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Reality Counseling Approach to Increasing Career Woman Awareness (Case Study Love Scam)

Nakhma'ussolikhah ; Iman Subasman ; Lina Marliani (2025) — International Journal of Education and Humanities

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DOI: 10.58557/(ijeh).v5i2.313 (opens in a new tab)

Type:   Journal Article
Country:   Indonesia
Tags:   AI-Enabled Fraud, Career Women, Financial Loss, Indonesia, Love Scam, Older Adults, Psychological Trauma, Reality Counseling, Romance Scams, Social Media
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Synopsis

            
This localized qualitative case study examined three career women aged 30, 32, and 34 in Cirebon, Indonesia, who experienced love-scam trauma and financial loss. It combined longitudinal observation, in-depth interviews, and transaction, counseling, and legal records with perspectives from legal, economic, and counseling professionals. The thematic analysis followed identity fabrication, intensive trust building, urgent financial requests, psychological and financial effects, and recovery; reality counseling was used to support awareness and coping. The design provides detailed accounts of a small set of cases but does not establish that counseling caused recovery. Three participants from one city, no comparison group, and no standardized outcome measures sharply limit generalization and effectiveness claims.

          

        
                  

            
Identified Gaps

            
Evidence is limited on how reality counseling works across a broader range of love-scam victims and on its measurable effects on financial recovery. The paper examines only three career women in one locality, while its discussion describes varied psychological, legal, economic, and platform-related needs. Broader evidence is needed on victims beyond career women and on longer-term recovery.

          

        
                  

            
Methods

            
Qualitative single-case study in Cirebon, Indonesia. The study involved three career women aged 30, 32, and 34 who experienced love-scam-related trauma and financial loss, plus a legal expert, entrepreneur/economist, and counselor. Researchers used longitudinal observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation including transaction, counseling, and legal records. Data were coded around psychological impact, financial loss, and recovery strategies; source triangulation and thematic analysis compared victim and expert perspectives. Reality counseling was used to support awareness and recovery.

          

        
                  

            
Limitations

            
The study is a localized single-case qualitative design involving only three primary participants, all career women aged 30–34 in Cirebon. Findings rely on observations, interviews, documentation, and source triangulation rather than reported standardized outcome measures or comparison groups. Consequently, conclusions about counseling effectiveness and applicability to other victims should be interpreted cautiously.

          

        
                  

            
Future Work

            
Future research should evaluate reality counseling with larger and more diverse victim samples, compare outcomes over time, and assess financial recovery separately from psychological awareness. This is a cautious inference from the single Cirebon case design, three participants, and the study’s stated aim to assess counseling effectiveness.

          

              

    
    

        
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