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Do I still need therapy if medication is working?
Need? Not always. Benefit from? Usually. Medication quiets the symptoms; therapy rewires the patterns that feed them. The research is consistent that the combination beats either alone for moderate-to-severe depression and anxiety, including fewer relapses after medication ends (NIMH on psychotherapies).
Medically reviewed by Dr. Akinwande Akintola, MD — Sun Jul 19 2026
Need? Not always. Benefit from? Usually. Medication quiets the symptoms; therapy rewires the patterns that feed them. The research is consistent that the combination beats either alone for moderate-to-severe depression and anxiety, including fewer relapses after medication ends (NIMH on psychotherapies).
A common arc: medication stabilizes things, then a 12-20 session course of therapy builds what lasts. Our therapists share a chart with your prescriber, so adding therapy is a handoff, not a second intake from scratch.
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