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one point: therapy is counseling. It can be short term or long term

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1. Counseling Advice or guidance given to relieve distress of a person having emotional problems/difficulties/crisis by specially trained person (counselor) is counseling.


2. Therapy
Therapy is used to mean treatment of a disease or illness.


3. Counseling Therapy
Thus, counseling therapy is treatment given by trained person by interpersonal communication to relieve symptoms of a disease or mental disorder (as defined by DSM IV). Counseling therapy acts as supplement to or substitute to medicines.


[DSM is short for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM IV is fourth version of DSM published by the American Psychiatric Association]

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A counselor is someone who helps people when they need it.

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