IMPLEMENTATION OF WRITING THERAPY IN OVERCOMINGSELF-HARM BEHAVIOR

Self-harm is an action taken by someone to harm or injure themselves. Usually, self-harm is carried out by someoneusing sharp or blunt objects around them. This self-harm behavior is carried out intentionally with the sufferer'sawareness and aims to obtain personal satisfaction. The therapy method that will be used in this case is WritingTherapy. The aim of this research is to see the effectiveness of writing therapy in reducing the frequency of self-harmthat occurs in individuals. This research uses a qualitative research design with a descriptive narrative approach as adata analysis technique and data collection techniques in the form of interviews and documentation. The participant inthis research was a teenage girl who had engaged in self-harm behavior with one significant other. The results of thisresearch reveal three discussion topics, namely the description of self-harm behavior, the factors that cause self-harmbehavior - and efforts to reduce self-harm behavior through writing therapy. Writing itself has its own power becausewriting is a form of exploration and expression of areas of thought, emotion and spirituality which can be used as ameans to communicate with oneself and develop thoughts and awareness of an event.