Effectiveness of Istighfar Dhikr Therapy as Emotional Control inStudents Experiencing Toxic Friendship

This research is motivated by the toxic friendship problems experienced by clients. A toxic relationship can lead tointernal conflict. This internal conflict leads to anger, depression or anxiety. This makes it difficult for people in toxicrelationships to live well for their mental health, resulting in impaired emotional control with a tendency to get angryeasily over trivial things. The counselor in this study made efforts by using Istighfar dhikr therapy techniques. Thisstudy aims to help clients control their emotions by doing dhikr istighfar to bring a sense of calm because they alwaysremember Allah SWT. When the calmness has been achieved, the client is expected to be able to develop himself orachieve optimal self-realization, and eliminate emotional disturbances that can damage himself. In this article theresearcher uses a qualitative research method of narrative analysis. using observation techniques, and interviews. Theresults in this study are that there is an Effectiveness of Istighfar Dhikr Therapy as Emotion Control in Students whoexperience Toxic Friendship.