7 Ways To Take Back Your Therapy Time

In the therapy world - time is money. 

Now, most therapists don’t get into this field to clock every minute as a billable unit. You most likely got through your graduate school programming because you genuinely like to help and support humans in their mental wellness journey.  You know - help them heal from trauma and give voice and power to some of our most vulnerable populations - kids! 

And at the same time there is nothing wrong with wanting to be fairly compensated for all the hard work, effort, and energy you put into being the best therapist you can be.  Both in and out of session.  

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So why does time = money in therapy?

For every session you have (if you are billing insurance companies - and best practice if you are private pay) you need to complete your notes before billing out to get compensated.  Best practice for note turnaround? 24 hours. Annnnddd some insurance companies actually require you to complete notes by this tight deadline. 

Long story short - if you aren’t up to date on your paperwork it is going to create a delay in how quickly you are compensated for your time.

Another reason is that all the other stuff outside of the therapy session - think notes, phone calls, coordination, faxing records, etc. stacks on top of each other to eat away time in your calendar. 

And time in your calendar? Well, being the most efficient with your therapy day gives you your time back. 

Whether you are someone that wants to squeeze in an extra client or two, wants a lunch break that is truly a break (no crumbs on the keyboard for you!), OR you want to dip out early a couple of days per week and keep your same client load - working more efficiently is the key to all of this! 

I wanted to share my top 7 hacks for getting your time back in your therapy day! 

Write faster notes 
 
Stop leaving your office at night with undone notes piling up.  Check out this FREE Mini Webinar HERE on the 5 step roadmap to faster progress notes! 

Write shorter notes 

Check out this resource HERE that gives you two excellent ideas about how to write short (and ethical) notes! 

Tackle the biggest barriers to completing notes on time 

Dive into these three biggest barriers to completing notes on time HERE and make a plan to prevent these time wasters in your therapy practice! 

Increase your self care 

Up your self care game with these three tips that will give you more energy and leave you more efficient in your therapy day HERE!

Decrease lengthy parent phone calls 

Did that phone call just eat up your entire admin hour? Check out my top tips to decease lengthy parent phone calls HERE! 

Decrease the emails piling up in your inbox 

Set excellent boundaries with parents HERE regarding email to keep you out of the inbox and focused on your sessions! 

Become more efficient with email 

Check out more HERE about how to keep parent boundaries with email AND become more efficient with your responses! 


Wheeeww! And that wraps up my seven best-ever-hacks to take back your therapy time!!  These free resources, downloads, and guides can help you on your journey to take back control of your therapy time and schedule! 
 
AND if you are struggling with documentation, specifically not writing novels for notes,  you need The 5 Minute Note Course that gives you support on all things progress notes. 
 
​Learn to shrink your note writing process to write effortless and effective notes within your therapy day! This course includes all the details, guides, and cheat sheets to help you know what to write and how to write it.  AND includes templates and cheat sheets specifically for progress notes for play therapy!

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