Islamic Psychotherapy in Overcoming Student’s Mental Health Problem: A Literature Review

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out and explain what psychotherapy methods have been carried out and have an effective influence in overcoming students’ mental health problems when studying in a school context, either online or offline. Mental health is becoming an increasingly important issue when the world is hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many things have changed, including the learning process at schools that requires online learning. In the end, several suicides occurred due to the stress of dealing with the online school. This is something that must be prevented and overcome, so that the mental health problems faced by students do not end fatally. Islam as a guide in all aspects of Muslim life has provided solutions to overcome some mental health problems which are implemented as a therapeutic method called Islamic psychotherapy. The research method used is a literature study by sorting and analyzing several journal articles that are in accordance with the objectives of this study. The results of this study indicate that there are 3 methods of Islamic psychotherapy that are effective in overcoming various mental health problems in students.