Group Therapy Notes
Group Therapy Notes
Client: *
Date: *
Group name:
Name of the group attending the group therapy session
Meeting #:
Meeting or session number
Start time:
Session's start time
End time:
Session's end time
Client assessment
Participation level:
Indicate degree to which the client engages with the group activities or discussions, based on observable
behaviors or responses
Active/eager
Variable
Only responsive
Minimal
Withdrawn
None
Participation quality:
Specify manner in which the client engages with the group, reflecting their behavior, contributions, and interaction
style during the session
Expected
Supportive
Sharing
Attentive
Intrusive
Monopolizing
Resistant
Affect:
Indicate the outward expression of the client's emotional state, as observed through their facial expressions, tone
of voice, and body language during the session
Normal
Intense
Blunted
Inappropriate
Labile
Other
Mental status:
Specify the outward expression of the client's emotional state, as observed through their facial expressions, tone
of voice, and body language during the session
Normal
Lack awareness
Memory problems
Disoriented
Confused
Disordanized
Vigilant
Delusions
Hallucinations
Other
Suicide/Violence risk:
Provide the likelihood of the client exhibiting self-harming or violent behaviors, assessed through observable
actions, statements, or inferred intentions during the session
Almost none
Ideation
Threat
Rehearsal
Gesture
Attempt
Change in stressors:
Specify Any alteration in the type, intensity, or frequency of stress-inducing factors affecting the client, as
explicitly stated or reasonably inferred
Less severe/fewer
Different stressors
More/more severe
Chronic
No change
Improved
Less able
Change in symptoms:
Provide any observable or reported shift in the severity or presence of the client's symptoms
Same
Less severe
Resolved
More severe
Much worse
Other observations/evaluations:
Write other relevant details or assessments about the client that go beyond the standard categories
1. In-session procedures:
Add specific therapeutic techniques, interventions, or activities performed during the session
2. In-session procedures:
Add specific therapeutic techniques, interventions, or activities performed during the session
3. In-session procedures:
Add specific therapeutic techniques, interventions, or activities performed during the session
Homework:
Indicatespecific tasks or activities given to the client to complete between sessions
1.
2.
3.
Other comments:
Write an noteworthy insights, reflections, or observations made during the session