Counseling, Progressive Relaxation, and Writing a Journal to Reduce General Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in an Undergraduate Student from Universitas Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/iciap-17.2018.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

counseling, progressive relaxation, writing journal, general anxiety disorder

Abstract

This study describes how counseling, progressive relaxation, and writing a journal can assist a student in reducing symptoms of general anxiety disorder (GAD). The participant in this study was a 21-year-old girl who reported being anxious in several areas of her life, namely, academic, friendship, religion, and love. To deal with her GAD symptoms, counseling sessions that consisted of promoting internal lifestyle changes were conducted three times, and each session ended with progressive relaxation. Journal writing was given as a home assignment at the end of the second and third sessions. During the last session, the participant conveyed that her worries had lessened, and she was feeling more comforted and less anxious. She also reported that she had better quality of sleep.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vitriyanti Sukarno Karyo
AU  - Ina Saraswati
PY  - 2017/09
DA  - 2017/09
TI  - Counseling, Progressive Relaxation, and Writing a Journal to Reduce General Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in an Undergraduate Student from Universitas Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intervention and Applied Psychology (ICIAP 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 413
EP  - 423
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/iciap-17.2018.36
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