The background of this research is the studentâs play truant fenomenon at school. Thisresearch focused in an effective a personal counseling service in minimize the studentâs playtruant in Semen Padang senior high school. The research in descriptive qualitative. The informantof the research are the counselor (3 person) and the students as a provement (3 students). Data ofthe research are collected by personal interview, documentative and descriptive analysis. Thetechnique based on primer and secunder data, while the data of analysis from field note and theresearch comment. The result of the research tell about a personal counseling service in minimizethe students play truant. The counselor activities to minimize the students play truant by apersonal counseling service in some steps: (1) Steps planning, the recapitulations all the databefore a personal counseling service. (2) Steps doing, doing the activities a personal counselingservice by using the personal techniques. (3) Steps evaluation, how to evaluate a personalcounseling service. (4) Steps revising, the activities to know the students play truant a personalcounseling service development.