The FMLA Leave Process Step 1: You must notify your employer when you know you need leave. Step 2: Your employer must notify you whether you are eligible for FMLA leave within five business days. Step 3: Provide a completed certification to your employer.
Per the FMLA, you can take medical leave for serious health conditions like severe anxiety or major depression. It's not for a casual month off to destress. Your employer will likely ask for evidence that a mental health leave is appropriate.
It depends on the type of therapist, their licensure, and if they offer this service to their clients/patients. The law defines who is considered a health care provider for the purpose of FMLA - the Department of Labor's Fact Sheet #28G outlines which providers can complete FMLA forms.
Any doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant can complete FMLA paperwork, if they're willing. The challenge here is getting affordable access to a medical professional who is actually willing to complete the paperwork. Some aren't comfortable doing it at all.
In order to be eligible to take leave under the FMLA, an employee must (1) work for a covered employer, (2) work 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of leave, (3) work at a location where 50 or more employees work at that location or within 75 miles of it, and (4) have worked for the employer for 12 ...