Therapist Planner & Session Notes: Four notebooks. One book.

Your week, your clients, your session notes, your supervision hours, and your numbers, in one undated planner.

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278 pages · 6 × 9 in · Undated

Front cover of Therapist Planner & Session Notes: the title in navy capitals on cream, the line Undated, start any month, and ten orange rules running off the right edge.

Your week in a planner. Your notes in another notebook. Your hours in a spreadsheet. Your numbers in another one.

This book holds all four.

278 pages. Eight sections.

  1. 01 Monthly planning

    Twelve undated months, each with a month grid, goals, and the month in numbers: active clients, sessions scheduled and held, income, supervision, and CE.

    Monthly planning spread, pages 8 and 9: an undated month grid from Monday to Sunday with blanks for the month and year, and the month in review: goals for the month, the month in numbers (active clients, sessions scheduled, sessions held, income), supervision and CE, and notes for next month.
  2. 02 Weekly planning

    Fifty-two undated weeks on two-page spreads, Monday to Sunday. Saturday gets as much room as a weekday. Times aren’t printed, because every practice keeps its own hours.

    Weekly planning spread, pages 34 and 35: Monday to Thursday on the left page; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on the right, each day with a narrow column for times, plus focus of the week and a week in review with carry over, supervision and CE, and self-care.
  3. 03 Clients

    40 client profiles, two per page, each identified by a code from C-01 to C-40 and initials, never a full name. Each profile notes where that client’s session notes start.

    Client profiles page, page 140: two profiles, each with client code, initials, intake date, age, insurance or payer, referred by, contact, emergency contact, presenting concern, the pages where session notes start, session agreement, and consent on file.
  4. 04 Session notes

    120 session notes, two per page, in order. Each one has the client code, session number, date, format (in person, telehealth, phone, or no-show), the note, and the plan for the next session.

    Session notes page, page 162: two notes, each with client code, session number, date, format checkboxes for in person, telehealth, phone, or no-show, lines for the session note, and lines for the plan and next session.
  5. 05 Supervision & consultation

    32 supervision records, each with what you bring in and the feedback you take away, and a page to total your supervision hours.

    Supervision log, page 224: two records, each with date, supervisor or consultant, client code, individual or group format, hours, what I’m bringing, and supervisor’s feedback and action items.
  6. 06 Practice & finances

    Rates and cancellation policy, fee changes, twelve months of income and expenses, and a year-end summary.

    Income and expenses page, page 243: a table with date, description, income, expenses, and balance, and a total for the month.
  7. 07 Professional development

    CE goals and license renewal, a CE log with a certificate checkbox, a reading list, and a year in review.

    Continuing education log, page 259: a table with course or activity, date, provider, hours, and a checkbox for each certificate.
  8. 08 Notes

    Ten lined pages for everything else.

    Divider for section 08, Notes, page 267, with the line Room for everything else.

04 · Session notes

What happened in the session, in your own words.

120 session notes, two per page, written in order. Each one has the client code, session number, date, and format (in person, telehealth, phone, or no-show), then the note and the plan for the next session.

They’re for the sessions you want to think through again or bring to supervision. Your clinical record stays where your practice keeps it.

Detail of a session note, page 163: client code, session number, date, format checkboxes for in person, telehealth, phone, or no-show, and lines for the session note and for the plan and next session.

05 & 07 · Supervision and CE

Supervision hours and CE, where you can see them.

If you’re working toward licensure, log every meeting: 32 supervision records, each with what you bring in and the feedback you take away.

Then total your hours by month, with individual and group supervision, client hours, and supervisor initials, and keep hours required, completed, and remaining on the same page. CE goals, license renewal, and a CE log sit in the same book.

This is your own tally. Keep your board’s official forms up to date.

From the hours page
Supervision hours page, page 240: a monthly table for individual and group supervision, client hours, and supervisor initials, a total for the year, and boxes for hours required, completed, and remaining. Under the title: This is your own tally. Keep your board’s official forms up to date.

03 · Clients

Clients by code, never by full name.

A notebook travels. It sits open on your desk, goes in your bag, and gets left on a chair.

So each client gets a code, from C-01 to C-40, and the rest of the book, including session notes and supervision, uses only that code. The book suggests keeping the key that matches codes to clients somewhere else, such as your EHR.

Detail of a client profile, page 140: client code, initials, intake date, age, insurance or payer, referred by, contact, emergency contact, presenting concern, the pages where session notes start, session agreement, and consent on file.

Undated

Start in any month.

No wasted pages if you buy it in April.

Twelve undated months and fifty-two undated weeks: you write the dates in. Weeks run Monday to Sunday.

About the author

Daniel Tommasi

Daniel Tommasi is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in Buenos Aires. He made the first version of this planner for his own practice, to keep his week, his cases, his supervision, and his numbers in one place instead of four notebooks.

Two editions in Spanish followed, and each one changed because of the colleagues who used it. The supervision section exists because one of them asked for it.

“This is the first edition for clinicians in the United States. I didn’t just translate it. I adapted it to the way practice works there: session notes, supervision hours for licensure, CE, and pages without dates, so you can start in any month.”

From “A note before you begin”

Specs and questions

Format
Paperback
Trim size
6 × 9 in
Pages
278
Interior
Black and white, on white paper
Lines
7 mm apart, close to college ruled
Dates
None. Weeks run Monday to Sunday.
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Does it have dates?

No. You write in the month, the year, and the dates, so you can start in any month and lose no pages. Weeks run Monday to Sunday.

Are times printed on the weekly pages?

No. Each day has a narrow column on the left for times. It is left blank because every practice keeps its own hours.

Is it for counselors, LMFTs, and social workers?

Yes. It was made for therapists, counselors, social workers, and psychologists in the US, in private practice or working toward licensure.

Does it replace my EHR?

No. As the book itself says, it doesn’t replace your clinical records or the recordkeeping requirements of your state and licensing board. It’s a planner and a notebook.

Can I track supervision hours for my license?

Yes, as your own record. The hours page has room for individual and group supervision, client hours, and supervisor initials, with hours required, completed, and remaining. In the book’s words: this is your own tally. Keep your board’s official forms up to date.

How many session notes does it hold?

120, two per page, written in order. That won’t cover every session of a full caseload for a year, and it isn’t meant to. Use them for the sessions you want to think through again or bring to supervision.

Why are clients identified by code?

Because a notebook travels. Each client gets a code in the Clients section, from C-01 to C-40, and the rest of the book, including session notes and supervision, uses only that code. The book suggests keeping the key that matches codes to clients somewhere else, such as your EHR.

What size is it?

6 × 9 inches and 278 pages, in paperback, with a black and white interior and lines 7 mm apart.

Therapist Planner & Session Notes

Undated · 278 pages · 6 × 9 in

Get it on Amazon (opens Amazon.com)
Front cover of Therapist Planner & Session Notes: the title in navy capitals on cream, the line Undated, start any month, and ten orange rules running off the right edge.