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The Effectiveness of Cognitive Restructuring Technique Cbt Group Counseling to Reduce the Fear of Missing Out and Improve Interpersonal Communication in Students
Background : In the digital era, excessive social media use among adolescents has contributed to the emergence of Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), which can negatively affect interpersonal communication. This issue highlights the need for effective counseling interventions to help students manage FoMO and improve social interaction. Objectives : To examine the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) group counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques in reducing FoMO and improving interpersonal communication among students. Method : This study used a quantitative experimental design with a randomized pretest-posttest control group. Sixteen grade XI students of SMK Bina Patria 1 Sukoharjo, selected based on high FoMO and low interpersonal communication, were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received six CBT group counseling sessions using cognitive restructuring techniques, while the control group participated in conventional group discussions. Data were collected using the FoMO Scale and Interpersonal Communication Scale and analyzed using MANCOVA and Wilcoxon tests. Finding and Implication : The intervention significantly reduced FoMO and improved interpersonal communication among students (p < 0.01). The findings indicate that cognitive restructuring helps students challenge irrational thoughts related to social media and develop healthier communication behaviors. This approach can be applied by school counselors as an effective intervention for addressing digital-era psychological and social challenges. Conclusion : CBT group counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques is effective in reducing FoMO and enhancing students’ interpersonal communication skills.
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The Relationship of Self-Efficacy with the Career Readiness of Final Years Students in Islamic Religious Colleges
Background : Career readiness is an important aspect that final-year students must possess to successfully transition from higher education to the workforce. Students of Islamic Religious Higher Education Institutions (PTKI) are expected not only to have academic and religious competencies but also adequate career readiness to compete in an increasingly competitive job market. One psychological factor believed to influence career readiness is self-efficacy. Objectives : To determine the relationship between self-efficacy and career readiness among final-year students at Islamic Religious Higher Education Institutions (PTKI). Method : This study employed a quantitative approach with a correlational research design. The population consisted of final-year PTKI students, with a sample of 150 students selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using the Self-Efficacy Scale and Career Readiness Scale, both of which had been tested for validity and reliability. Data analysis was conducted using Pearson’s Product Moment correlation. Finding and Implication : The results revealed a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy and career readiness among final-year students (r = 0.682; p < 0.05). Students with higher levels of self-efficacy tended to demonstrate higher career readiness. These findings imply that confidence in one's abilities plays a crucial role in preparing students to enter the workforce. Therefore, career guidance and counseling services at PTKI should focus on strengthening students’ self-efficacy to enhance their career readiness. Conclusion : There is a significant positive relationship between self-efficacy and career readiness among final-year PTKI students. Enhancing self-efficacy can contribute to improving students’ preparedness for the world of work.
Psychological Approaches in the Love Curriculum: A Humanistic Education Perspective
Background : This research is motivated by the problem of contemporary education, which tends to emphasize cognitive aspects and academic achievement while neglecting students' emotional, social, and human dimensions. This condition highlights the need for an educational paradigm that promotes holistic human development. Objectives : To analyze the psychological approach in the love curriculum from a humanistic education perspective. Method : This study employed a qualitative approach using a library research design. Data sources were obtained from books, scientific journals, research findings, and academic documents related to educational psychology, humanistic education, humanistic pedagogy, and the love curriculum. Data were collected through documentation studies and analyzed using content analysis, including data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Finding and Implication : The findings indicate that the love curriculum represents an affective educational paradigm that emphasizes compassion, empathy, respect for human beings, and humanistic interpersonal relationships as the foundation of the learning process. The psychological approach within the love curriculum contributes significantly to enhancing learning motivation, emotional intelligence, character development, and dialogical relationships between teachers and students. Its implementation can be realized through participatory learning, a humanistic school culture, and pedagogical approaches that position students as active subjects of education. These findings imply that the love curriculum can serve as an effective strategy for fostering more meaningful and holistic educational experiences. Conclusion : The love curriculum is relevant as a humanistic educational paradigm that promotes empathetic, inclusive, and student-centered learning while supporting the comprehensive development of human potential.
Efforts To Improve Students’ Disciplinary Character Through Religious Habituation At Darut Taqwa Vocational High School
Background: Character education is a primary objective of Indonesia’s national education system. However, empirical evidence on the effectiveness of religious habituation in strengthening students’ disciplinary character, particularly in vocational schools, remains limited. Objective: This study aims to examine the role of religious habituation as a strategy for strengthening students’ disciplinary character at SMK Darut Taqwa. Method: This study employed a qualitative descriptive approach during the odd semester of the 2024/2025 academic year. Data were collected through observations, semi-structured interviews, and documentation involving seven purposively selected informants. The data were analyzed using the interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña, while validity was ensured through source and technique triangulation. Findings and Implications: The findings indicate that religious habituation activities, including Qur’an recitation, congregational Duha and Dhuhr prayers, collective supplication, and a greeting culture, positively strengthened students’ punctuality, compliance with school regulations, responsibility in completing assignments, and participation in school activities. Teacher role modeling, a supportive religious environment, and strong school–parent collaboration emerged as key enabling factors. Conclusion: Religious habituation is an effective and context-sensitive strategy for fostering disciplinary character in pesantren-based vocational schools and should be systematically integrated into character education programs.
