Does your T write notes during sessions?

My T does not take notes during my sessions. I have been wondering lately if she makes notes later or after I leave. She remembers everything. Some things that even I have forgotten.

He does, but we don't pause for him to do so, he's usually looking at me while he's writing, and so I don't find it distracting.


In fact I find it quite comforting and validating that he's paying attention to pertinent information.

My t used to take a lot of notes during my session, which I was always curious about but never asked her to see them (I always had the opportunity to look at what she was writing). She used to tell me I would "eyeball" her when she was writing lol.

She rarely writes now and that's because of how she sets up her schedule--20 minutes between clients. She will only write something down while I'm there if it's really important, like, its usually something she and I both write down. Since I am at a point in my therapy where I'm working on telling my story and most sessions I'm working through the same event as the time before, she takes mental notes of how I'm reacting to talking about the stuff that happened/if I ask her for help or even recognize that I need to be grounded. I'm sure she writes even more than that, but I don't have the desire to know what it is.

My t never takes notes but seems to remember everything. I wish my memory was that good.

Mine never does yet she remembers most things very accurately. And she has a lot of clients. She is booked solid

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Mine take notes, and I don't have a problem with that. Sometimes it is useful to have them when we want to refer back to some event or process

Never during individual sessions, but she did a few times during family therapy. Her memory is amazing. I know she writes most of her notes at the end of the day. I've seen the notes she writes to stay within her license guidelines. They are very benign, but I believe she writes notes to herself for her eyes only. We had thousands of emails going back and forth during therapy, and she said she does not see emails as part of the official record. I was concerned that if she ever had a state license check (my state board has a vindictive director on a witch hunt), and she promised that my emails would not be seen by them.

My former Ts did but not this one.

mine has never taken notes and her memory stinks (just saying ) but its all good because mine stinks also

One of mine did, she noticed I was eyeballing her and the notebook curiously so she tilted it towards me and let me look. It was mostly bullet points about ideas for my anxiety, what I was struggling with, and so on. It wasn't organized at all, just scrawled things in any corner available it looked like.
She had really pretty handwriting.

T writes notes in session, sometimes quite a few. I notice, but it doesn't bother me. Actually it seems attentive and professional; I'd be sort of concerned if he didn't write notes. I have a terrible time staying focused unless I write notes, myself.

I do sometimes wonder why some things get written down and others don't. A normal person would ask, but I've taken to making the occasional oddball remark just to see if it gets noted.

My T has a note pad in her office next to her chair. She used it during our first and I think maybe our 2nd session. I think she also doesn't take notes because I asked her not too during session.

yes. always.
when he doesnt...i wonder if he is not interested. its odd not to see him scribble or doodle..or whatever he does.

No. I actually asked about her notes recently, because I knew she had a file and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with my stuff being written down, so she read me my last session notes. It was like 4 sentences, super basic, just enough for her to help keep track of what is going on but not enough that anyone could ever stumble upon it and make anything of it (obviously it's under lock and key, but I found that reassuring)

Mine took notes only in my very first session. I asked once if he keeps notes about patients in general, and he said sometimes. I think it would bother me if he wrote notes during sessions all the time, it would make the experience more impersonal for me.

My T has a sheet she fills out as she is checking in with me about my mood. On occasion she will write down something I say but not usually. She signs the sheet and when I leave she puts the chart away.

My psychiatrist makes notes on a legal pad. What he does with those notes I haven't a clue.

Both remember the details of my life, the names of my family, and the stressors I am under. Amazing.