Dis, yes, therapy has really helped me, especially with my second therapist. I never really connected with my first, whose approach was very surface, very CBT. My second (and current) T is a combination of humanistic and psychodynamic and this suits me to a T. He's very insightful and helps me get at the root of the problem rather than just trying to fix the symptoms. He is very much "present" at our sessions, and always shares something of himself with me each time. Because of this, I grew to trust him very quickly (for me). We're making a lot of progress.

I hope you can find someone you can really connect with and who uses an approach that resonates with you. Maybe you can spend some time reading a bit on the different theoretical approaches and see if any of them especially appeals to you. And then seek out someone in that genre. That said, what I have heard is that the relationship with the T is actually the most important thing in the success of the therapy, rather than the approach they use. So if it were me, I would give a lot of weight to my sense of connection with the T in the first few sessions as I was deciding whether to continue.

good luck
sunny

P.S. there is an article at PsychCentral on the different theoretical approaches: Types of Therapies