Therapy, Medication, or Both? Making Mental Health Care Less Confusing

Wellbeing Team
Apr 30
2 min read

Let’s be real: figuring out what kind of mental health care you need can feel overwhelming.

Do I need therapy?

Should I ask about medication?

What if I try both — or neither?

Am I doing it wrong?

These are the questions we hear from clients all the time — and we get it. There's so much info out there (and sometimes, so much stigma), it can be hard to know where to start. At Wellbeing, we offer both therapy and medication management under one roof — so let’s break it all down together.

What Therapy Can Help With

Therapy gives you a space to talk through emotions, patterns, past trauma, and current struggles — with the help of a trained, nonjudgmental guide.

It’s great for:

Building emotional awareness
Learning coping skills
Healing from trauma
Managing life transitions
Understanding root causes of anxiety or depression

At Wellbeing, our therapists use trauma-informed, nervous system-aware approaches — which means they’re trained to help you feel safe, seen, and regulated as you explore tough stuff.

What Medication Can Help With

Mental health meds don’t change your personality. They change your brain chemistry — helping you manage symptoms like:

Panic attacks
Racing thoughts
Mood swings
Sleep disruption
Brain fog
Physical anxiety

Medication can offer a baseline of stability, especially if your nervous system is dysregulated or if talk therapy alone hasn’t been enough.

Our psychiatric nurse practitioner can assess your history and help you decide if meds are right for you — no pressure, no assumptions.

When Both Might Be Best

Sometimes, therapy + medication = your best shot at feeling better.

💡 Why? Because therapy helps you process and change thought/behavior patterns, while medication helps create the mental space and emotional stability to do that work more effectively.

Many clients start with one and then add the other. There’s no “right” timeline.

What About Ketamine Therapy?

At Wellbeing, we also offer ketamine therapy for those with treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and anxiety. It’s a powerful option that blends both brain-based and therapeutic healing.

Ketamine can:

Reduce emotional numbing and disconnection
Increase neuroplasticity (brain change)
Support breakthroughs in therapy
Help break chronic cycles of depression or anxiety

How to Decide What’s Right for You

Ask yourself:

Do I feel stuck in old patterns that talking alone hasn’t shifted?
Are my symptoms interfering with work, relationships, or basic functioning?
Have I tried therapy or medication before — and how did that go?

At Wellbeing, we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. Our team helps you explore what might work best for you, based on your goals, history, and nervous system.