Description
Running groups is both challenging and rewarding. The time spent developing the group, creating the structure, enrolling it, prepping for the sessions, and leading it, leaves a lot on your plate. For those of us who love the rewards of running a group, the process is a mighty tasty experience. Unfortunately, documenting a group member’s progress feels like doing the dishes at the end of a good meal. It is an unwelcome afterthought – if documentation even gets its place at the table.
Whether the group is covered by insurance or not, a group therapy note must be written for each member of the group and capture essential clinical information while ensuring compliance with professional standards. An individual note for each group member ensures client-specific documentation of unique needs, goals, and progress markers, and safeguards private health information with HIPAA compliance.
Fulfilling the documentation requirements can be time consuming and complex. But with the right template, it does not need to be. The Documentation Wizard® Group Therapy Note will streamline your documentation with checkboxes and very short narratives that cover all the requirements. It has been approved by an attorney and a bioethicist as well as being peer reviewed and approved by a prior standing board member of the APA,
With our Group Therapy Note, you will be able to document each participant’s experience quickly and easily so you can enjoy the accomplishment of running your group.
Key Features:
- Client’s Diagnosis (If you bill insurance, you need a diagnosis!)
- Date and Time (exact start and stop time!)
- CPT Code
- Group Type
- Group Topic
- Group Goal
- Interventions
- Client’s Participation
- Risk Assessment
- Progress
- Response to group
- Challenges
- … and more
The Documentation Wizard Group Therapy Note helps you create a robust medical record that protects your practice and demonstrates the effectiveness of your group therapy interventions.
The Group Therapy Note is provided in three formats: Word Doc, PDF, and PDF Fillable. We recommend using Microsoft WORD or Adobe Reader to use the forms.
“A must for group therapists. Best group note I’ve used. Provider of groups for 39 years. Love it!!”
— Elizabeth Edwards, LICW, LCAS
