Therapy session notes: notes, templates and the protocol already prepared
In a session you are fully with your client. Dictate your thoughts, upload the recording — Praxis transcribes it with timestamps, and SOAP, DAP and three more protocols are ready.
No card · only you see your notes
What a session note is, and how SOAP differs from DAP
A therapy session note is a structured record of a meeting with a client under fixed headings, so that after every session you capture the same things: what happened, how you assess it and what comes next. Praxis offers five common formats: SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP and PIE.
SOAP splits the note into four parts: S — subjective (what the client said), O — objective (what you observed), A — assessment (clinical hypotheses and progress), P — plan. DAP is shorter: D — session data (the client’s words and your observations together), A — assessment, P — plan. BIRP and GIRP focus on interventions and the client’s response, PIE on a specific problem.
On a session page in Praxis everything is side by side: the client’s goals and your hypotheses on the left, notes in the middle, the session structure for one of 17 approaches on the right. «Focus from the previous session» reminds you where you stopped, and everything you write saves itself every second.
How notes are written in Praxis
5 protocols
SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP and PIE — with a prompt for every field. You can fill in several protocols in one session.
17 approach templates
Session structure for CBT, schema therapy, ACT, DBT, Gestalt, EMDR, systemic family therapy and more.
Voice dictation
Dictate your thoughts — the text appears in the field. No more evenings spent retyping a notebook.
Recording transcription
Upload a session recording — Praxis transcribes it with timestamps and marks who is speaking: therapist or client.
Focus from the previous session
What you planned last time is right there in the next session. No need to remember «where we stopped» from memory.
Hypotheses and supervision
Case hypotheses and the supervision request sit next to your notes. Supervision conclusions carry into the next session automatically.
How to keep session notes
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Open the session
A session is created together with the client’s booking. The client’s goals and hypotheses are on the left, so you see where you stopped.
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Pick a protocol and template
SOAP, DAP or another format, with your approach’s session structure on the right. The template is remembered for next sessions.
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Type, dictate or upload audio
Everything saves itself every second. Before the next session, it is all in one list.
Frequently asked questions
Both are widely accepted. SOAP separates the client’s words from your observations — useful when progress matters for supervision. DAP is shorter and faster. In Praxis you can try both and switch without losing text.
No. Notes, protocols, hypotheses, the supervision request and recordings are available only to you. The Praxis team does not look at them, and they are never used to train AI.
You upload a file (MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, FLAC, WEBM, MP4) up to 25 MB and transcription starts by itself. The text comes with timestamps; the “Therapist” and “Client” labels are set from what is said, so it is worth checking them.
Transcription is done by an external speech recognition service — and only when you upload a recording yourself. The file is kept in private storage and opens only for you. Details are in the privacy policy. Recording a session requires the client’s consent.
No — Firefox lacks the browser feature it needs, so there you get the regular editor. Dictation works in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Samsung Internet; recognition is done by the browser itself.
CBT, schema therapy, ACT, DBT, REBT, psychoanalytic and short-term psychodynamic therapy, transactional analysis, Gestalt, client-centred, existential therapy, logotherapy, systemic family, couples therapy, EMDR, TF-CBT and body-oriented therapy.
Yes. A protocol is optional: you can keep free notes only, or follow your approach’s structure.
In a session you are fully with your client
Five protocols, 17 approaches, dictation and transcription — in one therapy journal.