METAPHORICAL DEATH ACCEPTANCE (MDA) TECHNIQUE IN COUNSELING RELIGIOUS

Abstract

The Metaphorical Death Acceptance (MDA) technique contains a symbolic thought, the experience, a game of someone about accepting the death process they will experience. It prepares the client in a relaxed condition and then brought to the spiritual experience he meets the angel of revocation to face his God. Conditions imagine this process of death to be the starting point of change in the client because the client is invited to think about whatever hopes, desires, and final judgments of himself and others when he will die. The researcher compiles this module from using action research. The researcher used the MDA technique when carrying out the group and individual counseling.  The samples in this study were 50 students and 30 housewives. The results of these techniques helped clients perceive the problems they experience, instill their Islamic faith and become missionary missions for counselors. This is one of counseling religious for the client to get the meaning of life.