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Mental Health | Last Active: Mar 1, 2022 | Replies (4)

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@rjtx

Thank you for the reply. I just talked to a Counselor that I found from internet. What he said alarmed me. He said you have to be careful to seek counselling and differentiate between life coaching and counselling. He said some of treatment will stay on their file forever. which may prevent job search down the road. My son just needed some general counselling. there is no diagnosis of mental issue. we have this EAP (employee assistance program). he said even using that will result in a black mark which may prevent certain future employment. I'm confused about this as my son did talk to a counselor last year just to sort out feelings and issues. There was no diagnosis that he has mental issue. I wonder if anyone can clarify this?

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@rjtx Oh, boy, I don't know about this!? Perhaps you could ask this counselor where his information is from, and how to know what is or isn't placed in records. In my experience, going through Employee Assistance Programs, it is confidential. While I never asked to see my Human Resource records, it hopefully was not in there, as my business is my business!

Perhaps there is a person involved with HR here who could clarify this for both of us?
Ginger