COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021)

Communicating using storytelling method to children experienced sexual abuse and harassment

Vista Nurasti Pradanita (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Departement of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, RSUD Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Yunias Setiawati (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Departement of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Sasanti Yuniar (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Departement of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Jan 2022

Abstract

Every year, sexual abuse against children is increasing. Globally, it is estimated that 3-31% of children had experienced sexual abuse. This harms children, including the impact of physical injury, neurobiological impact, and psychiatric, such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, PTSD, drug abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and attempted suicide. To help children who are victims of sexual abuse, a special approach is required to ease the communication to children. Since children communicate using symbols, thus storytelling, which is part of the Play Therapy technique, is the right method to communicate awareness to children. With an approach using the storytelling method, hopefully, children will be able to understand the very situations, recognize and express their emotions properly, and minimize the negative impact after the abuse.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

counsedu

Publisher

Subject

Education

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COUNS-EDU: The International Journal of Counseling and Education ISSN: 2548-348X , e-ISSN: 2548-3498 is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by Indonesian Counselor Association (IKI). The aim of this journal is to publish high-quality articles dedicated to all aspects of the latest ...