Therapy Practice Guides — Page 13

Calm therapy office desk with folder tabs, closed notebook, brass paperweight, and soft lamp light for insurance billing workflow planning
insurance billing practice operations

Insurance Billing for Therapists: Practice Workflow

Insurance billing for therapists maps eligibility, authorizations, claims, clearinghouse, remittance, denials, and client communication.

Marcus Reilly
Open wooden card catalog with cream state-reference cards, lavender tabs, and a navy compliance binder
mandatory reporting compliance

Mandatory Reporting Laws by State for Therapists

Mandatory reporting laws by state for therapists: child abuse, vulnerable-adult, and imminent-risk duties with primary-source links and a dated matrix.

Dr. Sofia Reyes
Cream, lavender, and navy archival record cases with blank brass date-tab holders linked by a purple archive ribbon
record retention compliance

How Long to Keep Therapy Records by State (Adult vs Minor)

Therapy records retention by state: learn how long to keep adult and minor client charts, license-specific rules, federal overlays, and closure guidance.

Dr. Sofia Reyes
Navy compliance binder, blank contract pages, purple pen, brass key, and locked document box in a calm therapy office
HIPAA BAA

Business Associate Agreement for Therapists: BAA Review

Business associate agreement for therapists: check parties, permitted uses, safeguards, subcontractors, incident notice, and data return before PHI moves.

Dr. Sofia Reyes
Six blank access badges, a closed navy lockbox, and one brass key representing controlled group-practice access
HIPAA group practice

HIPAA for Group Practices: Roles, Access, and Incident Ownership

HIPAA for group practices built around role inventory, minimum-necessary access, joiner-mover-leaver controls, and a clear incident-ownership matrix.

Dr. Sofia Reyes
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cbt-treatment-plan-for-depression cbt

CBT Treatment Plan for Depression: Template and Example

Build a CBT treatment plan for depression with formulation-to-objective mapping, activation-first pacing, PHQ-9 review points, and a printable worked plan.

Dr. Hannah Lin
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cbt anxiety

CBT Treatment Plan for Anxiety: Formulation to 12-Session Arc

Build a CBT treatment plan for anxiety from the maintaining cycle, with SMART objectives, session pacing, stop rules, and a printable plan card.

Dr. Hannah Lin
Family therapy billing workflow with 90847 patient-present, 90846 without patient, 90853 group boundary, and a pre-claim checklist
family-therapy-billing-guide 90847

Family Therapy Billing Guide: 90846, 90847 and 90853

Use this family therapy billing guide to choose 90846, 90847 or 90853, verify payer rules, check same-day claims, and prevent documentation denials.

Dr. Sofia Reyes
Three timed psychotherapy CPT bands for 90832, 90834, and 90837 next to a decision card
psychotherapy-cpt-time-rules psychotherapy billing

Psychotherapy CPT Time Rules for 90832, 90834, and 90837

Psychotherapy CPT time rules for 90832, 90834, and 90837: face-to-face bands, worked clocks, under/over-coding traps, and a printable decision card.

Dr. Sofia Reyes
Empty armchair and closed notebook on a low table in a calm therapy room
adolescent-therapy-techniques teen-therapy

Adolescent Therapy Techniques: Stage-to-Session Guide

Choose adolescent therapy techniques by developmental stage, alliance, safety, and caregiver context, with worked examples and a printable selector.

Dr. Elena Vasquez
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couples-therapy eft

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Techniques

Use emotionally focused couples therapy techniques to map negative cycles, stage interventions, document response, and choose one reviewable next move.

Dr. Elena Vasquez
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play-therapy documentation

Play Therapy Documentation Template for Therapists

Use a play therapy documentation template to record observable play, interventions, child response, caregiver updates, risk, and the next-session plan.

Dr. Elena Vasquez

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