developmental guidance and counseling in a family setting (an islamic psychological approach) anwar sutoyo

This article puts forward an idea of implementation of developmental guidance and counseling principles with Islamic perspectives in raising children in a family. Some concepts of Islam closely related to the implementation of developmental guidance and counseling in a family cover concepts of human nature, purpose of human creation, potencies of human, human characteristics, disaster happened to human, and death of human. As for implementation of developmental guidance and counseling for children, it should start from the smallest unit of society, that is, family. The role of family in helping a child to develop his/her potentials is very important because a child is born to and brought up by parents. A child learns to develop in his/her environment. He/she also learns how to interact with the environment properly from his/her parents. Although the role of a family is very significant, not every family is able to play the role well. This is probably because of the mistakes in choosing spouses, feeding the family, and educating the child. This could probably because of a role model crisis and lack of parent observation. Considering the weaknesses, a preventive idea in the form of developmental guidance and counseling is suggested. This idea can be applied by a family to help develop the biological, psychological, social, and faith potentials of a child. Therefore, the child can grow and develop optimally in line with their age level and in accordance to the will of his/her Creator. Key words: developmental guidance and counseling, Islamic guidance and counseling, human potentials