This was very helpful but I'm still unclear about what is the difference of attainable and realistic in this particular example of depressive symptoms?

Thanks for sharing such valuable information! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (mistake turkey blossom warfare blade until bachelor fall squeeze today flee guitar). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

No, they're not culturally inclusive. And they never will be.

Maelisa...I have been licensed forever (not really), and I have found you in the last 1.5 years, and just wanted you to know that I absolutely love how you approach the "Yucky" part of our jobs. I have enjoyed having your book, but also like having the paper packets prior. Keep it up; so extremely helpful:) P.S. So wish you were CA BBS approved training...I know, such a pain, but honestly think your trainings are far superior to the many "BBS approved" ones I have taken!

So which has all you list /therapy focused...

Very helpful vid to watch today (election day)! But I don't see the link to the list of interventions. Can you please post it in the comments?

This was so helpful. Your book is great! Learning from it daily. Thank you for all these helpful videos.

Thank you!

I've enjoyed your content for many years! I'm so excited for you to have written a book! Yay! Congrats! I just ordered my copy!! Keep up the fantastic work!

I just ordered your book! A much needed resource.☺️

Thank you for sharing this very important information. I wasn't fast enough on my keyboard to ask this question during the Live. I really love your book and wish that counseling programs would require an entire course around documentation. I finished school in 2018 and have always struggled with completing treatment plans and notes. With that said, since purchasing your book, I have re-done most of the forms I regularly use. My question is, when you are documenting this topics that come up, do you put that information in the "In Session Notes" section or do you find a way to incorporate it into the intervention check boxes (hope that made sense)? I'm really trying to adhere to your mantra of not writing anything twice. 🙂

Can you do a video on documentation with narrative writing? We cant do the checkboxes

Are you able to share a copy of the progress note template that you are speaking about? I use paper and then I go into my EHR and click everything on my template on there and then re-write everything into the integrated AI which turns it into a SOAP note. It's so many steps!! I love the idea of printing out a template taking a picture and uploading it. I also love the "in-session notes" idea. This is so helpful thank you!

You just made my life so much easier!

How do you access the cheat sheet?

Do you have any suggestions, or an example, for a SMART goal that focuses on maintaining a client's current status? I'm facing a roadblock on how to do this while applying the "increase" and "decrease" terminology. For example, the client is diagnosed with Bipolar Dx and has been stable for (at least) 3 months.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m an in session paper nerd & it’s validating my habit. However, I’m still learning AI-please keep reviewing companies as I learn more listening to your feedback!

I've gone back to writing paper notes because staring into screens is doing a number on my eyesight.

Love paper “in session notes”hack-GENIUS

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I'd love to hear your thoughts on Heidi, Berries, and DeepCura :)

I bought your book about six weeks ago, and it is wonderful - so, so helpful! Thank you, and love all the guidance in your book and via free resources!

Hi there, I can hear you just fine. I can participate for about 10 minutes.

THE ACCURACY ABOUT PROCRASTINATION 😂😭😅

I did not learn any of this in school - thanks for providing me with the clarity I needed!

The time frame of me being behind on notes is typically 2 weeks and I normally caught up and then it is the cycle of being behind. I work for an agency where it is expected for us to see clients back to back and there is no schedule time for notes and other documentation. My challenge is even if a client cancel they expect us to do notes then but it is still expected of me to make productivity so normally I will try to do some Telehealth sessions. I end up doing notes on the weekends. Any advice to help with this situation. My job will not allow us to have schedule time for notes and additional documentation.

The time frame of me being behind on notes is typically 2 weeks and I normally caught up and then it is the cycle of being behind. I work for an agency where it is expected for us to see clients back to back and there is no schedule time for notes and other documentation. My challenge is even if a client cancel they expect us to do notes then but it is still expected of me to make productivity so normally I will try to do some Telehealth sessions. I end up doing notes on the weekends. Any advice to help with this situation. My job will not allow us to have schedule time for notes and additional documentation.

Wow. This is fantastic. Thank you. Just started new job snd have a gazillion intakes coming up. Love efficiency tips.

Thank you! I needed to hear this. You validated the approach that I took during the pandemic and this last election.

Just ordered it from Amazon. Thanks for writing it!

Just ordered your book. So glad you informed us about it.

Hi Maelissa! I'm a LPC working in private practice and have been following you for over a year now and also have your Documentation Made Easy course. Thank you so much for all you do!! I have a question about changing a diagnosis. I wasn't sure if you had any specific language you recommend and how much justification is needed to change for example a recurrent major depressive disorder to MDD in partial remission? And also if this becomes non reimbursable at some point? Thank you!

Thank you. This helped a lot. I was wondering if you have thought about using visuals in your videos to make it a tad more interactive. I love your content❤

You’re awesome. You being you is the legend.

This is very helpful - thank you!

Does this apply if you're OON? I have a client that paid for all their session but, ignorer for them to be reimbursed, insurance is asking me for their, treatment plan and progress notes in addition to the superbill.

Hi, I'm wondering if you have an example of a response section for a BIRP or GIRP note. I might have missed this if it was addressed in this video. (I recently also bought your "stress-free documentation" book and I was also wondering if/where there are examples of the response section for a BIRP or GIRP note?).

Thank you! This validates how I’ve been addressing it. The day after the election was pretty draining but at the end of the day I said least notes were easy. I could pretty much say the same thing in every note😂

Thank you for addressing this topic! You validate what I have already been doing thanks to your documentation course that I took earlier in the year!

I finally got on, I went to another email to get in. I can hear you well. As for this topic, I just listen and don't comment. I try to redirect as quickly as possible to treatment goals.

Thank you for this!

is it in Ontario, CA?

thank you for sharing.

Hi Maelisa! Can you do a review of BastionGPT? I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems to be basically a HIPAA compliant version of ChatGPT with a BAA available.

I bought the book and overwhelmed with joy at how much information I will be soaking up from you. You are the professor I never had in grad school, preceptor I never had in my practicum and supervisor I never had as an associate clinician. I’m forever grateful for this book and all the updates you will ever share with the community therapist. You are truly a blessing to mental health services providers that need this help. I am🎊🙏🏽thankful

Professor McCaffrey, I hope you're doing well. I am currently a student in the CMHC practicum, and my supervisor recently removed me from the role due to grammatical mistakes in my SOAP notes. As an international student, I am still working on improving my writing skills, and I wanted to ask whether this is a valid reason for being dismissed from the position. Is the ability to write perfectly without errors a critical aspect of the counseling profession? Additionally, I would appreciate your guidance on whether tools like Grammarly or even ChatGPT could be used to assist with writing SOAP notes, or if such tools are considered inappropriate for professional documentation. Thank you for your time and advice.

Thank you so much, Dr. McCaffrey! This resource has been invaluable in streamlining my initial paperwork for clients as well as intake and documentation. Now, we just need SimplePractice to make template creation a bit more user-friendly so that the templates you provide can be easily recreated digitally.

Thank you, great advice

I like Mentalyc, but before i commit I will try another one. The mini plan is 19.99 per month as of today.

Will there be a recording for the Wednesday meeting? I have scheduled clients during the actual time of the live meeting.