Depression and job interviews?

To be honest - i wouldn't be honest. Plenty of us suffer depression and none of us tell people. I would keep that to yourself.

As for your regular appointments - i would say it was something else. Only because, no matter what people say, there is a stigma attached to these sorts of things (even though they are so common), and i think it probably would affect your chances of getting the job. I don't know what you would say it was, but i wouldn't say it either until they offer you the job.

Good luck (from someone who suffers with the same thing as you)xx

Tell your new job that you have a standing medical appointment and will need to leave at 3:15 on Wednesdays. As such, you will work, for example, 8:30-5:30 on the other days in order to make up the time.

You are NOT required to disclose any information about the particular condition you have that requires the appointment and they are not allowed to ask. Make it a condition of the negotiated contract.

Do not quit therapy or change therapists if the one you go to is working out for you. You come first, your health comes first. If you are good, your job won't care.

I don't know what type of law you work in, but if for some reason there is an urgent situation (must get this brief out by midnight...or some other litigation issue), you can say you can cancel the appointment once in awhile, not regularly, but only if they give you advanced notice (they will know when the deadlines are coming up).

On a side note, will changing the job help the depression or will it make you more frustrated by being in a new environment? Talk it over with your therapist and see what he/she recommends.

Your current job: yes, you're taking personal time off to attend to your illness. What else is your work supposed to do? If you haven't made any arrangements with your supervisor to make up the time somehow, it's sick time.

New job: Say you have a therapy appointment once a week and need to leave early. Offer to make it up by staying 1/2 an hour later, or taking a shorter lunch 4 days a week.

For the current job, unless you have a way that you are making the time up, you are taking sick leave.

For the next job, I don't believe they are allowed to ask you if you have medical problems. But I agree with another comment that you can state you have a weekly standing appointment at such and such time and you can make up the time by staying later, coming back, coming in early, etc.

Be upfront about this from the very start if you are the best at your job then this would matter little, maybe discuss the possibility of working through your lunches and working early or late to make up for the appointments and besides metal heath isn't something to be ashamed off.

See depression treatments at http://www.ezy-build.net./ (net.nz/~shaneris) on page 2, and you may well not have those problems in several weeks. Find another therapist, who will give you a later appointment, preferably close by. Locators, pages 1, and 2.

try changing your appointment time to one that fits in with your work schedule, if the counceling center (or wherever you go) doesn't have any times that would be better for you, think about finding another place that does. the therapist I see stays open until 6pm during the week, and they are also open on saturdays.

can't u change your counselling appointments for a more suitable time after work?