The Effectiveness of Reality Group Counseling (WDEP) in Reducing Truancy Behavior among Students of MA Tunas Pertiwi Cirebon
Background: Truancy is a global educational concern; in Indonesia, it is associated with poor academic performance and dropout. MA Tunas Pertiwi, a pesantren-based boarding school in Ciwaringin, Cirebon, showed high truancy rates despite its religious environment, with no dedicated BK teacher and no prior counseling intervention. Objective: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of WDEP Reality Group Counseling in reducing truancy among Class XI students at MA Tunas Pertiwi and assess the significance of behavioral change. Method: A quantitative pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was employed. Seven male Class XI students were selected via purposive sampling. The WDEP intervention comprised 7 sessions (November–December 2023). Data were collected using a validated 32-item questionnaire (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.704) and analyzed with paired-samples t-test (SPSS 27.0). Findings and Implications: Results showed t = 10.842 (t-table = 1.895), p = 0.000 (p < 0.05). Mean pretest score was 96.0 (SD = 4.55; very high–high) and declined to 81.7 (SD = 7.95; high) post-intervention—a reduction of 14.3 points (14.9%), confirming intervention effectiveness. Students also demonstrated improved personal responsibility and truancy awareness. Conclusion: WDEP Reality Group Counseling effectively reduces truancy at MA Tunas Pertiwi. Schools without BK teachers should adopt this structured approach. Future research using larger samples and controlled designs is encouraged to strengthen generalizability.
BK Teachers' Strategies in Dealing with the Mental Health of Students Victims of Cyberbullying through Islamic Individual Counseling Services
Background: Cyberbullying is one of the serious problems that affect students' mental health in the digital era. Victims of cyberbullying tend to experience psychological disorders such as anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and depression. Objectives: This study aims to analyze the strategies of Guidance and Counseling (BK) teachers in dealing with the mental health of students who are victims of cyberbullying through Islamic individual counseling services. Method: The research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. The data collection technique was carried out through interviews, observations, and documentation of BK teachers and students in one of the secondary schools. The research subjects consisted of one BK teacher and three students who were victims of cyberbullying, with a duration of three months of research. The results of the study show that the strategy of BK teachers is carried out through the identification of students' psychological conditions, the provision of intensive individual counseling services, Islamic spiritual approaches, the provision of religious motivation, and the strengthening of social support from families and schools. Finding and Implication: The Islamic approach is applied through strengthening the value of patience, tawakal, muhasabah, and the reading of Qur'anic verses that are relevant to the emotional condition of students. These strategies can help students reduce anxiety, increase confidence, and improve mental health conditions gradually. Conclusion: This research shows that Islamic individual counseling services can be an effective alternative in handling victims of cyberbullying in the school environment.
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Building Social Awareness Through School-Age Youth Guidance (BRUS) for the Young Generation
Background: The development of social concern among young generations faces serious challenges due to individualism, digital isolation, and declining empathy. These issues necessitate systematic interventions to cultivate prosocial values and behaviors among school-age adolescents. Objective: This research aims to develop and implement the Bimbingan Remaja Usia Sekolah (BRUS) program as a systematic framework for building social concern among school-age adolescents through an integrated guidance approach. Method: The study employed a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach involving 28 adolescent participants aged 13-18 years, 9 program facilitators, and 6 school personnel across six secondary schools. Data collection was conducted through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation, and document analysis, then analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. Findings and Implications: Results demonstrated that the 16-week BRUS program successfully enhanced social concern across cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions significantly. Participants showed increased frequency in volunteering activities (350%), informal helping behaviors (280%), and social issue advocacy (420%) compared to pre-program baselines. Three-month follow-up data indicated that 75% of participants maintained significantly elevated levels of prosocial engagement. The BRUS program provides theoretical contributions to adolescent character development and offers practical instruments for educators, counselors, and policymakers to integrate social concern development into school-based educational systems. Conclusion: The BRUS program demonstrates effectiveness in cultivating social concern among adolescents, ultimately contributing to developing socially responsible and empathetic young generations.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Peer Support Groups: Addressing Pedagogical Burnout Among Early-Career Teachers in West Java
Background: Pedagogical burnout is a critical challenge that threatens the quality of education and teacher retention, particularly in the Indonesian context where support systems are limited. Novice teachers are especially vulnerable during their early career years, necessitating effective and culturally responsive interventions. Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) integrated into peer support groups to address burnout among beginning teachers in West Java Province. Method: A quasi-experimental design was employed with 58 novice teachers (1-3 years of experience) allocated to either an experimental group receiving eight weekly sessions of SFBT peer support or a control group continuing the standard mentoring program. Findings and Implications: Significant group-time interactions were found for the experimental group on all burnout dimensions: emotional exhaustion (d = 1.85), depersonalization (d = 1.35), and personal accomplishment (d = 1.62), with improvements sustained at follow-up. Teacher self-efficacy significantly increased across instructional strategies (d = 1.28), classroom management (d = 1.15), and student engagement (d = 1.22). Qualitative analysis identified key mechanisms of change including cognitive reframing, recognition of personal resources, vicarious learning, emotional validation, and collaborative problem-solving. The program demonstrated strong cultural fit with Indonesian collectivist values and proved scalable through trained school counselors. Conclusion: Peer-group-based SFBT represents an effective, practical, and culturally responsive intervention for enhancing beginning teacher well-being and reducing burnout in the Indonesian educational context.
