LAYANAN KONSELING TRAUMATIK BAGI KORBAN BENCANA BANJIR DI KONAWE UTARA

Traumatic counseling is a counselor's effort to help traumatized clients through the process of personal relationships so that clients can understand themselves in relation to the trauma they have experienced and try to overcome them as best they can. As a natural process, flooding occurs due to the very high flow of river water that exceeds the capacity of the river channel and then overflows into the surrounding area. Meanwhile, flooding can also occur due to human error. There are two possible assistance counseling services that can be applied to overcome post-trauma, namely: 1) psychological reconstruction through help to overcome the past, and 2) social reconstruction through restoring relationships. In its implementation, a communication facility team needs to be formed to provide services and activities regarding conflict for each victim. Therefore, the government should immediately dispatch volunteers who are tasked with providing traumatic counseling services in the form of trauma counseling services which is no less important for flood victims to prioritize.

Evaluation of Neurofeedback for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Related to Refugee Experiences Using Self-Report and Cognitive ERP Measures

Background. Neurofeedback holds promise as an intervention for the psychophysiological dysfunction found in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Few empirical studies have assessed the efficacy of neurofeedback for PTSD, and none in individuals with refugee trauma. A proposed mechanism for neurofeedback efficacy in PTSD is through remediating deficits in cognitive control. We assessed pre- and postchanges in symptoms and neurocognitive functioning of refugee clients participating in a neurofeedback intervention for PTSD. Methods. Clinical data for 13 adult refugees with chronic PTSD who participated in neurofeedback combined with trauma counseling (NFT) was compared with 13 adult refugees placed on a waitlist to receive neurofeedback. Waitlist clients continued to receive trauma counseling alone (TC). NFT was additionally assessed pre- and posttherapy for changes in event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral indices of cognitive control using a visual continuous performance task (VCPT). Comparison VCPT data from healthy controls (HC) was available from the Human Brain Index database. Results. Posttherapy, NFT had significantly lower symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression compared with TC. NFT demonstrated an increased P3 amplitude and improved behavioral performance suggesting a normalization of cognitive control. Conclusions. These preliminary observations are consistent with a possible benefit of neurofeedback for remediating PTSD. This may be achieved at least partially by an improvement in cognitive control. Further confirmation of the effectiveness of the treatment now requires a randomized controlled trial that considers issues such as placebo response, nonspecific therapist effects, and duration of treatment.

BIMBINGAN KELOMPOK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PEMAHAMAN KEKERASAN SEKSUAL UNTUK PESERTA DIDIK SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA DI KECAMATAN BANTAR GEBANG

ABSTRACT: Community service is based on the lack of knowledge and understanding of sexual violence in the students. For that we need group guidance to help learners to improve knowledge and understanding of sexual violence so as to prevent the occurrence of sexual violence problems early on. Group guidance is one way to increase the knowledge and understanding of sexual violence in learners. The purpose of community service is to help learners understand, understand and address violence issues through group counseling services with trauma counseling. The subjects of devotion to the community involved as counselors and observers are lecturers Guidance and Counseling FIP UNJ, classroom teachers, and counseling respondents are students in SMPN 27 Subdistrict Bekasi Bandar Gebang. Community service is done by applying trauma counseling through group guidance activities. The results of community service at the time of group counseling services obtained increased ability of knowledge and understanding of sexual violence based on evaluation conducted by counselor and class teacher before and after implementation of group guidance. As for students who experienced sexual violence as much as 2 people, so given trauma counseling service. Through the evaluation of trauma counseling activities conducted, it was concluded that two counselors experienced physical violence from their parents with verbal blows and verbal abuse not yet leading to sexual violence. The researcher's recommendations are addressed to several related parties, such as providing parenthing educational to counsel parents, information and training on handling students who experienced physical violence, verbal violence and early sexual violence for teachers at Bandar Gebang School, and Principal as policy makers. ABSTRAK: Pengabdian pada masyarakat yang dilakukan bertitik tolak dari kurangnya pengetahuan dan pemahaman kekerasan seksual pada peserta didik. Untuk itu diperlukan bimbingan kelompok untuk membantu peserta didik agar meningkatkan pengetahuan dan pemahaman mengenai kekerasan seksual sehingga mencegah terjadinya permasalahan kekerasan seksual sejak dini. Bimbingan kelompok merupakan salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan pemahaman kekerasan seksual pada peserta didik. Tujuan pengabdian pada masyarakat adalah untuk membantu peserta didik mengetahui, memahami dan mengatasi permasamasalahan kekerasan melalui layanan bimbingan kelompok dengan konseling trauma. Subjek pengabdian pada masyarakat yang terlibat sebagai konselor dan observer adalah dosen Bimbingan dan Konseling FIP UNJ, guru kelas, dan responden konseling adalah peserta didik di SMP Negeri 27 Kota Bekasi Kecamatan Bandar Gebang. Pengabdian pada masyarakat dilakukan dengan menerapkan konseling trauma melalui kegiatan bimbingan kelompok. Hasil dari pengabdian masyarakat pada saat layanan bimbingan kelompok diperoleh peningkatan kemampuan pengetahuan dan pemahaman kekerasan seksual berdasarkan evaluasi yang dilakukan konselor dan guru kelas sebelum dan setelah pelaksanaan bimbingan kelompok. Adapun peserta didik yang mengalami kekerasan seksual sebanyak 2 (dua) orang, sehingga diberikan layanan konseling trauma. Melalui evaluasi kegiatan konseling trauma yang dilakukan, didapatkan kesimpulan bahwa dua konseli mengalami kekerasan fisik dari orang tuanya dengan pukulan dan cacian secara verbal belum mengarah pada kekerasan seksual. Rekomendasi peneliti ditujukan kepada beberapa pihak terkait, seperti memberikan parenthing educational kepada orang tua konseli, informasi dan pelatihan penanganan peserta didik yang mengalami kekerasan fisik, kekerasan verbal dan kekerasan seksual sejak dini untuk para guru di Sekolah Bandar Gebang, serta Kepala Sekolah sebagai penentu kebijakan.

Trauma Counseling and Interventions: Introduction to the Special Issue

This introduction to the special issue on trauma counseling and interventions describes the historical and current contexts of trauma counseling scholarship and practice. It also points to the new directions that the articles in this special issue exemplify, including a perspective that attends to the complex, multifaceted, and contextually situated ways in which individuals, families, and communities experience trauma, as well as the processes of growth and resilience.