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The national development and government initiatives in realizing educational transformation has made the profession of school counseling and guidance teachers facing a challenging and vulnerable role with stress that affects their well-being. The psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers need to be explored and understood to ensure their services in schools are implemented effectively. The study intends to seek contribution of self-compassion to psychological well-being among school counseling and guidance teachers. The results of previous studies have got that; (a) self-compassion contribute to the psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers; and (b) good psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers can promote the quality of counseling services. The implication of this study explains the demand to develop psychological well-being among Malaysian school counseling and guidance teachers. Proposed follow-up recommendations need to be performed by focusing on quantitative studies focused at further interpretation of this issues.

The national development and government initiatives in realizing educational transformation has made the profession of school counseling and guidance teachers facing a challenging and vulnerable role with stress that affects their well-being. The psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers need to be explored and understood to ensure their services in schools are implemented effectively. The study intends to seek contribution of self-compassion to psychological well-being among school counseling and guidance teachers. The results of previous studies have got that; (a) self-compassion contribute to the psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers; and (b) good psychological well-being of school counseling and guidance teachers can promote the quality of counseling services. The implication of this study explains the demand to develop psychological well-being among Malaysian school counseling and guidance teachers. Proposed follow-up recommendations need to be performed by focusing on quantitative studies focused at further interpretation of this issues.

Critical thinking and decision-making skills are essential for non-cognitive capabilities for students in the era of the industrial revolution. This is pilot study designed to measure the effect of problem-solving training in school counseling programs to improving students' critical thinking and decision-making skills. The one group pre-post test experimental design applied in this study. This study involved 35 second-grade students of SMA Negeri 4 Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia. Student's critical thinking and decision-making skills are measured by 13 items of critical thinking and decision-making scales. The Racked analysis by Rasch Model is conducted to seek the treatment effects for 6-times (55 minutes) counseling session on students' critical thinking and decision-making skills. The results demonstrated that students' critical thinking and decision-making skills is increase in each of the 13 scales used. The effect was consistent for a man and woman participants. This findings show that problem-solving training in counseling programs affects students' critical thinking and decision-making skills.

COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) is an epidemic infectious disease that infects the human respiratory system. An increase in the number of positive cases has a psychological impact on society, especially in terms of anxiety. This research, therefore, aims to analyze the anxiety condition for COVID-19 society in Indonesia. This study used anxiety scale modified from Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). The survey was set up using Survey Monkey. Data were obtained from a total of 627 people through the distribution of online questionnaires and analyzed using JASP (Jeffrey's Amazing Statistics Program). The research showed that the Central Java region has the highest level of female anxiety, with the tendency of occurrence at all age levels. The results of this study can be a reference for institutions, universities, governments, counselor, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, and the professional relevant, to provide mental health services for contributing to quality client care