Consultation of mental illness is now a frequent occurrence, the choice of psychological counselor and psychotherapist difference is as follows, first of all is their work content, is not the same psychotherapist is the treatment of neurological symptoms, the counselor he will be for their own psychological situation to carry out counseling, inquire about their workplaces are also not the same psychotherapist, he is also called a psychologist, that is, a doctor working in hospitals, the heart of the counselor is mostly in the counseling agency will work. The same psychotherapist, he is also called a psychiatrist, that is, a doctor working in the hospital, the heart counselor most of them are in the counseling agency will only work. With the reform of health care, hospitals now employ many counselors, they wear different clothes, even if it is a psychiatrist, they work in hospitals, they spend most of their time in white coats, counselors are allowed to wear their own clothes to treat their patients, their educational background and prescriptions are also different psychotherapies, most of their treatments are with medication and psychological Intervention therapy, usually with medication. Like the psychiatrists in hospitals have no patience and like to prescribe drugs directly, counselors they will not use some psychotropic drugs, completely with psychological theories to patients to unblock the psychological barriers, to achieve the effect of relief. Psychological counselors can be completely replaced by psychotherapists, because their counselor certification is not very rigorous, June can get the certificate leads to a lot of incapable counselors appeared, which is also to take people as a joke. And psychotherapy is they also have the qualification of physician, and related therapeutic experience, only qualified to go to the examination can come down, psychological counselor he is doing psychological counseling, psychotherapy is it can also be completely replaced. But the therapist does the treatment counselor is not the same. So the above is the difference between a counselor and a psychotherapist, can be employed according to their own situation, psychological counselor and psychological physiotherapy, is that their difference is still very big, you can choose according to their own condition, to the doctor treatment, do not have to spend too much extra money on treatment can be.