Exploring the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Reducing Anxiety and Depression Among Adolescents: A Counseling Approach
Background: Anxiety and depression are prevalent mental health challenges among adolescents, significantly affecting their academic performance, social relationships, and overall well-being. While Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an established evidence-based intervention, its effectiveness in adolescent counseling contexts requires further evaluation. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of CBT in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms among adolescents aged 12–18 years, focusing on therapeutic mechanisms, implementation modalities, and practical applications within diverse counseling contexts. Method: A systematic literature review was conducted, analyzing 23 empirical studies published between 2019 and 2025. The review examined various CBT modalities, including individual therapy, group counseling, school-based interventions, and digital platforms, evaluating methodological quality, intervention characteristics, and outcome measures. Findings and Implications: CBT demonstrated moderate to large effect sizes in reducing anxiety (Cohen's d = 0.65–0.89) and depression symptoms (Cohen's d = 0.52–0.78) among adolescents. School-based programs and digital platforms showed comparable effectiveness to traditional face-to-face therapies while offering enhanced scalability and accessibility. The findings emphasize the need for age-appropriate modifications, family involvement, and cultural adaptation in CBT implementation. Conclusion: CBT represents an effective intervention for addressing anxiety and depression in adolescents across various delivery modalities. Successful implementation requires tailored approaches considering developmental characteristics, cultural contexts, and family dynamics. Further research is needed to explore long-term treatment effects, personalized approaches, and optimal combinations of therapeutic components for diverse adolescent populations.
Peer Counseling in Educational Settings: Analyzing Its Effectiveness in Addressing Anxiety Among College Students Using Pretest-Posttest Design
College student mental health has reached crisis proportions, with anxiety disorders now affecting approximately 30-40% of students globally. The need for effective interventions to address anxiety in higher education settings is urgent. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of peer counseling interventions in reducing anxiety levels among college students over an 8-week intervention period, using a pretest-posttest design. A single-group pretest-posttest design was used, with 85 college students exhibiting elevated anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory scores > 16). The students participated in structured peer counseling sessions twice weekly. Anxiety levels were assessed using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) at baseline and post-intervention. The results demonstrated statistically significant reductions in anxiety scores from pretest (M=24.6, SD=6.2) to posttest (M=16.3, SD=5.8), t(84)=12.45, p<.001, d=1.35, indicating a large effect size. Qualitative feedback revealed high participant satisfaction with the accessibility, relatability, and non-judgmental atmosphere of peer support. Peer counseling is an effective, cost-efficient complement to professional mental health services in higher education settings, particularly for addressing mild to moderate anxiety. Implications for campus mental health programming and recommendations for peer counselor training are discussed.
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Integrating Logotherapy and Islamic Guidance in Career Counseling: Addressing Quarter Life Crisis Among Muslim Young Adults
Background: Quarter-life crisis among Muslim young adults represents a complex developmental challenge characterized by career uncertainty, identity confusion, and existential anxiety. Conventional secular career counseling inadequately addresses this phenomenon due to its neglect of spiritual dimensions that are central to Islamic identity and meaning-making processes. Objective: This study aimed to develop and examine an integrative career counseling framework that combines logotherapy's meaning-centered principles with Islamic spiritual guidance to address quarter-life crisis among Muslim young adults. Method: Employing interpretative phenomenological analysis, this investigation examined twenty-two Muslim young adults aged 22–32 years who completed 6–8 individual counseling sessions. Data were collected through recorded sessions, reflective journals, and post-intervention interviews, generating 1,847 pages of transcripts analyzed using NVivo software. Findings and Implications: The phenomenological analysis revealed five superordinate themes: existential awakening through spiritual reconnection, liberation from materialistic success paradigms, meaning-centered career reconstruction, integration of professional and spiritual identities, and empowerment through existential choice. These themes demonstrate that spiritual reconnection serves as a foundational catalyst, enabling comprehensive career clarity and identity coherence. Conclusion: This research demonstrates that effective career counseling for Muslim young adults necessitates the explicit integration of meaning-centered psychological approaches with Islamic spiritual guidance, providing validated protocols for culturally responsive counseling practice and theoretical foundations for future research examining spiritually integrated interventions across diverse religious populations.
