Thanks for this thread. I've been treated for moderate/severe depression for the past two years and seen three Ts in that time. Two of the three have helped, but in both cases it's been a fairly slow burn. I've managed to turn things around due to a mixture of meds (firstly citalopram, then when that stopped working, sertraline), running, better diet, omega 3 and vitamin d pills, supportive friends and boyfriend, and therapy.

I couldn't honestly tell you how much of a role therapy has played, all I know is that when I was seeing the second (ineffectual) T, I was severely depressed and felt I was getting worse not better. I went back to my GP and she was very firm that if it wasn't working at all, I needed to change.

For me, the thing that makes it helpful depression-wise is having a place to be heard, to talk about the things I had repressed and not spoken of in many years and to feel free to say exactly how I feel without fear of upsetting the other person - ie suicidal thoughts. I wish you the best of luck and hope that you can find peace from your depression, whether it's from therapy or in other ways. Keep trying, what works for some people won't work for everyone.