Opportunities for reality counseling in improving emotional management skills in adolescents
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https://doi.org/10.12928/jgcouns.v1i2.666Keywords:
Counseling services, Education, groups, Tarsul KutaiAbstract
Adolescents need emotional management skills to achieve psychological balance and optimal functioning in daily life. However, many adolescents still struggle to recognize and control their emotions, potentially leading to various psychological problems. This study aims to examine the potential of reality counseling to improve adolescents' emotional management skills in the school environment. The method used was a literature review by analyzing scientific articles from Google Scholar and SINTA. A total of 13 articles were selected and analyzed thematically to identify patterns and conclusions. The results indicate that reality counseling contributes to improving adolescents' emotional regulation, self-confidence, and psychological well-being. This review highlights the novelty of synthesizing existing evidence on the role of reality counseling specifically in supporting adolescents' emotional management skills, which has received limited attention in previous studies. Practically, the findings suggest that school counselors can consider integrating reality counseling, particularly through the WDEP (Wants, Doing, Evaluation, Planning) framework, into individual and group counseling services as a preventive and developmental strategy to strengthen adolescents' emotional competencies
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