dc.description.abstract | This study aims to describe the brain waves of prospective counselors and counselees through
EEG (Electroencephalography) in the counseling process. This study uses a qualitative
approach with a generic study of students who suffer from phobias and prospective counselors
who provide counseling to these students (counselees). Researchers not only used EEG results
as the main data, but researchers also collected data by interviews, documentation, and
observation. The research that has been carried out produces a description of brain waves
through EEG (Electroencephalography) for prospective counselors, including (a) Before the
counseling process carried out by prospective counselors produces normal brain waves
without any pathological waves. (b) During the counseling process carried out by the
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prospective counselor it produces abnormal brain waves I with the type of ISA (Intermittent
Slow Activity) waves. This means that the prospective counselor experiences a slowdown in
brain waves as a whole and this phenomenon is called DMN (Brain Default Mode Network)
which is caused by the counselor going blank and daydreaming during counseling. Description
of brain waves through EEG (Electroencephalography) for counselees, including (a) before the
counseling process carried out by the counselee produces normal brain waves with high Bheta
brain waves and muscle and heart contractions indicating anxiety during the brain wave
recording period; (b) after the counseling process carried out by the counselee produces
normal brain waves with a record of reduced continuous muscle and heart contractions. This
indicates that counseling results in healing progress for counselee phobias. The prospective
counselor's paradigm view of neurocounseling refers to the importance of (a) initial and final
assessments of counselees based on empirical results such as EEG and other tools (b) the
importance of integration and development and renewal of counseling theories (c) the
scientific study of Neurocounseling becomes opportunities for prospective counselors to better
prepare themselves to face competition among fellow professions by presenting a new nuance
to the counseling process in a more empirical manner and based on scientific processes and
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