Cognitive fusion on counselor performance : A comparative study of the experienced and novice counselor

Abstract

The counselor's internal competence has an impact on the counselor's self-management, primarily the cognitive domain. Failure to manage thoughts will cause cognitive distortions, even to identify biases in mental experiences. This condition is cognitive fusion. Cognitive fusion causes the counselor to be trapped in his mind, unable to discern the effects of his mind's external assumptions on conditions. The experienced counselor can predict the counselor's cognitive fusion condition. This study aims to identify and describe the cognitive fusion condition data for counselors. The research method uses a comparative study design through the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire instrument. Respondents in this study totaled 170 divided into two groups, experienced counselors and novice counselors. The moderate form of counselors' cognitive fusion condition was found as the research results. In particular, some counselors have high cognitive fusion conditions. The counselor's experience in counseling, evaluation, supervision, and action research makes them train their minds to think at a high level. Thus, the counselor has many historical events as their reflection and internalization in their mind. Based on the research results, Mind-skills training could be given as one of recommendation to improve the metacognitive skills of novice counselors so that they can match the performance of experienced counselors.

Which is more effective in increasing the forgiveness of verbal bullying victim’s students, cognitive behavioral counseling with reframing or group counseling with discussion?

“…Previous research found that implementing behavioral counseling and reframing techniques could lose negative thoughts toward training and social life (Hanafi et al, 2022;MacGill, 2018). The reframing technique could improve the cognitive bias of the intervention group than the control group.…”

“…This interpreting skill can occur since the reframing technique facilitates individuals to develop ways to manage their perceptions of a phenomenon, behavior, and interpretation of something (Weeks & D'Aniello, 2017). The uniqueness of the reframing technique in cognitive behavior counseling is effective in explaining the correlation among cognitive, occurrence, and psychomotor aspects of the counselee (Hanafi et al, 2022;Hidayah et al, 2017Hidayah et al, , 2018. Thus, they can reframe the events and participants during the event.…”

Real-Life Problems to Increase the Critical Analysis Thinking Among Novice Counselors in Humanistic Counseling Courses: Is It Effective?

“…This is a process that accommodates the growth of critical analytical thinking skills in students (Reed, 1998). Meanwhile, based on the study by Hanafi, Hidayah, Atmoko, Ramli, and Triyono (2022), the use of real problems in learning activities can stimulate students to be more motivated in understanding the concepts of the problems discussed in the learning process. Furthermore, real problems can also accommodate the learning process where students make reasoned decisions and defend them (Grasha, 1996).…”

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