im gonna go against the grain here and say that therapy is over rated
i dont wanna completely dismiss it entirely, but i honestly cannot say that it did me any good. Saw 4 different therapists while i was going through a rough patch of about 5-6 years. And each one left me pretty disappointed with the experience
what worked for me was honestly just taking care of myself and doing the difficult things which i knew in the long run would benefit me. (working out, getting off drugs/alcohol, learning to cook, eating healthy/sustainably, talking to more people, making new friends, finding a meaningful career, etc)
i would say therapy is really only beneficial if you are not sure what is causing your depression.
but 75% of the time people know what is "wrong" with their life or causing them to feel depressed, they just choose not to act upon their problems because it is VERY difficult to make that first step towards a better life.
i think therapy is just a bandaid for depression/anxiety in the sense that it makes you feel as if you are working on your problems through talking about them, without actually taking the action or putting in the hard work to solve such problems.
if therapy worked for you, thats great ! im genuinely happy ! no bs, i wish i had the same experience
but in my experience the only thing that really worked for me was taking self accountability for my problems, and manning tf up and facing them head on. i know thats not what people want to hear nowadays but i think there is still value in doing exactly that. worked for me
also it costs hella guap $$$$$