2. From the point of view of the practice, the psychiatrists need to be licensed physician's certificate is a mandatory legal, while the psychological counselor is not yet included in the statutory occupation, is the recognition of labor technology;
3. Counselor is not yet included in the statutory occupation, is the recognition of labor technology;
3. From the point of view of the means of treatment, psychologists generally have the right to prescribe, in psychotherapy, you can use drugs and medical devices, talk and behavioral training and so on a variety of means, while the counselor can not use drugs and medical devices, treatment techniques are limited to talk and behavioral training;
4. Hospital practice is basically a psychologist, practicing in the counseling agency is mostly a counselor, of course, there are more psychologists in the counseling agency part-time;