Therapeutic Communication Process in Drug Abuse Rehabilitation National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Lido, West Java

Abstract

Therapeutic communication is used for the drug abuse rehabilitation process. The purpose of this study was to find out how the process of therapeutic communication in drug abuse rehabilitation at the Lido National Narcotics Agency Rehabilitation Center, West Java. This study used a qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques using interviews, observation and documentation which were carried out during the rehabilitation process. This study uses purposive to get subjects that are following the research objectives. The results of the study show that the therapeutic communication process carried out in drug rehabilitation is going well because there is communication between the counsellor and the client, and the client's communication with other clients. Counsellors in rehabilitation have a calling as brothers and sisters so that clients feel they have a close relationship like family. The BNN Lido Rehabilitation Center determines several activities at the work stage to assist the client's recovery process. Such as morning meeting activities, sharing feelings that were felt by the client at that time, vocational starting from cooking, broadcasting, outing or outbound, fish farming activities, hydroponic gardening, and sports together. In the third stage of work, the counsellor has a difference, namely the counsellor Bro Simon makes the client believe by instilling the principle of confidentiality or will not tell his client's problems, Bro Taufan focuses on the main problem and pays attention to the condition of his client, and Sister Oktavia imposes a reward and punishment system on her client if the client does not run and meet the criteria for a rehabilitation program.