There is a difference, but in order not to confuse our clients, we use both terms synonymously.
A psychologist is a specialist to whom people with a healthy psyche turn to improve the quality of life, increase income, resolve conflicts, develop relationships. That is, those who are already living comfortably, but want even better.
The main distinguishing feature of a psychologist is that he or she has a liberal arts education, not a medical degree.
Psychotherapist - received medical or additional psychotherapeutic education. He helps clients with problems that significantly reduce the quality of life (panic attacks, depression, phobias, obsessions, etc.).
Meclee specialists are psychotherapists who have received additional psychotherapeutic or medical training (CPT, Gestalt, Psychoanalysis, etc.)