Analysis of the Pemberdayaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga (PKK) Program as an Effort to Improve Family Well-Being in Rural Areas
Background: The Pemberdayaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga (PKK) program serves as a critical community-based empowerment mechanism in Indonesia, yet its implementation varies significantly across different local contexts. Understanding these contextual variations is essential for optimizing family-centered development strategies and strengthening local governance systems. Objective: This study aims to examine the implementation of the PKK program across three distinct local settings—Minahasa Regency (North Sulawesi), Serang City (Banten), and Cibinuang Village in Kuningan Regency (West Java)—to understand how PKK functions as a community-based empowerment initiative under diverse social and institutional conditions. Method: A qualitative descriptive approach with a case study design was employed. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, participatory observations, and document analysis across the three research sites. Findings and Implications: The study reveals that PKK program success is strongly determined by four key factors: local government support, cadre capacity, community participation levels, and structured data-driven planning mechanisms. Minahasa Regency demonstrates robust institutional support and well-structured program execution. Serang City shows promising organizational reform but encounters challenges in innovation capacity and equitable distribution of resources. Conclusion: PKK plays a strategic role in advancing inclusive, family-centered development in Indonesia. This study provides critical insights for strengthening local governance frameworks and enhancing social empowerment programs through context-sensitive approaches that address institutional capacity, participatory mechanisms, and collaborative governance structures.
Community Counseling Models Based on Local Wisdom: Strengthening Social Relations in Traditional Communities
Background: Traditional Indonesian communities maintain indigenous counseling practices rooted in local wisdom that prioritize collective harmony and spiritual wellbeing. These healing systems remain underexplored in academic literature, where Western therapeutic assumptions emphasizing individual psychology, confidentiality, and secular approaches dominate. Objective: This study explores lived experiences of traditional counseling based on local wisdom and examines its role in strengthening social relations within Kampung Naga, West Java, Indonesia. Method: A phenomenological study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was conducted with twelve participants who experienced traditional counseling addressing social relationship challenges. Findings and Implications: Analysis revealed five superordinate themes representing interconnected mechanisms through which traditional counseling strengthens social relations. The first demonstrates cultural embeddedness through Sundanese cosmology, ritual practices, and Islamic-indigenous syncretism. The second encompasses relational mechanisms including conflict mediation, empathy cultivation, reciprocity restoration, and social identity strengthening. Traditional counseling operates from a holistic, collectivist framework prioritizing community harmony, spiritual wellbeing, and relational restoration over individual psychological adjustment. Findings offer practical implications for mental health professionals by validating indigenous healing systems as legitimate therapeutic alternatives. Conclusion: This research challenges Western therapeutic assumptions about confidentiality and secular approaches while contributing to culturally responsive counseling models that authentically integrate local wisdom with contemporary practice. Findings support decolonizing counseling theory by demonstrating indigenous healing systems' effectiveness in maintaining social cohesion and spiritual wellbeing within traditional communities.
Social Guidance Based on Local Wisdom: Building Social Resilience in the Midst of Cultural Change
Background: Communities worldwide are experiencing significant cultural change, challenging their social resilience and traditional support systems. Understanding how local wisdom can be systematically integrated into social guidance mechanisms represents a critical need for culturally grounded approaches to community resilience building. Objective: This study explores how local wisdom can be integrated into social guidance mechanisms to build social resilience in communities experiencing cultural change, identifying the dimensions, integration processes, success factors, and outcomes of such integration. Method: This qualitative study employed an interpretive phenomenological approach across multiple indigenous and traditional communities. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation, and document analysis to capture the lived experiences and cultural practices of community members. Findings and Implications: The research identified five fundamental dimensions of local wisdom that contribute to social resilience: traditional ecological knowledge, social organization principles, cultural values, healing practices, and ceremonial traditions. Integration occurs through four primary mechanisms—formal institutionalization, educational programs, community-based initiatives, and digital documentation—with community-led grassroots approaches demonstrating the highest effectiveness. Success depends critically on political-legal recognition, strong traditional institutions, positive socio-cultural dynamics, and community sovereignty over cultural change processes. Local wisdom integration produces significant improvements in social cohesion, adaptive capacity, cultural identity, psychological well-being, and environmental management. Conclusion: Effective resilience building requires deep integration of local wisdom, critical engagement with traditional knowledge, and community control over cultural trajectories. This research contributes practical frameworks for culturally grounded development approaches that honor indigenous knowledge while supporting sustainable adaptation to contemporary challenges.
Culturally Adapted Counseling Interventions for University Students: Effectiveness and Implementation Challenges
Background: University students from diverse cultural backgrounds face significant mental health challenges, yet conventional counseling approaches often fail to address culturally specific needs, resulting in underutilization and suboptimal outcomes. Objective: This study investigated the effectiveness and implementation challenges of culturally adapted counseling interventions for university students. Method: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was employed. A total of 480 students across five Southeast Asian universities were allocated to either a culturally adapted counseling intervention (CACI) or standard counseling (SC) condition, with outcomes assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and three-month follow-up. Additionally, 102 stakeholders, including students, counselors, administrators, and cultural representatives, participated in qualitative interviews and focus groups. Findings and Implications: Results demonstrated that CACI produced significantly greater reductions in depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms compared to SC, with large effect sizes ranging from 0.74 to 0.82. Improvements in quality of life, academic self-efficacy, and career confidence were also observed, with benefits maintained at follow-up. Cultural background moderated intervention effects, with Indigenous and Middle Eastern students showing the largest gains. However, implementation analysis revealed substantial challenges, including time constraints, limited resources, and inadequate institutional support. Conclusion: These findings provide robust evidence that culturally adapted interventions enhance mental health outcomes while highlighting the necessity of systemic organizational changes to ensure sustainable implementation in university counseling services.
