Therapist Tips by Therapy Practice Solutions

  Making Progress on Your Progress Notes Written by Kelsey Someliana-Lauer, Virtual Assistant at Therapy Practice Solutions Take a moment for reflection - what is your favorite part of being a mental health therapist? Chances are, you likely thought something along the lines of helping others, doing what I love, supporting a community, and so on. Now take a moment - what administrative task do you like the most? This is probably a harder answer. Maybe you like making your own social media, or writing your own blogs. Perhaps emails aren’t the bane of your existence. Out of all these answers - were progress notes on the list? Not many mental health clinicians jump for joy over writing their progress notes. There are many reasons progress notes end up on the bottom of our “fun” list - they may feel tedious to write, you may be writing extremely long notes, or you may feel too busy in other aspects of your life. Regardless, writing progress notes is important for multiple reasons, incl...

Written by Kelsey Someliana-Lauer, Therapy Practice Solutions Virtual Assistant For mental health therapists, August tends to be a busier time: kids are returning to school, vacations are ending, and the holidays aren’t too far away, which all amounts to more clients at mental health practices. August is also the final month of the third quarter of the year. Aside from third quarter taxes being due on September 15th (you’re welcome, small business owners!), the beginning of the fourth quarter marks the final chunk of the year to achieve your 2022 goals. Thus far in the year, you may have established your mental health practice’s brand and vision for the year. You most likely set goals for the number of clients seen per week and income. You’ve probably already made a budget and are more or less sticking to it. So, what’s left to do in the final quarter of the year? If you are looking for some new goals to set for the last quarter, check out these three final quarter goals for mental hea...