Developing Junior High School Self-Esteem through the Solution Focused Brief Counseling Approach during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world creates new normality in all aspects of human life. One of them is the implementation of educational activities that are carried out through online learning. This research was conducted using the Microsoft Teams application. This research aims to see the effectiveness of the Solution Focused Brief Counseling approach to develop self-esteem for students at Don Bosco 3 Junior High School, Cikarang, Bekasi, Indonesia for the 2020/2021 school year. In particular, the development stage will be: Establishing Relationships; Identifying Complaints That Can Be Resolved; Goal Setting; Designing and Implementing Interventions; and Termination, Evaluation, and Follow Up. The method used was a quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group. Population 142 people. The sample was taken by purposive sampling technique as many as 11 people with low self-score assessment criteria. The Solution Focused Brief Counseling approach is effective for developing students' self-esteem.