Therapeutic Communication Strategies for Guidance Counseling Teachers at SMPN 3 Krian in Handling Students Addiction to Gadgets

Abstract

This study aims to find out how the guidance and counseling teacher's strategy at SMPN 3 Krian in dealing with gadget addicted students. This research method uses a descriptive qualitative method. Determination of research informants using purposive sampling, namely two counseling teachers from SMPN 3 Krian and six class VII students. Data collection was carried out by in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. The strategies used by guidance and counseling teachers are asking questions, listening to complaints, receiving answers, repeating topics, clarifying information, and providing reflection to students. The conclusion of this study is that therapeutic communication strategies at the pre-interaction stage, orientation stage, work stage and finally the termination stage, are very useful for overcoming student problems because they feel safer, calmer, easier to accept, and more given support to form courage in making good decisions in order to improve performance
can be achieved in the school environment.