The Development of Research on Telecounseling at Indonesia: A Literature Review

Abstract

Technological developments brings changes counseling with its use as a long distance counseling medium. This research about this topic emerged in Indonesia. There are several research studied about researches on the topic. However, they studied the telecounseling's scientific literature in English and give no picture about the topic development in the scientific world of Indonesia. For that reason, the researcher in this study will examined the scientific literature on the topic in Indonesian to overview the development of research on telecounseling. Researcher examined Indonesian-language scientific sources indexed in Sinta under the counseling subject. The process found 41 Indonesia accredited journal on counseling. In the journals we discovered 10 articles and then reviewed them. It is found that the research on telecounseling in Indonesia developed to the level of describing detailed media or method used in telecounseling. However, the research about it's effectiveness undeveloped..

The Effectiveness of Telecounseling on Anxiety and Self-Care Dysmenorrhea in Young Women

“…Telecounseling is a word that refers to counseling using telephone, video conference or internet media (Ramadhan & Irfanudin, 2021).…”

“…The results of the study indicate that telecounseling can be used as an alternative to counseling services (Mejah et al, 2020). Telecounseling refers to counseling using telephone, video conference or internet media (Ramadhan & Irfanudin, 2021). The results of the study concluded that telecounseling has become an effective method of supporting physical and psychosocial needs (De Luca & Calabrò, 2020).…”