I've suffered with depression for around 10 years - considered situational, not chemical - with some milder issues with anxiety. I'm Autistic with ADHD which also complicates matters a little bit. 

I have seen a therapist for talking therapy (CBT and IPR) a few times in recent years but it's been absolutely no help at all - therapists themselves have agreed they don't know how to help me and these therapies were not appropriate. 

The way things work in this country means I'd not be able to go to therapy again for over a year, but my GP has suggested I go to a clinical psychiatrist (or psychologist, not sure which she said). I'm not sure what to expect, my experience of therapy was that it was nothing more than small talk, so will a clinical psychiatrist actually *do something* to maybe try to address the cause of my depression or maybe suggest something other than just talk or antidepressants? I don't really understand what the purpose of this would be.