How to choose a psychologist. Who do I need — a consultant or a psychotherapist?

Question from the forum:

How to choose a counseling psychologist? How to find out that this is a) a psychologist b) the psychologist I need c) the ideal option is a conscientious psychologist.

I’m afraid no one can answer this question in this way. How to choose a doctor or teacher? If I don’t understand this myself, I ask experts-acquaintances. The best thing, of course, is to learn to understand it yourself, but for this you need to study …

At the same time, the simplest question is: figure it out, do you need psychotherapy or psychological counseling? The consultation will tell you what you need to do. DO: make decisions, make commitments, teach yourself this or that. And all this will have to be done by you. It is difficult, but usually everything is clear and reasonable. In the process of psychotherapy, you will be treated in one way or another. The process of psychotherapy will take place with you. There will be a lot of things that you don’t understand, all this will take a long time, although it can be even more comfortable emotionally, because the load is less for you personally.

Lying on the couch is easier than exercising.

If you decide on at least this, a lot will become clearer.