Psychotherapy is the treatment, by Psychological means, of problems of an emotional nature in which the client gets relaxation and personality development.
In other words Treatment of emotional, behavioral, personality, and psychiatric disorders based primarily upon verbal or non-verbal communication with the patient, in contrast to the treatment utilizing chemical and physical measures.
Counseling on the other hand is a professional relationship and activity in which one person endeavors to help another to understand and to solve clients’ adjustment problems.