How many hours each week do you spend on documentation in your counseling practice? How many hours SHOULD you spend on documentation?!
Dr. Maelisa McCaffrey of QA Prep outlines how much time is reasonable to spend writing the three main pieces of mental health documentation: Intake assessments, treatment plans, and progress notes.
Identify how to plan ahead for intake assessments and what portions should take up most of your time. Hear why taking longer on treatment plans might actually be a good thing, and even improve your work with clients. And learn two tips for writing faster progress notes.
Maelisa also highlights an important thing to consider if mental health documentation already takes up a lot of your time.
Links to videos mentioned here…
5 Tips for Easier Psychotherapy Intakes: [ Ссылка ]
Using Collaborative Documentation for Treatment Plans: [ Ссылка ]
Click here to download the FREE Therapy Interventions Cheat Sheet available on the QA Prep website: [ Ссылка ]
Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Intake assessment tips
01:25 Intake assessments do NOTs
02:05 More intake resources
02:26 Treatment plan tips
02:51 Timeframe for completing treatment plans
03:40 More treatment plan resources
04:02 Progress note tips
04:23 Reasonable timeframe for notes
04:51 When progress notes take too long
05:21 Tip #1 for faster progress notes
05:42 Tip #2 for faster progress notes
06:02 Free therapy interventions cheat sheet
06:37 Important reminder about progress notes
07:16 Exceptions for longer progress notes
How long should it take to write a progress note?
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