Character education becomes an important international issue as an effort to improve the quality of human resources. This study aims to describe the exploration and implementation of character education through psychoeducation counseling service on Kudus local wisdom in a folklore entitled Kyai Telingsing dan Sultan Hadirin at Madrasah Aliyah students. This study is qualitative research in type of phenomenology. The data is collected using questionnaire and in-depth interview. The research subjects are 4 counseling teachers at MAN 2 Kudus. The data analysis refers to Cresswell’s analysis steps. The research findings describe that teachers’ strategies in implementing character education through psychoeducation counseling service on Kudus local wisdom in a folklore entitled Kyai Telingsing dan Sultan Hadirin are providing character building facilities and designing character development programs for psychoeducation counseling service. The school carrys out it by providing models, intervention, consistent habituation, and character reinforcement. The implementation of it shows good results for students’ character development. The school obstacles in implementing character education are students’ differences, public perceptions about the school as guiding and educating process, and limited school facilities.

Exploring, Psychoeducation, Local Wisdom, Folklor, Kyai Telingsing dan Sultan Hadirin