Effects of humanistic groups counseling to reduce psychological distress in adolescents

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of humanistic groups counseling towards psychological distress in adolescents who will go to university, who have many stressors as teenagers, and as individuals who will choose their path for their future. The research subjects consisted of 32 people, the requirement must be teenagers aged 17-18 years, had the same problem, due to waiting for the university entrance exam. They complained of insomnia, can not concentrate on learning, and were often sad, even some of them cried a lot with no exact reason. The result is self-improvement in reducing the stress of university examinations conducted through humanistic group counseling, which can make the subjects also learn about knowing themselves and good coping skills to reduce anxiety and fear of tests and the test results.