Treatment of Anxiety and Depression, and Going to a Psychologist

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the healing cure, by the permission of Allah the Exalted, for anxiety and depression? And is there benefit in going to a psychologist, and is it permissible?

Answer:
First, the treatment for psychological depression and anxiety is the remembrance of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Increase in the remembrance of Allah and in reciting the Qur'an, maintain the prayers in congregation, sit with good people, and keep the company of the righteous. All of this removes anxiety, by the permission of Allah. As for going to a psychologist, there is nothing wrong with it; the treatment is permissible, and praise be to Allah. So if there is a psychologist and there is permissible treatment, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.