A little background info on me: I have been diagnosed with major depression and severe anxiety. I see a psychiatrist about every other month (only for med changes/updates) and a therapist every other week.
I was diagnosed with this condition January 2013, but I have had feelings of depression and anxiety since the 5th grade (I am going into my senior year now). I struggle to function in social situations, and I have had bad experiences at both schools I have been to. I had to home school the last part of my junior year because I was pretty severely harassed by a group of girls online and at school to the point of not being able to get up and go to school in the morning. I would have a panic attack before I even left the house, and if I got so far as to get in the car I would contemplate running off the road just so I didn't have to go to school.
I am going to a new school this year in hopes of having a somewhat normal high school experience for my senior year. I do not know anyone at this school or know anything about the school really (I didn't get to choose the school, my dad did), so I am extremely anxious that things could end up the same way that they have been in the past.
I haven't been sleeping well at night if I don't take ambien, I'm miserable, I don't have motivation to do anything, I feel exhausted all the time and I feel like I'm about to crawl out of my skin in every social situation that I am put in. I have been on Paxil, Prozac, and am currently weening off of Pristiq onto Cymbalta.

Now, as I said, I do go to a therapist every other week. However all she tells me when I explain to her my concerns for the following year is "I am going to think positively and believe in you and believe that you can do this. You should also think the same." She also tells me (and has been telling me since I began to see her about 5 months ago) to focus on 4 things: "Feeding your mind good things, your body good things, exercise and sleeping well." I can tell her that I am completely miserable and that I cannot think positively even though I am trying as hard as I can, and believe me, I am), and she will still say these same things. I have previously told her that if I were to die, I would not care, and she still told me the same things.

I'm not sure if this is all a therapist is supposed to do, but I honestly thought going into this that I was going to have someone to explain to me why I feel the way I do, give me coping techniques, and generally help me plan for the future. I am extremely frustrated and I feel as though I have no one to talk to that will really give me good advice.

Is this really what therapy should be?