Integrasi Teknik Centering dan Empty Chair untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Regulasi Emosi pada Individu dengan Sindrom Asperger

Abstract

This study aims to exam integrated centering and empty chair techniques to improve emotion regulation capabilities in individuals with Asperger Syndrome. The study used a case study method with the subject of a 24-year-old man with Asperger Syndrome. Subject had difficulty managing various intense emotions, including anger, sadness, and anxiety. Subject also showed significant symptoms of depression, anxiety, and distress. Researchers used integrated centering and empty chair techniques. Centering was held as many as 4 sessions and empty chair as many as 2 sessions within a period of 6 weeks (1 session per week). Quantitatively, the subject' depression, anxiety, and distress scores decreased. Based on feedback from the subject, centering helped him regulate his emotions and increase acceptance of the current condition. Empty chairs could help the subject express emotions and perform conflict resolution more adaptively. These results show that the centering and empty chair techniques are effective in improving emotional regulation abilities in subject with Asperger Syndrome.