I just heard on Fox that due to the way laws in Va. are written, a person who attends mental health counseling voluntarily, after a court decision, the record of them having attended counseling is not released and, therefore, background checks for firearms purchases do not get this record of the person attending counseling sessions.
First of all, if the court decrees you are mentally unstable or remands you to hospitalization for mental health issues, this IS reportable to the instant check system.
Secondly, voluntarily seeing a shrink -- or even voluntarily going in to a hospital -- shouldn't be a disqualifier. The law of unintended consequences will prevail and people who might want/need treatment won't seek it. Also, how can you disqualify someone because, say, he's depressed for a few days after his sister dies, and he goes and gets the help he needs?