I tihnk I may have asked this before:

For what reasons do you go to therapy and what are you hoping to achieve?

I am BP II and struggle with depression mainly - how can I expect my T to help me with this? These are MY emotions and no amount of talking can help what is going on in my head.
I feel like I'm wasting my time in T, as it appears there just is no point.
I have a friend I can talk to and confide in - why then do I need to regurgitate it in T?
T is a lovely person, but from the reading I've done here, a T and their patient need to be emotionally distant from each other (Not sure that made sense, but basically you cannot have social encounters with your T, chat regularly on the phone, become their "friend"...)
I just want someone to care about how I feel - and I'm not sure a T will - but your friend can.

Arg - sorry about the rant. I'm just trying to put the pieces together.
Being depressed, lonely, needy, anxious...are these really things I can expect therapy to help with?