Awakening and psychological growth are largely orthogonal. While one can definitely help the other, they are entirely different things. You can be very awake and still be a total asshole. From my viewpoint, awakening is just the beginning of the path, and nothing like the end.
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(As well as anxious, depressed, conflicted, avoidant, etc.) Waking up will not solve your psychological issues -- which unfortunately is exactly what most people think it will do and are looking for.
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That said, awakening will make any psychological work you do much easier, because you will be unattached to various habitual ego states. But these don't often just change on their own. You still have to do the work.
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Because we are social beings, entirely embedded in an intersubjective context, the psychological changes you make may be more useful, important, helpful, and ultimately meaningful than the awakening itself (however clear).
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From this viewpoint, the work you do to be a kind, helpful, loving, decent human being is much more important than your individual awakening. Awakening may only be important in as much as it helps you to do that
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You need only witness the seemingly endless parade of fallen gurus—men (mainly) who have clearly achieved high levels of realization, and yet are still slaves to their flawed personalities—to see the truth of this statement. (i.e. @ that awakening & growth are different).
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There is also the problem that some things are difficult to achieve without the infrastructure of a cult, yet you cannot be a cult leader while having full integrity. Gurus may necessarily have to be a bit flawed, in addition to being enlightened.
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