Psychotherapy Note Template

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A psychotherapy note is different from a progress note, and the formatting isn’t as strict. Because psychotherapy notes focus on private details and points of interest from the perspective of the therapist, they do not need to follow a specific format.

The length of your psychotherapy note will depend on the type of information that you are recording, but a good rule of thumb is around 1-2 pages. Psychotherapy notes can be as comprehensive or as brief as you like, considering they aren’t made to be shared with anyone else.

In order to be considered psychotherapy notes (and not progress notes), these documents are not allowed to contain certain kinds of information:

• Summary of treatment or intervention
• Test results
• Medication details or records
• Diagnosis