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Originally Posted by Perna
Here's what therapy notes are and how therapy notes work: Psychotherapy Notes and HIPAA | Psych Central - Part 11
The therapist can take notes for themselves, like you would writing about therapy in a journal for yourself and they don't have to shows those to you. If you are self-pay and no insurance notes/diagnoses, etc. are kept/needed then you might not get anything if you ask a T for their "notes". Formal medical notes in a hospital or treatment group situation, etc. may/may not be very "accurate" to our own point of view; most of them are for the insurance company's benefit so they will pay. |
Thanks...but where does it say they don't have to show session notes to you? I see where it says that they don't have to show them to anyone else, so I'm missing the key point somewhere in the article. (Some days I just can't read.)
No. 1 has in her contract that you can request to see her notes at any time and you will get them. No. 2 in hers says that "in general" clients can request them; the request can be denied, but that denial can also be appealed.