This paper compares psychoanalytic therapy and Adlerian therapy, two different theories of counseling. The comparison relates to the overall personality of the individual and their health. The goal of Freud's theory is to focus on proper understanding of human mind and also he focused on various methods that can help to maintain the psychological disorders. Whereas, Alderian therapy is considered as the short term and goal oriented therapy in which the focus is given on the overall research related to the feeling of inferiority versus superiority, discouragement and also sense of belongingness.