What is a counseling or therapy session like (and is there a difference between psychotherapy and counseling)?
A counseling session is not unlike one-on-one tutoring. Therapy is an educational process where you are the student and the therapist is the teacher. The first session will involve some inquiries so that the counselor can learn best how to help you. Then it becomes an interactive process, where the counselor provides you with specific “lessons” that give you the knowledge to overcome your problems. As seen above, therapy, psychotherapy, and counseling are interchangeable and all mean the same thing.