Counseling Interventions for Suicide Prevention Among Youth in the United States: A Comprehensive Review of Psychosocial Risk Factors
Background: Suicide remains the second leading cause of death among youth aged 10-24 years in the United States, with rates continuing to rise despite prevention efforts. Understanding current counseling intervention practices and factors associated with treatment effectiveness is critical for improving suicide prevention outcomes among this vulnerable population. Objective: This study examined counseling interventions for youth suicide prevention, identified psychosocial risk factors prioritized by mental health professionals, and determined factors associated with treatment effectiveness. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional survey was administered to 364 licensed mental health professionals across the United States. Data were collected on intervention approaches, psychosocial risk factor assessment practices, protective factors emphasis, treatment outcomes, counselor characteristics, and barriers to effective intervention. Hierarchical multiple regression and correlational analyses were conducted to identify predictors of treatment effectiveness. Findings and Implications: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy were most frequently utilized, with DBT demonstrating superior effectiveness. Specialized training, protective factors emphasis, and barrier severity emerged as significant predictors of treatment effectiveness, explaining 47% of outcome variance. Results inform training programs, organizational practices, and policy reforms needed to enhance suicide prevention services. Conclusion: Effective youth suicide prevention requires evidence-based clinical practices, specialized counselor training, and systemic reforms addressing organizational and policy barriers to quality care delivery.
Online Counseling for Mental Health: Evaluating its Impact on Coping Strategies Among University Students during the Pandemic
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic forced university mental health services to transition from traditional face-to-face counseling to online platforms as students experienced heightened anxiety, depression, and academic stress. Objective: This study evaluates the impact of online counseling interventions on university students' coping strategies during the pandemic, examining effectiveness, accessibility, and implementation challenges. Method: A narrative review synthesized 45 empirical studies published between 2019 and 2025, including randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental designs, and qualitative investigations of various modalities (teletherapy, video counseling, chatbots, mobile applications). Findings and Implications: Findings demonstrate that online counseling achieved outcomes comparable to pre-pandemic face-to-face services, with moderate to large effect sizes () for symptom reduction and therapeutic alliance. Video counseling proved most effective for complex presentations, while AI chatbots benefited students with mild symptoms. Online interventions improved accessibility and enabled students to develop adaptive coping strategies with flexible real-world application. Conclusion: The study recommends integrating online counseling into hybrid models through institutional policy frameworks, evidence-based modality selection guidelines, and strategic infrastructure development to ensure sustainable, equitable mental health access in higher education.
Mindfulness-Based Counseling Techniques for Stress Management: Improving Self-Efficacy Among High School Students
Background: High school students face increasing levels of academic stress, peer pressure, and future-related anxiety, which negatively impact their mental health and self-efficacy. Understanding effective interventions to address these psychological challenges is critical for supporting adolescent development and academic performance. Objective: This study examines the effectiveness of mindfulness-based counseling techniques in managing stress and improving self-efficacy among high school students. Method: Using a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group, this research involved 120 students aged 15-17 years from two public high schools. The experimental group received eight weekly sessions of mindfulness-based counseling interventions, including breathing exercises, body scan meditation, mindful awareness practices, and cognitive restructuring techniques. Data were collected using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). Findings and Implications: Results revealed significant improvements in the experimental group compared to the control group, with decreased stress levels and increased self-efficacy scores. The intervention also enhanced students' emotional regulation, attention focus, and coping mechanisms. These findings suggest that mindfulness-based counseling techniques offer practical and effective tools for school counselors to address adolescent stress and promote psychological resilience. Conclusion: Mindfulness-based counseling interventions demonstrate significant effectiveness in reducing stress and enhancing self-efficacy among high school students, providing evidence-based strategies for school-based mental health support programs.
