SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY AS A COUNSELLING STRATEGY IN ASSISTING STUDENTS EXPOSED TO CONFLICTS OVERCOME PSYCHO-SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN GOMBE STATE


Lydia Iliya Dabo, Prof. Yakubu A. Mallum, Prof. Susan A. Kolawole
1.School of Education, Guidance and Counselling Unit, Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe, 2 & 3. Department of Educational Foundation, Guidance and Counselling Unit, University of Jos, Nigeria
Abstract
This paper examined Solution-Focused therapy as a Counselling Strategy in assisting Students Exposed to Conflicts Overcome psycho-social Adjustment and Academic Achievement in Gombe State. The paper was able to X-rayed the components of psycho-social adjustment which students of junior secondary schools were exposed to and these include self-esteem, emotional adjustment, personality adjustment and relationship adjustment. The definitions and how counsellors can make effective use of Solution-Focused Therapy were equally discussed. The overview of junior secondary school students and the reasons why junior secondary school students used to have this conflicts was examined and presented in the paper. Conclusions were made as well as recommendations among which are Solution-focused therapy is effective therapeutic technique for treating conflicts of junior secondary school students. Therefore practicing counsellors and therapists should adopt the use of these technique in counselling among junior secondary school students in order to modify and treat conflict related behaviours.
Keywords: Pycho-Social, Adjustment, Solution-Focused Therapy, Academic Achievement, Counselling, Conflicts
Journal Name :
EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)

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Published on : 2025-04-22

Vol : 11
Issue : 4
Month : April
Year : 2025
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