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Since the covid-19 pandemic swept the globe, it has a variety of impacts, including economics, health, human psychology, and so on. In Malaysia, many people suffer from stress, excessive worry, and anxiety about their lives and futures. As a result, individuals urgently require expert help and encouragement, regardless of their physical or emotional demands. Therefore, several parties have launched new efforts, particularly in the field of guidance and counselling, by utilising technology. However, graduate counselling students find several challenges in giving guidance and counselling in an online context. The study was conducted to explore the perceptions of graduate counselling students, identify the challenges faced and examine the actions taken to overcome the challenges during online guidance and counselling sessions. This is a qualitative method and used case study research design. The researcher performed focused group for data collection by interviewing three groups counselling session with six graduate guidance and counselling students to obtain the results of the study and were examined using thematic approaches. Three themes have emerged from the study objectives based on the sessions that have been held, namely: (i) perceptions related to online guidance and counselling sessions, (ii) challenges faced during online guidance and counselling sessions and (iii) ways to overcome challenges during online guidance and counselling sessions.
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To Cite this Article: Zamri, F. F., & Johari, K. S. K. (2021). The Graduate Counselling Students Experiences on Online Counselling Session During The Covid-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(12), 1409–1421.
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