I must be in the minority here, I've never even had therapy recommended for the BP although I've had therapy in the past for various life issues. Then again, my pdoc does both my med management AND therapy; he's been working with me on changing my dysfunctional thinking patterns and learning healthier means of coping with stresses. It's not like I go in for 15 minutes every few months to talk about meds and get scripts renewed; our appointments are always a minimum of 30 minutes and most are a full 60. So I guess I'm pretty fortunate to get all my psych care in one place.