AI scribes can give you back the hours you lose to documentation, but adopting one raises real questions, and often the hesitation isn't yours. It's how your client will react, especially in mental health, where being recorded can feel anything but safe.
This 30-minute session gives you what you need to move forward with confidence. You'll learn how to evaluate any AI scribe like a clinician, what to ask about PHI, data retention, and audio so you know your clients are protected, and how to separate real privacy risks from the "AI is always listening" myth. Most importantly, you'll leave with honest, ready-to-use language for talking to clients about AI-assisted notes, so consent builds trust instead of eroding it.
Join us to walk away with a practical checklist for choosing a trustworthy AI scribe and the words to have the client conversation with ease.
Agenda
The presence problem: Why therapeutic presence is the active ingredient in good outcomes, and how divided attention undermines it. What the research and our own clinician interviews reveal about split attention during sessions.
The hidden cost of documentation: The three places documentation steals from the work: in-session attention, between-session mental load, and after-hours burnout. Where the real cost lands, and why it compounds across a full caseload.
What clinicians are doing about it: A candid look at the tradeoffs therapists make today, from scribbling during sessions to memory-based notes to staying late. The strengths and limits of each, and where AI documentation now fits, shown inside a real EHR workflow.
Reclaiming presence in your own practice: Practical, immediately usable approaches to protect attention during sessions and reduce documentation load, whatever tools you use.