“…Depressed subjects not only require activity, but must also be accompanied by having a feeling of being able and happy about what they are doing. According to Ladidaw et al (in Agustin et al, 2016)cognitive-behavioral counseling techniques that can be used are assertive exercises, modeling, behavioral rehearsals, meditation and relaxation, practice exercises, behavioral contracts, systematic desentization, self-management, problem solving, termination mind, cognitive restructuring, and stress management. The techniques commonly used by experts in CBT are (1) structuring irrational beliefs, (2) bibliotherapy, which accepts internal emotional conditions as interesting, (3) repeating the use of various selfstatements in role play with counselors, (4) trying to use a variety of different self-statements in real situations, (5) measuring feelings with a scale range of 0-100, (6) counselee learns to stop negative thoughts and turn them into positive, (7) systematic desensitization that is replacing fear and anxiety responses with relaxation responses to reduce the emotional intensity of the counselee, (8) social skills training, (9) assertiveness skill training, (10) home assignments that is to act on new behaviors and cognitive strategies between counseling sessions, (11) in vivo exposure, (12) covert conditioning which has a role in controlling behavior based on imagination, feeling and perception (McLeod, 2006).…”