Both terms are often used interchangeably as both overlap due to the use of similar modalities. However, counselling usually refers to short-term work aiming at targeting a specific goal bereavement being one example. Psychotherapy is generally a long-term process allowing deeper and wider reflective work. One format is not better than the other. It’s what works for you that matters the most. Both can be very powerful and a life-changing experience.
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A person is a fluid process, not a fixed and static entity; a flowing river of change, not a block of solid material; a continually changing constellation of potentialities, not a fixed quantity of traits.”
-Carl R. Rogers
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
- Rumi