Sometimes psychotherapy is called a way of personal development (See G. Mascollier Psychotherapy or personal development?), but this is only a consequence of the fact that today people call everything they want both personality development and psychotherapy. If the concept of “personal growth and development” is taken in its strict, narrow sense, then it is relevant only to a healthy person. Positive change in an unhealthy personality is strictly a recovery, not a personal growth. This is psychotherapeutic work, not personal development. In cases where psychotherapy removes barriers to personal growth, it is more accurate to speak not about the process of personal growth, but about psychocorrection.
Subjective labels of work in a psychotherapeutic format: «heartache», «feeling of failure», «frustration», «resentment», «weakness», «problem», «need help», «get rid of».
Subjective labels of work in the format of personal growth: “set a goal”, “solve a problem”, “find the best way”, “control the result”, “develop”, “set a skill”, “develop a skill”, “desire, interest”.