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Originally Posted by StickyTwig
I do like the word "therapist". The title alone sounds rather soothing I think.
In the UK we mostly seem to call them counsellors though, with "psychotherapy" indicating a more advanced degree. I'm not 100% sure of that though as I'm not in the profession or anything.
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Generally 'counselling' is used to refer to more short-term, person-centred therapy, whilst 'psychotherapy' refers to more long-term, in-depth therapy in a range of modalities. 'Psychotherapy' is actually just a broad term for talk therapy, so I suppose technically counselling is a
type of psychotherapy.
People can call themselves whatever they want, though, regardless of qualifications. I wouldn't see it as an indication of their level of training.