diff --git a/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/search-screen.tsx b/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/search-screen.tsx
index da416d9e8..a71723ba7 100644
--- a/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/search-screen.tsx
+++ b/src/components/therapy-compass/screens/search-screen.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 
 import { useTcBindings } from "../bindings";
 import { outlineControl, softControl } from "../controls";
-import { SearchIcon, SearchXIcon, XIcon } from "../icons";
+import { SearchXIcon, XIcon } from "../icons";
 import { EmptyState, LoadingState } from "../ui";
 import { ResultCard } from "../therapy-card";
 
@@ -24,29 +24,12 @@ export function SearchScreen() {
 
   return (
     <section data-screen-label="Search" className="tc-screens-search-screen-001">
-      <h1 className="tc-screens-search-screen-002">Therapy</h1>
-      <p className="tc-screens-search-screen-003">
-        Find source-grounded therapy records by problem, symptom, skill or population.
-      </p>
-
-      <div className="tc-screens-search-screen-004">
-        <label className="tc-screens-search-screen-005">
-          <SearchIcon size={19} strokeWidth={1.8} className="tc-screens-search-screen-006" />
-          <input
-            value={q}
-            onChange={(e) => b.setQuery(e.target.value)}
-            placeholder="Search anxiety, trauma, CBT, relapse prevention…"
-            aria-label="Search therapies"
-            className="tc-screens-search-screen-007"
-          />
-        </label>
-      </div>
-
       <SearchResultsHeaderBand
         modeId="therapy-compass"
         query={q}
         matchCount={results.length}
         loading={b.loading}
+        headingLevel={1}
         filterLabel="Filter therapy results"
         mobileControls={
           <div className="grid min-w-0 grid-cols-2 gap-1.5">
diff --git a/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass.css b/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass.css
index 3a7261ac4..7401aa9ca 100644
--- a/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass.css
+++ b/src/components/therapy-compass/therapy-compass.css
@@ -2982,49 +2982,6 @@
   max-width: 1180px;
   margin: 0 auto;
 }
-.tc-root .tc-screens-search-screen-002 {
-  margin: 0 0 6px;
-  font-size: 27px;
-  font-weight: 680;
-  color: var(--text-heading);
-  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
-}
-.tc-root .tc-screens-search-screen-003 {
-  margin: 0 0 22px;
-  font-size: 14.5px;
-  color: var(--text-muted);
-}
-.tc-root .tc-screens-search-screen-004 {
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 12px;
-  align-items: center;
-  margin-bottom: 16px;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-}
-.tc-root .tc-screens-search-screen-005 {
-  flex: 1;
-  min-width: 260px;
-  position: relative;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-}
-.tc-root .tc-screens-search-screen-006 {
-  position: absolute;
-  left: 16px;
-  color: var(--text-soft);
-}
-.tc-root .tc-screens-search-screen-007 {
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 52px;
-  padding: 0 16px 0 46px;
-  border: 1px solid var(--border-strong);
-  border-radius: 13px;
-  background: var(--surface);
-  color: var(--text);
-  font-size: 16px;
-  font-family: inherit;
-  box-shadow: var(--shadow-tight);
-}
 .tc-root .tc-screens-search-screen-008 {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
diff --git a/tests/therapy-compass-mode-wiring.test.ts b/tests/therapy-compass-mode-wiring.test.ts
index 5b10f836c..f2f172886 100644
--- a/tests/therapy-compass-mode-wiring.test.ts
+++ b/tests/therapy-compass-mode-wiring.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const therapyMetadataFiles = [
 ];
 
