What is the difference between a psychologist and a counselling psychologist?
The term psychologist is the umbrella term used to group psychologists which specialise in many fields of psychology. There are many different types of psychologists, as is reflected by the 56 different divisions of the American Psychological Association (the APA). Counseling psychology is one area of psychology. Others include occupational, educational, clinical, environmental, organisational, etc. When laymen refer to someone as a psychologist, they are generally speaking of counseling or clinical psychologists.
