Record Keeping – Resources from National Professional Associations
COUNSELORS – American Counseling Association
Permission to Refrain From Making a Diagnosis (Counseling Today Online, July 1, 2006)
Private Practice in Counseling: Maintaining Client Files (May 2005 Practice Update)
PSYCHOLOGISTS – American Psychological Association
A Matter of Law: Patient Record Keeping
Record Keeping Guidelines (2007)
Record Keeping Under the New Ethics Code (2005)
Are You Prepared for the Unexpected?
SOCIAL WORKERS – National Association of Social Workers
Social Work and Clinical Notes (2001)
Social Workers and Psychotherapy Notes (2006)
(To access the remaining documents, you must be a member of the NASW Private Practice Specialty Practice Section)
Documenting Patient Care in the Private Practice Setting (2002)
Psychotherapy Notes and Reimbursement Claims (2005)
Social Workers and Post-Disaster Record Keeping Questions (2006)
Social Workers and Record Retention Requirements (2005)
(Center for Ethical Practice, 2014)
