The Department of Guidance and Counseling Students’ Learning Difficulties on Group Counseling Practicum in the Special Region of Yogyakarta

Abstract

This study aimed to discover the learning difficulties experienced by the guidance and counseling students on group counseling practicum. This study was categorized as a descriptive study involving 286 students of seven Universities in the Special Region of Yogyakarta as the sample of the study. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. The data collection technique of this study was a learning difficulties in group counseling practicum questionnaire by open and closed-ended questions. The data of this study were analyzed by using simple descriptive analysis by calculating the percentage and the categorization of the questionnaire score. The result of the study showed that the most contributing factor to the the students' learning difficulties on the group counseling practicum was the aspect of the lecturer' teaching method by 53.31%. Besides, the result of the open-ended questionnaire showed that lack of group counseling basic skill mastery is one of the difficulties they experience during the group counseling service at the school. It contributes 38.46%. It showed that the practicum teaching methods need improvement to optimize the students' ability in practicing group counseling in school. This study becomes the basic consideration of the needs of learning model for group counseling practicum for the students of guidance and counseling in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.

Design of Group Counseling Intervention With Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (Rebt) Techniques to Reduce Student's Agressive Behavior

“…Counseling group help somebody in reduce behavior aggressive through bait feedback given by other members so that counselee could discover new insights related _ with himself and help in change irrational thoughts and beliefs , so that could reduce behavior aggressive (Fauziah, 2017) . Sutanti (2015) say that counseling group aim for learn to get understand self and develop awareness so that individual could motivate self , respect self , believe self , and have view new positive _ in himself . Member group have important role _ in change behavior that is as reminder and monitoring his other friends in formation behavior new so that Thing this will be very helpful and supportive in change behavior distant aggressive more adaptive .…”