CYBERCOUNSELING REALITY APPROACH IN THE REDUCTION OF STUDENT ACADEMIC STRESS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

This research is a research on the scientific field of guidance and counseling. This research was done with a literature study research method using 14 articles that support the argument of this research. This article discusses academic stress that has a serious impact on students. The stress that exists in students needs to be overcome. One of the counseling approaches that can be used by a counselor in helping counselees overcome stress is the reality approach. And with the advancement of time and the counseling process that can be done online, the reality counseling approach can be implemented through cybercounseling. The objectives of writing this article are (1) to describe the concept and implementation of cybercounseling; (2) to describe reality counseling and its impact on students' academic stress; (3) to use cybercounseling with a reality approach to help reduce students' academic stress. The results obtained from the literature review that has been conducted, cybercounseling with a reality approach is effective to help reduce academic stress in college students. The implementation of reality cybercounseling uses the stages of W (Want), D (Do), E (Evaluation), and P (Planning). The WDEP model has a strong connection to stress management in college students because it helps to identify needs, evaluate, and plan concrete steps in the process of reducing academic stress. In the future, further research
can examine in real terms in the field related to the implementation of cybercounseling with a reality approach with experiments in the field.