Multimodal Counseling Strategy for Claustrophobia in Clinical Practice: A Case Report
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased anxiety-related disorders, particularly claustrophobia. Factors like prolonged lockdowns and mask-wearing have triggered or exacerbated claustrophobic symptoms, even in individuals without prior tendencies. The importance of developing evidence-based counseling strategies to address such post-pandemic mental health issues is crucial. Objective: This study aims to document and assess the effectiveness of a multimodal counseling strategy for treating claustrophobia that emerged or intensified during the pandemic. The goal is to provide a practical framework for addressing this specific phobia in clinical practice. Method: A case study methodology was employed, focusing on a 32-year-old female who exhibited severe claustrophobic symptoms post-pandemic. A 12-session intervention integrated cognitive-behavioral techniques, psychoeducation, graduated exposure, and mindfulness-based strategies. Data collection included standardized measures and self-reports across multiple assessment points. Findings and Implications: The treatment resulted in a 72% reduction in claustrophobia severity and significant improvements in general anxiety and stress levels. The integration of multiple therapeutic approaches proved effective in reducing symptoms and improving functional capacity. These findings suggest that multimodal interventions can be a robust solution for pandemic-induced claustrophobia and other anxiety disorders. Conclusion: The study highlights the effectiveness of multimodal counseling for claustrophobia, demonstrating significant symptom reduction and functional recovery. The results offer a clinically replicable framework for treating claustrophobia in post-pandemic contexts and suggest directions for future research and practice.
Career Counseling Interventions for International Students: A Comprehensive Analysis of Support Systems, Mental Health Challenges, and Professional Development Strategies
Background: International students face distinctive career development challenges compounded by mental health concerns and inadequate institutional support systems, yet career counseling interventions remain insufficiently tailored to their specialized needs. Objective: This study examined career counseling interventions for international students by analyzing support systems, mental health challenges, and professional development strategies to identify evidence-based practices for integrated service delivery. Method: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was employed, involving 180 international students who completed quantitative surveys and 28 students and 14 practitioners who participated in qualitative interviews, supplemented by document analysis of 47 institutional materials. Findings and Implications: Findings revealed profound cultural misalignment between generic career services and international students' needs, with 65.6% of participants demonstrating poor psychological well-being and mental health serving as a partial mediator in relationships between institutional support and professional development competency. Peer networks functioned as compensatory support systems, while document analysis exposed substantial gaps between institutional diversity commitments and operational realities. The study advances theoretical frameworks by demonstrating career development and mental health as inseparable domains for international students, necessitating integrated intervention models. Conclusion: Systemic transformation of career counseling services is urgently needed to ensure equitable support that facilitates international students' professional integration and success in an increasingly interconnected global landscape.
Transforming Social Guidance in Enhancing Community Collaboration for Sustainable Development
Background: Social guidance practices play a crucial role in fostering community collaboration for sustainable development. However, traditional approaches often fail to address the complex, dynamic nature of contemporary sustainability challenges. Understanding how transformed social guidance practices can enhance community collaborative capacity and contribute to sustainability outcomes remains underexplored in both theoretical and practical domains. Objective: This research examines the transformation of social guidance practices and their mechanisms in enhancing community collaboration for sustainable development, investigating the dimensions of transformed approaches, their operational mechanisms, and their impact on collaborative capacity and sustainability outcomes across diverse community contexts. Method: Employing a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design, the study investigates six purposively selected communities across urban, rural, and peri-urban contexts. Findings and Implications: The findings reveal five distinct dimensions characterizing transformed social guidance approaches: participatory orientation, adaptive learning, asset-based orientation, relational quality, and power-sharing. These transformation dimensions operate through multiple mechanisms—competence development, relationship formation, normative alignment, and institutional anchoring—to enhance collaborative capacity. Structural equation modeling indicates significant direct and mediated effects, with participatory orientation showing a standardized coefficient of 0.41 on collaborative capacity. Conclusion: The study contributes novel theoretical frameworks integrating insights from community development, sustainability science, and participatory governance literature. It generates practical implementation guidelines for development practitioners and policymakers seeking to catalyze community-driven sustainability transitions, demonstrating that transformed social guidance practices significantly enhance both collaborative capacity and measurable sustainability outcomes across diverse community contexts.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling for Young Adults Recovering from Internet Gaming Disorder: A Career Guidance Approach
Background: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) significantly impairs vocational functioning in young adults, disrupting career development during critical establishment periods. Despite IGD's recognized clinical significance, vocational rehabilitation remains neglected in symptom-focused treatment approaches, creating a critical gap in comprehensive care for affected individuals. Objective: This study examines the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation counseling using career guidance approaches for young adults recovering from IGD. Method: Twelve participants aged 21-28 years completed a structured 12-session intervention encompassing career assessment, skill mapping, graduated work exposure, and recovery integration. Data collection included validated career assessments, session documentation, semi-structured interviews, and six-month follow-ups, analyzed through within-case and cross-case thematic synthesis. Findings and Implications: Five interconnected domains emerged from the analysis: vocational identity reconstruction, skill recognition and confidence building, graduated exposure and behavioral activation, recovery-career integration, and social-environmental facilitation. Participants demonstrated substantial improvements in career decision-making self-efficacy, vocational identity clarity, and work readiness, with 75% maintaining gains at six-month follow-up and nearly half achieving employment or educational enrollment. These findings suggest that integrated vocational rehabilitation addressing both career development and recovery maintenance produces meaningful functional outcomes while supporting sustained recovery. Conclusion: This research establishes vocational rehabilitation as an essential component of comprehensive IGD treatment. The findings inform clinical practice, program development, and policy initiatives supporting young adults' successful transition to productive occupational roles, highlighting the necessity of incorporating vocational dimensions into standard IGD intervention frameworks.
