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This work is the continuation of a preceding article consists of an example for counseling which is given to a student who has an exam anxiety and getting prepared for the university admission exam. Anxiety that affects an individual’s daily routines and disturbs him/her changing his/her behavior and causes inconsistency. Exam anxiety has often seen on students’ behaviors is one of the most important obstacles to the realization of an academic success. Exam anxiety, which is experienced intensely in preparation for a higher education and training, and which causes many negativities, always maintains its up-to-dateness. Exam anxiety is similar to general anxiety. Symptoms such as headache, stomach upset, perspiration, nightmare, throb, sleeplessness are seen physically with both general anxiety and exam anxiety. Behaviorally, symptoms like tension, bad temper, anger, pessimism, unhappiness, unwillingness, nonchalance are also seen intensively with exam anxiety. Lots of students think that their personality is evaluated through their exam anxiety, and they experience an intense stress and depression. The significant effect of exam anxiety on the future of the individual has led to the emergence of different psychological and physiological treatment methods to cope with this problem. Again, it necessitated the existence of alternative perspectives besides different treatment methods. In this study, an example of counseling structured with the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach is presented by making use of religious and spiritual resources for students who prepare for university admission exam and experience anxiety even while taking the pilot exams. With the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach, it was tried to intervene in the misconceptions and evaluations of the counselees about the exam by making use of religious and spiritual resources. More anxiety, personality disorder, depression, etc. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders, is a structured, short-term, present-oriented and directive psychotherapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers important solutions in dealing with delusional thoughts, which are very effective in the formation of test anxiety in the individual. Accordingly, the main reason for test anxiety in individuals is negative thoughts about exams. Cognitive behavioral therapists argue that cognitive structures affect behaviors that these structures are observable and changeable, and that desired behavioral changes can be achieved through cognitive change. Again, in coping with exam anxiety, the importance of prayer and tawakkul was emphasized in counseling sessions and it was tried to eliminate exam anxiety.

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