Session notes
Five formats. One interface. Your voice.
SOAP, DAP, BIRP, narrative, and custom, drafted from a typed transcript, an uploaded audio file, or a telehealth recording. Plan divergence detection flags departures from the treatment plan you and your client wrote together.
The five formats
Pick the one that matches how you actually document.
All five formats share the same encrypted column space under the hood. Switching format isn't a migration, it's a setting. Practices with mixed clinical styles run multiple formats side-by-side without conflict.
| Format | Sections | When it fits |
|---|---|---|
| SOAP | Subjective · Objective · Assessment · Plan | Traditional medical model. Recognized everywhere. Default for many supervisors and insurers. |
| DAP | Data · Assessment · Plan | Streamlined version. Common in counseling. Less duplication than SOAP for narrative-heavy sessions. |
| BIRP | Behavior · Intervention · Response · Plan | Behavioral-health-friendly. Surfaces what you did and how the client responded. |
| Simple narrative | Free prose | For veteran clinicians who think in paragraphs, not headings. |
| Custom | Skill-defined | Specialty practices, training programs, or clinical voices that don't map to the standard four. |
How drafting works
Four inputs. One signed note.
Typed transcript
Paste your session notes, dictation transcript, or a free-form summary. Praxnote drafts from whatever shape you give it.
Uploaded audio
Drop in a phone recording or audio file. Praxnote transcribes locally before drafting; raw audio never leaves your encrypted store.
Telehealth recording
For practices using a supported telehealth integration, Praxnote drafts directly from the post-session recording, with consent on the chart.
Plan divergence
Praxnote checks the draft against the active treatment plan and surfaces deviations inline. You decide whether each is intentional clinical movement or worth flagging.
Versioning & signature
Every signed note is locked. Every prior version is kept.
Praxnote keeps multi-version history. Edit freely before signing, every change rolls into the working version. When you sign, that version becomes immutable, and the signature event is recorded in the activity log.
- Mental status exam blocks (MSE) available on every session note format
- Risk assessment fields surface inline when needed, hide when not
- Multi-version history preserved, supervisors can see what was edited and when
- Signature locks the version; audit log records the actor and timestamp
- Late-cancel, no-show, and therapist-cancelled status icons render directly on the calendar
See a draft on your transcript
Bring a recent session. We'll draft it in your format.
Most demos draft a real (or sanitized) transcript live. You'll see the SOAP, DAP, or BIRP draft in your voice, and edit it together.