Hello, this is Mr. Cai from Lily Psychological Counseling. My answer to your question is as follows: the purpose is the same (both provide services for people who need treatment), but the nature is completely different. In the doctor-patient relationship, the doctor is active and the patient is passive. What the patient has to do is swallow the medicine prescribed by the doctor into his stomach, and nothing else needs to be done. Even if a person is unwilling to see a doctor and is forcibly taken to the hospital by his family, he will have the same effect.
Psychological counseling is a non-standardized clinical intervention. The relationship between consultation and interview is the relationship between seeking and helping. Help-seekers hold the initiative and are active in treatment, while psychologists are passive. The relationship between the client and the psychiatrist is equal. Therefore, in the process of consultation, it is not as simple as taking medicine, but it takes active efforts to achieve the effect of change.