Faktor Perkembangan Kaunseling Islam di Malaysia Satu Kajian
Authors: Abas Mohd Khir Johari 
Published: April 2023

Counselling in Malaysia began as early as the colonial era in line with the development of education in the country. The main focus of the counselling field at that time was to provide services to students, guardians and teachers in providing students for the field of work. However, the counselling field only started officially in Malaysia after the independence or more precisely in 1963. Based on literature studies conducted, it is found that researches related to religious contributions to mental health have increased since the beginning of the 21st century. In Malaysian context, there are several studies that have been focused on the importance of Islam in counselling. Using the method of content analysis, this study is conducted to achieve the objective of examining the factors that influence the development of Islamic Counselling in Malaysia. After all the data from various sources is obtained, the researcher conducts data analysis process using inductive, deductive and comparative methods. Analysis is focused on the historical aspects and developmental factors of Islamic Counselling in Malaysia. The findings show that the development of Islamic counselling in Malaysia has been identified since the early 80's. This situation is driven by several factors. Among them; (1) impact due to Islamic psychological awareness such as by Malik Badri in developing Islamic Psychology internationally; (2) the works of Hassan Langgulung; (3) the development of studies and researches in the field of Islamic counselling; (4) impact due to the movement of integrating religion into counselling internationally; and (5) recognition of the law. Further studies to see how the development of Islamic Counselling affects other areas of counselling such as family counselling, career counselling and school counselling are also needed. It should be carried out to see the true picture of Islamic counselling in Malaysia.
Abstrak
Kaunseling di Malaysia bermula seawal era penjajahan selari dengan perkembangan pendidikan di tanah air. Tumpuan utama bidang kaunseling ketika itu adalah memberikan perkhidmatan kepada pelajar, penjaga dan guru-guru dalam menyediakan para pelajar untuk bidang pekerjaan. Walau bagaimana pun bidang kaunseling hanya bermula secara rasmi di Malaysia setelah kemerdekaan tanah air atau secara lebih tepatnya pada tahun 1963. Berdasarkan penelitian literatur yang dijalankan didapati bahawa kajian berkaitan sumbangan agama terhadap kesihatan mental telah meningkat semenjak awal abad ke 21. Dalam konteks Malaysia ada berberapa kajian yang dibuat memfokuskan tentang kepentingan Islam dalam kaunseling. Dengan menggunakan metod analisis kandungan kajian ini dijalankan bagi mencapai objektif untuk meneliti faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perkembangan Kaunseling Islam di Malaysia. Selepas segala data dari pelbagai sumber diperolehi, pengkaji melakukan proses analisis data dengan menggunakan kaedah induktif, deduktif dan komparatif. Analisis adalah tertumpu terhadap aspek sejarah dan faktor perkembangan Kaunseling Islam di Malaysia.Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa perkembangan kaunseling Islam di Malaysia dikenal pasti bermula sekitar awal 80an. Situasi ini didorong oleh beberapa faktor. Antaranya; (1) terkesan dengan kesedaran psikologis Islam seperti Malik Badri dalam memperjuangkan Psikologi Islam di peringkat antarabangsa; (2) karya-karya Hassan Langgulung; (3) perkembangan kajian dan penyelidikan dalam bidang kaunseling Islam; (4) terkesan dengan gerakan mengintegrasikan agama ke dalam kaunseling di peringkat antarabangsa; dan (5) pengiktirafan undang-undang. Kajian lanjut untuk melihat bagaimana perkembangan Kaunseling Islam turut mempengaruhi bidang kaunseling yang lain seperti kaunseling keluarga, kaunseling kerjaya dan kaunseling sekolah juga perlu dilakukan. Ia perlu dijalankan bagi melihat gambaran sebenar kaunseling Islam yang sedang berjalan di Malaysia.