The Role of Parent-Child Communication in Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Issues: A Phenomenological Study
Background: Adolescent mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems have reached critical levels globally, emphasizing the need for effective prevention strategies. Objective: This review aims to examine the preventive role of parent-child communication in adolescent mental health, particularly from a family counseling perspective. It synthesizes recent empirical evidence (2021-2025) to understand how positive communication patterns influence mental health outcomes in adolescents. Method: The review draws from 45 contemporary studies, examining the role of parent-child communication in preventing adolescent psychopathology. It includes research across diverse cultural contexts, such as China, Uganda, and Native American communities, and considers both face-to-face and digital communication. Specific counseling interventions focusing on communication enhancement were also explored, with a particular focus on emotion-focused approaches, mindful parenting, and attachment-based strategies. Findings and Implications: Positive communication patterns, characterized by warmth, emotional validation, active listening, and conflict management, were found to significantly reduce risks of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems, while promoting life satisfaction, coping abilities, and resilience. Parent-child communication also plays a crucial role in emotion regulation, coping strategies, and self-compassion development. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of communication, as it buffered against pandemic-related psychological distress and facilitated posttraumatic growth. While communication expressions vary across cultures, emotional attunement and respectful dialogue are universal protective factors. Conclusion: The rise of digital communication introduces challenges but highlights that quality communication across both face-to-face and online channels is essential.
Student Support and Guidance Services in Australian Higher Education: A Cross-Institutional Analysis of Career Counseling and Academic Development Programs
Background: Student support services play critical roles in facilitating academic success and career development within higher education, yet a comprehensive understanding of their organisational structures, delivery models, and effectiveness across Australian institutions remains limited. Objective: This study systematically examined career counselling and academic development services across diverse Australian universities to identify factors associated with effective, accessible, and equitable service provision. Method: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was employed across 22 institutions, integrating institutional questionnaires, surveys of 118 staff members and 4,847 students, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and document analysis conducted over 18 months. Findings and Implications: Results revealed substantial heterogeneity in organisational structures, with student-to-staff ratios averaging 3,426:1 for career services and 2,673:1 for academic development. Appointment wait times (35.8%) and lack of service awareness (24.3%) emerged as primary barriers, while institutional factors including staffing ratios, operating hours, and delivery modalities explained 47.6% of variance in student satisfaction. International students and female students utilised services at significantly higher rates. Conclusion: Findings provide an evidence-based foundation for enhancing service accessibility, adequacy, and equity through organisational innovations, capacity enhancement, extended operating hours, and culturally responsive programming, with implications for institutional policy and sector-wide quality assurance frameworks.
Personal-Social Adjustment Counseling for Indonesian Migrant Workers Experiencing Reverse Culture Shock After Overseas Employment
Background: Indonesian migrant workers returning from overseas employment face profound psychosocial challenges during reintegration, yet systematic counseling support remains critically absent within national migration governance frameworks. Objective: This study aimed to explore personal-social adjustment difficulties experienced during reverse culture shock and develop an evidence-based counseling intervention model tailored to Indonesian cultural contexts. Method: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was employed, involving quantitative surveys with 187 returned migrant workers from East Java, Central Java, and West Nusa Tenggara. Findings and Implications: Findings revealed that 67.4% of returnees experienced severe adjustment difficulties across four interconnected dimensions: identity fragmentation, family relationship disruption, economic vulnerability, and social alienation, with these challenges operating as a self-reinforcing system undermining sustainable reintegration. Conclusion: This research represents the first comprehensive, theoretically grounded counseling intervention specifically designed for Indonesian returned migrant workers experiencing reverse culture shock, filling a critical gap in both scholarship and practice by integrating evidence-based psychological principles with indigenous Indonesian cultural values, Islamic spiritual perspectives, and community-based support systems, thereby establishing a replicable model for psychosocial reintegration services that can be systematically implemented across Indonesia's migrant-sending regions through government agencies, NGOs, and community institutions.
Compassion-Focused Therapy for Moral Injury Among Healthcare Professionals: A Burnout Prevention Counseling Model in Indonesian Public Hospitals
Background: Healthcare professionals in Indonesian public hospitals experience high rates of moral injury—psychological trauma resulting from ethical violations and systemic constraints—which precipitates chronic burnout and workforce attrition, yet culturally appropriate, evidence-based interventions remain scarce. Objective: This study aimed to develop and evaluate a compassion-focused therapy (CFT) model for preventing burnout by addressing moral injury among Indonesian healthcare professionals working in resource-constrained public hospital settings. Method: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was employed involving 72 healthcare professionals (physicians and nurses) from three public hospitals in Java who participated in an eight-week CFT group intervention, with quantitative assessments measuring moral injury, burnout, and self-compassion at baseline, mid-intervention, and post-intervention, and qualitative semi-structured interviews exploring lived experiences and cultural appropriateness. Findings and Implications: Results demonstrated statistically significant reductions in moral injury severity (28.8%, d = 1.42), burnout across all dimensions (25.7%–36.8%, d = 1.00–1.39), and substantial increases in self-compassion (61.9%, d = 1.73), while qualitative findings revealed therapeutic mechanisms operating through shame reduction, values reconnection, compassionate courage development, and sustainable practice integration within Indonesian cultural contexts. Conclusion: The study establishes compassion-focused therapy as an effective, culturally resonant intervention for preventing healthcare workforce burnout through addressing moral injury, offering evidence-based frameworks for individual healing and organizational support systems applicable to resource-constrained healthcare settings globally.
