Practice Pad 1.3.0: More flexibility for your clinical documentation
Handwriting conversion improvements, local treatment planning and PDF sharing in Secure, clearer template browsing, and important fixes in the latest release.
Google Forms for HIPAA-Aware Client Intake in a Therapy Practice
How to build a HIPAA-aware client intake form in Google Forms — the consent question, routing responses to a private Drive folder, and the intake-to-chart gap a Form alone can't close.
Signing the Google BAA and Hardening Your Workspace for Therapy
Signing a Google Workspace BAA is step one, not the finish line. A therapist's guide to the BAA, enforcing 2-step verification, Google Vault retention, and access controls — because compliance is behavior, not a checkbox.
Documentation Obligations for Cash-Pay Private Practice: Consent, NPP, and the Good Faith Estimate
A plain-English overview of what a cash-pay therapy practice must create, deliver, and retain — informed consent, the Notice of Privacy Practices (acknowledged, not signed), and the Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Stop Retyping Your Therapy Notes: Handwriting Straight to Google Drive
Handwriting your session notes and then retyping them is a hidden tax on every clinical week. Here's the real cost of the double-work — and how to get handwritten notes into your own Google Drive without typing them twice.
How to Structure Your Google Drive as a Therapy Client Filing System
A clean, HIPAA-aware Google Drive filing system for therapists — folder hierarchy, naming conventions, and retention. Plus the honest part nobody covers: how the note actually lands in the folder without dragging files.
Keep Your EHR's Calendar, Ditch the Retyping (SimplePractice, Jane, TherapyNotes)
Love your EHR's scheduling but hate typing notes into it? Sync your SimplePractice, Jane, or TherapyNotes calendar into Practice Pad, handwrite the note, and paste or export it back — no switching platforms.
I Use an AI Note-Taker in My Therapy Practice. Here's Why I'm Building Something Different.
I use SimplePractice's AI note-taking feature in my own practice. Here's why the efficiency is real — and why I built Practice Pad as a different kind of bridge for handwriting-native therapists.
The Template Library Is Here — and EMDR Therapists, This One's for You
Practice Pad's Community Template Library is live, starting with EMDR-specific documentation built around target, SUD/VOC, processing, installation, body scan, and closure.
Therapy Documentation Without an EHR: What Private-Pay Therapists Actually Need
Most private-pay therapists don't need a full EHR just to write session notes. An honest look at what you actually need — and what your real options are.
SimplePractice Alternative for Therapists on Google Workspace: An Honest Comparison
If you're already using Google Workspace, do you really need SimplePractice? An honest look at when you need a full EHR — and when you're paying for features you'll never touch.
Apple Pencil for Therapy Notes: Why Handwriting Still Works in a Digital Practice
Therapists are rediscovering handwriting — on iPad. Here's why Apple Pencil note-taking fits clinical work better than typing, and how to make it HIPAA-safe.
Can Therapists Use Google Drive for Session Notes? (A HIPAA-Honest Answer)
Can you legally store therapy session notes in Google Drive? Here's a clear, honest answer — and the specific step most therapists miss when setting it up.