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Mentalyc AI for therapists. Be fully present, leave with everything done: notes, treatment plans, progress and matched worksheets, all connected.

Try it free, plus free therapy worksheets and tools at mentalyc.com

10/22/2026

Substance Use Group Activities: 3 Tips to Make Them Work

Use role plays and structured exercises, let members help set the group agreements within the program's own rules, and mix learning methods. Each tip comes from SAMHSA's TIP 41.

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Narrated with an AI voice. Clinically reviewed by Tracy Collins, LCP. Every example is fictional.
Educational only, not legal, billing or clinical advice; rules vary by payer and state.

Progress note or psychotherapy notes? They are two different things.Your progress note is the official record of the ses...
10/22/2026

Progress note or psychotherapy notes? They are two different things.

Your progress note is the official record of the session: start and stop times, the billing code, diagnosis, interventions, the client's response, the plan and progress. Payers review it, and clients can ask for it.

Psychotherapy notes are optional private notes on your own impressions and hypotheses about a session. HIPAA gives them extra protection, but only when you keep them separate from the rest of the record. You do not need them for billing.

Anything needed for billing belongs in the progress note.

Not legal advice: check your state board or an attorney for your situation.
Source: HIPAA Privacy Rule, 45 CFR 164.501

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10/21/2026

Window of Tolerance Check-In for Therapists (Free Tool)

A quick window of tolerance check-in to run with a client: mark where they are, try a skill, check again. Free, no sign-up, nothing stored.

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The window of tolerance is a practice-based model from Daniel Siegel (The Developing Mind, 1999).
Narrated with an AI voice. Every example is fictional.
Educational only, not clinical advice. If a client is far outside the window, ground first and slow the pace. In crisis in the US or Canada, call or text 988.

10/21/2026

"…instead of taking 30 to 45 minutes to really create a good progress note on my own, Mentalyc allows me to cut it down to, you know, five or 10 minutes." – Lawrence Randle, LPC

We asked therapists what changed after Mentalyc. Their answers: hours back every week, notes that capture the session, HIPAA compliance they can trust, and evenings that are theirs again. Join 30,000+ therapists.

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10/21/2026

Free SOAP Note Generator: Draft a SOAP Note, No Sign-Up

A free SOAP note generator: pick what happened in session and get a draft SOAP note in four sections, with no sign-up and nothing saved.

Full guide → https://www.mentalyc.com/blog/soap-note-generator?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=free_tools&utm_content=demo-soap-note-generator-short_facebook_video_default

Narrated with an AI voice. Every example is fictional.
Educational only, not legal, billing or clinical advice; rules vary by payer and state.

10/20/2026

Quoting Clients in Progress Notes: 3 Rules

Quote short key words, never use quotation marks to cast doubt, and state facts like missed medication plainly, without disapproving qualifiers.

Part 3/3 of a series.

Full guide → https://www.mentalyc.com/blog/clinical-words-to-use-in-progress-notes?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tips&utm_content=tips-clinical-words-to-use-in-progress-notes-short-3_facebook_video_default

Narrated with an AI voice. Clinically reviewed by Tracy Collins, LCP. Every example is fictional.
Educational only, not legal, billing or clinical advice; rules vary by payer and state.

Psychotherapy time bands, as Medicare contractors apply them: 16–37 minutes of psychotherapy is 90832, 38–52 is 90834, a...
10/20/2026

Psychotherapy time bands, as Medicare contractors apply them: 16–37 minutes of psychotherapy is 90832, 38–52 is 90834, and 53 or more is 90837. Under 16 minutes, no psychotherapy code is reported.

The code comes from the minutes documented in your progress note. That is where the start and stop times (or the total minutes) go, not in your private psychotherapy notes. Count psychotherapy time with the patient (a family member may take part); scheduling, charting and breaks are not psychotherapy time. Pick the code from the minutes in the note, not from the length of the booking.

Rules vary by payer.
Source: Medicare Coverage Database, billing article A57520; American Psychological Association Services

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