Gestalt Counseling

Reduces Anxiety After Failed to Move On

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220405.016How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gestalt counseling; Anxiety; Individuals who experience anxiety disorders after failing to move on

Abstract

This study departs from the problems of individuals who experience anxiety disorders after failing to move on. Failure in the process of moving on causes the counselee to be in a difficult condition to focus on doing work, often has difficulty finding it, is afraid to meet new people (of the opposite sex), withdraws from social life. The purpose of this study was to develop forms of counseling in gestalt counseling to anxiety in individuals who experience anxiety after failing to move on. This research was conducted with 9 and each session has a span of 1 week. The COVID-19 pandemic does not become a barrier for Gestalt counseling practitioners in carrying out their duties by still following the rules and carrying out Health protocols. The method used in this research is single-subject research (SSR) with an A-B-A design. the subject in this study was an individual who experienced an anxiety disorder after failing to move on. Methods of collecting data using anxiety questionnaires, observations, and interviews. To get a clear picture of the anxiety experienced by the counselee in a certain period, the analytical method used in this study is the visual inspection method by making direct observations and the data that has been analyzed is presented in graphical form. The results showed that there was a decrease in anxiety in the counselee after being given the intervention, seen from the results of data analysis and the stable score obtained based on the baseline phase (A1) before being given the intervention, getting a score of 78 in sessions 1 and 2 included in the range of severe anxiety and showed no change in that phase, while after being given intervention at baseline (A2) there was a decrease in anxiety towards a positive with a score of 21-10 in sessions 1 and 2 included in the category of mild anxiety. Thus, the anxiety in the counselee has decreased as expected in this study.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Eko Rian Aryanto
AU  - Suwarjo Suwarjo
AU  - Dwi Setia Kurniawan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/22
TI  - Gestalt Counseling
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Innovative and Creative Guidance and Counseling Service (ICGCS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 88
EP  - 96
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220405.016
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220405.016
ID  - Aryanto2022
ER  -