River of Life in Islamic Creative Art Therapy to Increase Self-Disclosure of Adolescents Suspected Criminal Cases: Group Counseling

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine the application of River of Life Drawing in Islamic Creative Art Therapy to adolescents who were suspects in criminal cases in group counseling. The subjects in this study were carried out purposively by referring to the low self-disclosure criteria. This study uses a research design with qualitative analysis techniques with data collection through observation and interviews. The number of subjects is 25 teenagers who become 3 counseling groups. The implementation stage consists of 6 stages, there are: (a) engagement session, (2) drawing session, (c) river of life interpretation session, (d) exploration of islamic values, (e) clarification and goal setting and (f) reflection and evaluation. The results showed that the intervention in the form of River of Life drawing as a islamic creative art therapy had been carried out in accordance with the planned steps. In its implementation, the involvement stage of the three counseling groups takes longer. This is because teenagers are still closed, have difficulty in communicating and tend not to answer questions related to personal matters. Effect River of Life Drawing shows the effect of changes on adolescent self-disclosure. In the first group counseling, five of the seven indicators of self-disclosure have increased. In the second group counseling, all self-disclosure indicators have increased. Meanwhile, in the third group counseling, six of the seven self-disclosure indicators have increased. Suggestions for further research, the results of the study have different possibilities if the process of implementing River of Life Drawing as Islamic Art Therapy uses self-disclosure quitionnare to further review changes in adolescent self-disclosure.

Keywords

• river of life, islamic creative art therapy, self-disclosure, beginning stage, group counseling.