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In short words: yes.

It's been fundamental to who I am today and considering where I come from, I'm very successful.

In your case - let me recommend you a book that's going to help you with three things: 1) To understand what a therapist can do for you and what he can't; 2) How to look for a good professional in that field; 3) What kind of problems psychotherapy deals with that are the most important ones (the book is written in a simple "cause -> consequences" way). I've recommended it to a lot of people, and in case of 70%+ of them it was helpful with making a breakthrough.

"Psychological Defenses in Everyday Life", Robert Firestone & Joyce Catlett

No doubt there's a lot of morons doing counseling out there. No wonder that there's also a lot of people not having progress. Nevertheless, psychotherapy DOES work and it can do wonders if applied properly.

Good luck!