Hi, I was wondering if anyone could provide me with some insight here..

Tomorrow I'm going to see a government (of Canada) supported career counselling service. I'm currently "under employed" (working part-time on a contract basis) and I've been seriously considering a career change for a very long time (like 2 years!) There are some services in the community here that provide assistance to women with "significant barriers" to employment. This could be something as simple as self-esteem issues (check) but also more serious situations like living with an abusive partner (thank heavens no!)

The thing is, on paper I look very employable. In fact, if I really worked hard at it, it's likely I'd find work fairly quickly. I've even run my own business in the past. The problem is - I don't think this type of work is working for me. I work with computers and while I'm pretty competent, I just don't care anymore. I haven't been able to keep a job for more than a year or two before getting fired or quitting. I wasn't too sucessful at running the business either...

I would rather get into somethink more like art therapy (I have training in fine arts and am very interested in psychology.) In fact I'm going to start volunteering for a program that does equine therapy (obviously not the same thing, but it's a step.)

Anyway, I'm wondering if it's a mistake to disclose my ADD to the counsellor.. My parter (who also has ADD but has lived with it much longer) seems to think so and that it's never a good idea to have it on record. I'm sure there much be some sort of confidentiality with these places, but I can't help but wonder if that is a risk.. Otherwise, I'm concerned that I won't qualify for this assistance. But I don't know any other way that I could get help with retraining.

In the past I've had problems being too honest and it would often work against me, so I don't know how much to disclose. Any advice or feedback would really help me right now.. Thanks :)

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