I don't know how your grades are and how well you do on standardized tests, but unless you do quite well and also want to do a major research project, then I would discourage you from a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.(Officially, to legally be called a "psychologist," a person has to have a doctorate in the field.) If you would like to counsel and also be a psychologist, but concentrate on the counseling element, then there is a degree called the Psy.D. in counseling psychology.

As someone else said, "counselors" can have other degrees and have them in other fields than psychology. For example, psychiatric social workers counsel with a M.S.W. (Master of Social Work). The person has to be licensed to be an official "conselor," from what I understand.

"Therapist" is a general name given to people who counsel.