Absolutely has helped me. I'm so much calmer, can stand up to my parents and also am becoming better at not letting their vitriol get to me, am a more positive person, am more fun for me and others to be around, and am sooo much better in relationships. Also, I learned about what it feels like to receive almost unconditional support and love (i.e., within the boundaries of the therapy relationship) thanks to my current T. My last T, however, hurt me terribly and I'm still getting over this almost 2 years later. So as struggling said, the T relationship is huge in growth. I wish a good one for you!

p.s. I was diagnosed with depression at age 18 (now 36), sure that I had it for longer and have been on every med (was later diagnosed w/ bipolar depressive type at age 21). Drugs have helped some, but until I learned to modify my behaviors and thought processes and got concrete help during the deep depressions, I didn't start getting really better and feeling like I was "normal."