The backgrounds of this research are: (1) the high number of juvenile delinquency, and (2) school environment has become one influencing factor for students behavior (teens). Counseling Guidance (BK) teacher has significant duty to optimize male and female students development in academics, psychology, and social. Those developments cover the main component of emotional quotient such as recognizing self-emotion, managing emotion, self-motivation, recognizing others’ emotion, and building relationship. This research is aimed at identifying the strategy employed by counseling guidance teacher in developing emotional quotient of class IX students at SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta. The researcher used qualitative approach in which data was compiled through in-depth interview, observation and document. Research results: (1) the emotional quotient of class IX students has generally been good although there are some male-female students who are lacking of emotional quotient so as still need to be given counseling, (2) counseling guidance teacher give specific strategy among others classify the class according to the character student, be a good listener, giving strength with Islamic values, and others, (3) there are supporting factors among them habituation program, cooperation with other institutions, extracurricular activities. Obstacle factors is parents who lack understanding of the child’s psychological aspects and teachers who lack understanding how to educate and learning system appropriate for students.