What Is Your Therapist Actually Writing Down During Your Session? It’s not about how damaged she thinks you are.

While taking notes during a session may have some practical value to therapists, they don't always do it. A therapist's note-taking during a session could be seen as distracting to the patient.

A psychologist takes notes on a clipboard in a therapy session for children. (iStock/Getty Images Plus) Two Democrats ...

Keeping a therapy journal is not for everyone, but for me it is essential. At its leanest, my therapy journal has a response to the question above, notes taken during the session, and tasks and ...

Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions ...

What would Joan think? Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful ...

Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions converted into a book ...

Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions ...