What is the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?

That's a very big question!  There is a major (on-going) debate about whether there is any real difference between counselling and psychotherapy.  Both are forms of 'talking therapy', where the practitioner uses their understanding and skill in a therapeutic relationship to try to help you to live a more effective and rewarding life.  Some people suggest that the difference is in the amount of training practitioners have had, with psychotherapists thought to require longer training.  Others think it has more to do with the length or 'depth' of the work, with counselling focused on shorter-term, solution-focused outcomes and psychotherapy focused on longer-term personality change. It could be argued that some schools of therapy emphasise the differences between these terms more than others.  Then again, some people say there is no significant difference in what practitioners 'do' with clients, only in whether they call it counselling or psychotherapy.  I offer both short and long-term work, focused on either specific problems or more general self-awareness and personal growth.  In my experience the two are often connected!  We can learn a great deal about ourselves through examining a particular problem, and wider difficulties can sometimes show themselves in the way we deal with particular difficulties or situations.  Consequently I call myself a counsellor, therapist or psychotherapist fairly interchangeably.