The Effectiveness of Group Counseling with Games and Self-talk Technique to Reduce Communication Apprehension

Niga, Maria Julianti
Wibowo, Mungin Eddy
Purwanto, Edy

Jurnal Bimbingan Konseling
Articles in Press

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of group counseling with games and self-talk technique to reduce the communication apprehension of the students of Public Senior High School 1 Keo Tengah. The method used was experimental with the design of randomized pre-test – post-test control group design. Meanwhile, it involved 16 subjects chosen through purposive sampling technique from 70 students. The results showed that games and self-talk techniques were effective to reduce communication apprehension by having group counseling with self-talk technique got higher results of the level of effectiveness than games technique. At last, the implication of this counseling has been discussed in the results and discussion session.