 describe("Therapy Compass production-mode wiring", () => {
-  it("uses Therapy for user-facing mode copy, search heading, and page metadata", () => {
+  it("uses Therapy for user-facing mode copy, search results ribbon, and page metadata", () => {
     const appModesSrc = readFileSync(new URL("../src/lib/app-modes.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
     const homeSrc = readFileSync(
       new URL("../src/components/therapy-compass/screens/home-screen.tsx", import.meta.url),
@@ -47,8 +47,13 @@ describe("Therapy Compass production-mode wiring", () => {
     expect(appModesSrc).toContain('label: "Therapy"');
     expect(appModesSrc).toContain('submitAriaLabel: "Open Therapy"');
     expect(homeSrc).toContain('title="Therapy"');
-    expect(searchSrc).toContain('className="tc-screens-search-screen-002">Therapy</h1>');
+    // Search route owns filters/results only; the results ribbon is the page h1.
+    expect(searchSrc).toContain("SearchResultsHeaderBand");
+    expect(searchSrc).toContain("headingLevel={1}");
+    expect(searchSrc).not.toContain("Search therapies");
+    expect(searchSrc).not.toContain("Find source-grounded therapy records");
     expect(workspaceSrc).toContain("Therapy could not load");
+    // Therapy stays out of the six-item sidebar; mode discovery is via Tools/search.
     expect(sidebarSrc).not.toContain('id: "therapy-compass"');
     expect(appModesSrc).not.toContain("Therapy mode");
     expect(homeSrc).not.toContain("Therapy mode");
diff --git a/tests/ui-accessibility.spec.ts b/tests/ui-accessibility.spec.ts
index 37a4182a1..e744d2040 100644
--- a/tests/ui-accessibility.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-accessibility.spec.ts
@@ -516,11 +516,11 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB accessibility coverage", () => {
 
     await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
     await page.goto("/therapy-compass/search", { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
-    await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Therapy", exact: true })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 60_000 });
     await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Search", exact: true })).toHaveAttribute("aria-current", "page");
     const therapyRibbon = page.getByTestId("search-query-ribbon");
-    await expect(therapyRibbon.getByRole("heading", { name: "All" })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(therapyRibbon.getByRole("heading", { name: "All", level: 1 })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 60_000 });
     await expect(therapyRibbon.getByRole("group", { name: "Filter therapy results" })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Search therapies" })).toHaveCount(0);
     const therapyTopics = therapyRibbon.getByTestId("therapy-topic-filter-select");
     const therapyAvailability = therapyRibbon.getByTestId("therapy-availability-filter-select");
     await expect(therapyTopics).toBeVisible();
@@ -528,14 +528,13 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB accessibility coverage", () => {
     await expect(therapyAvailability).toBeVisible();
     await expect(therapyAvailability).toHaveAccessibleName("Change therapy availability filters");
 
-    const searchInput = page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Search therapies" });
-    await searchInput.focus();
-    const inputFocus = await searchInput.evaluate((element) => {
+    await therapyTopics.focus();
+    const topicsFocus = await therapyTopics.evaluate((element) => {
       const style = getComputedStyle(element);
       return { outlineStyle: style.outlineStyle, outlineWidth: Number.parseFloat(style.outlineWidth) };
     });
-    expect(inputFocus.outlineStyle).not.toBe("none");
-    expect(inputFocus.outlineWidth).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    expect(topicsFocus.outlineStyle).not.toBe("none");
+    expect(topicsFocus.outlineWidth).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
 
     await therapyTopics.selectOption("CBT");
     await expect(therapyTopics.locator('option[value=""]')).toHaveText("1 topics selected");
diff --git a/tests/ui-route-coverage.spec.ts b/tests/ui-route-coverage.spec.ts
index 20d32d92e..383f9f2c3 100644
--- a/tests/ui-route-coverage.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-route-coverage.spec.ts
@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ test.describe("previously uncovered production routes", () => {
           .getByRole("button", { name: "Anxiety in outpatient care", exact: true });
         await expect(search).toBeEnabled();
         await search.click();
-        await expect(currentPage.getByRole("heading", { name: "Therapy", level: 1, exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+        await expect(
+          currentPage.getByRole("heading", { name: "Anxiety in outpatient care", level: 1, exact: true }),
+        ).toBeVisible();
+        await expect(currentPage.getByTestId("search-query-ribbon")).toBeVisible();
         const nav = currentPage.getByRole("navigation", { name: "Therapy sections" });
         // Phone: section nav portals into the header collapse host (outside
         // .tc-root). Read canvas colour from the workspace root still in the