Turkish Studies - Educational Sciences eISSN: 2667-5609 INTERNATIONAL BALKAN UNIVERSITY www.turkishstudies.net/education Research Article / Araştırma Makalesi Sponsored by IBU Cite as/ Atıf: Yeşilyurt, F. (2020). Makale başlığı, Turkish Studies - Education, 15(2), 1349-1365. https://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.40070 Received/Geliş: 09 December/Aralık 2019 Checked by plagiarism software Accepted/Kabul: 24 April/Nisan 2020 Published/Yayın: 30 April/Nisan 2020 Copyright © INTAC LTD, Turkey CC BY-NC 4.0 Okul Psikolojik Danışmanlarının Gözünden Sosyal Medya, Siber Zorbalık ve Bilgisayar Oyunları ile İlgili Nitel Bir Çalışma Social Media, Cyber Bullying and Computer Games Problems in Counseling Process Ferahim Yeşilyurt * Abstract: Today, the Internet captivates users of all ages becoming widespread. Several problems start to arise with the increasing usage of the internet. School psychological counselors were interviewed in this research with the aim of investigating what kind of problems that psychological counselors experience with students in relation to internet. The phenomenological tradition of qualitative research was chosen for this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted. The interview involved five open ended questions. Psychological counselors answered which problems they experience related to internet in the school, what they surprise, what they learn from students, their works and study, the need of training about this and their expectations from training. 25 psychological counselors working in İstanbul were participated in this study. Results indicated that psychological counselors experience the feeling of incompetence regarding problems with internet and they need in-service training. Psychological counselors need in-service training with respect to social media and computer games. It was determined that psychological counselors need more in-service training intended for practical information than theoretical information. It was suggested that the authoritios of the Ministry of Education should prepare in-service training plans especially regarding the use of social media and computer games in order to meet the needs of information related to the internet. Also, it was suggested that the content of in-service training should be works intended for practical information as much as possible. It will be beneficial for psychological counselors to do group guidance activities related to cyber bullying, social media addiction, computer games intended for students in order them to develop time management skills. Structured Abstract: Introduction There are more than 16 million students studying in Turkish primary and secondary schools only (Infografik, 2019). Behaviour difficulties are experienced by 11% of these children and teenagers (Turkish Ministry of Health, 2011). Based on these figures, we can say that we face is an important problem. In schools, counselling services to help students at schools are provided by the school psychologists. These psychologists have an important role in helping students in their work at school and also referring them to relevant organisations where necessary. However, these psychologists’ training during their Bu araştırmanın bir bölümü 19 - 22 Haziran 2019 tarihleri arasında düzenlenen VIIth International Eurasian Educational Research Congress/ 7. Uluslararası Avrasya Eğitim Araştırmaları Kongresi’nde sunulmuştur. * * Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık. Asst. Prof., FSM Foundation University, Faculty of Education, Psychological Counselling and Guidance. 0000-0003-2490-2685 fyesilyurt@fsm.edu.tr