to stay even more present to what is so even |
| As we know, in meditation ones metabolism | | | | when not actively engaged in the meditative |
| slows down, including heart rate and blood | | | | process. It is through a commitment to the |
| pressure. The consistent practice of | | | | practice of meditation on a daily basis that |
| meditation will reduce anxiety and stress. | | | | one will begin to live more fully in the |
| For some the practice of meditation allows | | | | Now.Harry Henshaw, Ed.D., LMHC |
| them to access true Being. For others it is | | | | |
| way of reconnecting to the Spirit within us. | | | | Harry Henshaw earned his doctoral degree in |
| It is in the consistent practice of | | | | Human Development and Counseling from Boston |
| meditation that the subject and object | | | | University and has designed and implemented |
| distinction inherent in language, thought and | | | | mental health and substance abuse programs in |
| meaning making collapses thereby resulting in | | | | outpatient, residential and hospital settings |
| our access to the present, to the Now.The | | | | in Illinois, Massachusetts and Florida.Dr. |
| meditative process can be enhanced by the use | | | | Henshaw is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor |
| of therapeutic relaxation music. Music has | | | | in the State of Florida, a certified Clinical |
| always been a very powerful modality for | | | | Supervisor and a member of the American |
| promoting a very deep state of relaxation and | | | | Counseling Association & American |
| even healings. I have found that musical | | | | Psychological Association. Trained in |
| compositions that are harmonically slow, | | | | neuro-linguistic programming, Dr. Henshaw is |
| repetitious, with sustained voices, which are | | | | also certified to practice and teach hypnosis |
| rhythmically, random in tempo assists an | | | | in the State of Florida.Dr. Henshaw is also |
| individual in experiencing a very deep state | | | | in private practice in Hallandale Beach, |
| of relaxation. A second important component | | | | Florida and utilizes the technology of |
| of the use of therapeutic relaxation music is | | | | Transformational Counseling. In addition to |
| the use of binaural audio tones that have | | | | his work as a Licensed Mental Health |
| been interwoven into the music. The binaural | | | | Counselor and Supervisor, Dr. Henshaw has |
| tones, through a process referred to as | | | | developed a series of audio health care |
| entrainment or frequency following, gently | | | | products for use by professional providers |
| guides or directs the mind/body to generate | | | | and the public. |
| more of the targeted frequency of brain wave | | | | |