Marissa Moore, LPC, LCPC, Author at Blog For Therapist

F43.23: 2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code for Adjustment Disorder

ICD 10 codes help bill for medical or mental health diagnoses. Mental health professionals must diagnose and code properly to receive appropriate service reimbursement. Diagnosis codes also help guide a…

Diagnosing

Stories

Improving Note-Taking for Neurodivergent Mental Health Professionals

Note-taking can be a tedious process for many mental health professionals. It can be time-consuming and knowing what information goes into your notes to protect against insurance audits and prove…

Stories

Stories Tools

ADHD and Progress Notes: Strategies and Tools for Therapists

Imagine you've had a long day, and your practice is full. You have a day's worth of progress notes to write but do not know where to start. Maybe you're…

Stories, Tools

Notes

15 BEST Mental health Progress Note Templates & Examples

Writing progress notes may be a dreaded part of your day if you're a mental health professional. You may wonder what a progress note should look like or what template…

Notes

What are DAP Notes & How to Write them?

How to Write DAP Notes There are a variety of methods therapists can use to write progress notes. With various ways to document client sessions, mental health professionals may have…

Notes

Therapy Techniques

Therapeutic Alliance: A Complete Guide

Mental health clinicians use various therapeutic modalities to help treat their clients. Some therapists are rigid in their practice, and others are more laid-back. Many times, mental health professionals gravitate…

Therapy Techniques

Billing & Insurance

90853 CPT Code: Complete Description (+Reimbursement Details 2024)

CPT codes are numbers used to reimburse specific mental health services. CPT codes are essential for billing, ensuring the accuracy of services reported, and receiving reimbursement from third-party payors. Billing…

Billing & Insurance

Legal & Compliance

Can Psychotherapy Notes be Subpoenaed?

Receiving a subpoena is not something many mental health clinicians like to deal with. You may feel overwhelmed and scared if you’ve received a subpoena to release information about a…

Legal & Compliance

Legal & Compliance Private Practice

Private Practice Counseling Policies and Procedures

If you're a mental health professional who owns a private practice, in your initial paperwork, you will need to have clear policies and procedures for your practice. Setting up a…

Legal & Compliance, Private Practice

Diagnosing

DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has a long history of revisions and is essential to a mental health professional’s work. If you're a mental health provider,…

Diagnosing