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Analysis of Teacher Career Selection and Development at the Bandung University Foundation Based on Life Span Theory, Super Theory (Crisis and Transition in Adult Careers)
Career guidance is an effort to prepare individuals to understand and adapt to the conditions of the job market (Fitria et al., 2020). Super life span theory, which Donald Super coined, is better known as the super theory. This theory is a theory that discusses in-depth individual career development. An individual is declared mature in a career if he or she has been able to successfully pass each stage of career development (González, A., 2008). Most adults choose to stop working and are not comfortable with their work, and their work they do not get self-satisfaction with what they do. This illustrates the very minimal knowledge that graduates currently have about jobs and job information that suits them. This research aims to discover how teachers' careers develop and adapt at the Bandung Education Foundation. The research method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method, with data collection techniques in the form of observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The subject of this research is one of the teaching staff at the Bandung Education Foundation. The research results show that the subject has been able to adapt and carry out his career development well in accordance with the theory of career selection and development according to the Life Span theory and super Theory (crisis and transition in adult careers).
Analyzing Student Career Development at State Middle School 35 Medan Based on Life Span Theory, Super Theory
The research was conducted to analyze and determine the career development of students at SMP Negeri 35 Medan based on the Life Span Theory and super Theory. Here, the research subjects were 30 students at SMP Negeri 35 Medan. This research uses primary data sources, which are obtained directly by researchers. This research uses a questionnaire method, so the data source is students at SMP Negeri 35 Medan. Data is analyzed quantitatively, which is systematic scientific research on parts and phenomena and the causality of their relationships. Quantitative research aims to develop and use mathematical models, theories, and/or hypotheses related to a phenomenon. From the results of the research that has been carried out, it is clear that the students who are the research subjects can be seen from the results of the questionnaire answers given to this question. In the twelfth question, whether you are confident and easily mix with others. There were 33.3% who answered Yes and 66.7% answered No. A problem found among students was a lack of self-confidence. This is related to self-concept with the theory of career selection and development according to the Life Span Theory and super Theory regarding (child and adolescent development). So that self-concept is a part and description of the whole self, it can be concluded that a lack of self-confidence can affect an individual's self-concept later.
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Jurnal Analyzing Therapy for Children with Special Needs: Slow Learners and Mentally Impaired Using the Literature Review Method
Children with physical and motor disorders are people with forms of abnormalities or disorders in the muscle, bone and joint systems which can result in impaired coordination, communication, adaptation, mobilization and impaired development of personal integrity. This research aims to find out the basic concepts and appropriate stages of therapy for children with special needs with intellectual, physical, motor, mental retardation and slow learners. With this research, the education system of inclusive schools for children with special needs is given more attention by implementing but which is appropriate for children with special needs. intellectual disabilities, physical motor skills, mental retardation, and slow learners. This research method is Literature Review or literature review. Method of searching for articles in research journal databases and searching via the internet. This Literature Review was synthesized using a narrative method. The data used in this research is secondary data. Based on search results on Google Scholar with the keywords children with special needs, physical motor barriers, intellectual barriers and slow learners, researchers found 1,180 journals that matched these keywords. One way to overcome the dysfunction that occurs in a mentally retarded person so that the body organs of a mentally retarded child function optimally is by carrying out various types of therapy.
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Universitas Negeri Medan Analyzing the Application of the Theory of Career Selection and Development according to Tom Holland to Students
Career guidance is one aspect of developmental guidance, so it is very necessary throughout a child's development. According to Holland, a very basic important element is that choosing and adapting a career is a reflection of a person's personality. One's career choice will represent an expansion of one's personality and an attempt to implement a broad range of personal behavioral styles within the context of one's work life. The subjects in this research were students in class IX-3 with a total of 30 students. The data collection technique used to analyze the data was by distributing questionnaires over a number of sheets of paper and analyzing them again using a Google Form review and the percentage results are then managed to find problems. This research uses primary data sources, the data analysis technique used is qualitative data analysis . So research results were found which showed that some students at the school did not have interest and talent in investigative and conventional environmental models. So that there is no suitability for applying Tom Holland's theory among students, which means that the problem is found in the field of learning, namely learning difficulties in understanding regular number calculations as well as well-organized language and the intellectual domain which influences the personality in determining the next career direction. because it is difficult to be an individual who is systematic and structured and has good and thorough planning. What role a counselor can play in providing career guidance services really depends on the focus of the career guidance/counseling they are dealing with.