Looking Back at the Impact the SimplePractice Community Made in 2023

To the SimplePractice community, first of all, thank you. 

Mental health care is immensely needed now more than ever. The number of people experiencing anxiety and depression has risen since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, leading to an increase in demand for mental health care.

The work you do is not only important, but necessary—and at SimplePractice, we’re here to help you do that work with ease.

Throughout the year, we launched new product features, published hundreds of articles on topics you wrote, and enabled millions of therapy sessions to take place.

Let’s take a look back at what we accomplished together in 2023.

SimplePractice community impact in numbers

In 2023, our community of mental health providers led to: 

• 5.2 billion minutes of therapy
• 95 million therapy sessions attended
• 36 million sessions covered by insurance
• 9.6 million clients helped

According to the Mental Health America (MHA) 2023 State of Mental Health in America report, 21% of adults experienced a mental illness—roughly 50 million Americans. 

Behind these numbers are real lives. Your impact on the mental and physical wellbeing of your clients makes a significant difference in improving access to quality care on a national level.

SimplePractice now serves more than  200,000 practitioners—including mental health professionals, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and more—and we’re continuing to grow.

Most-read therapy and mental health articles on SimplePractice

We published over 175 articles  in 2023 on the SimplePractice Pollen blog and in our practitioner Resource center. The majority of SimplePractice articles are written by therapists sharing wisdom, learnings, and advice you can use in your practice. 

Here are the topics the SimplePractice community was most interested in during the past year.

Top 15 Pollen blog articles

The SimplePractice Pollen blog contains hundreds of articles sharing knowledge and inspiration to help therapists and private practitioners at all stages of their careers—from pre-licensure to  naming and launching your private practice to growing your business by launching a therapy website, and even starting a group practice.

From important ethical concerns to practical tips for your business, these were the topics that resonated the most with our practitioners in 2023:

1. Tax Deductions for Therapists and Private Practitioners
2. Most Frequently Used Mental Health ICD-10 Codes
3. The Key to HIPAA-Compliant Email for Therapists
4. Recognizing Undiagnosed Adult Autism in Your Clients 
5. How Should a Therapist Respond When a Client Says ‘I Love You’?
6. The Ethics of ChatGPT and AI in Mental Health
7. How to Write a Professional Therapist Bio (With Examples) 
8. What’s the Difference Between a Therapist and Life Coach, Psychologist, and Psychiatrist? 
9. Why a No-Show and Cancellation Policy Is Essential for Therapists
10. When Does a Therapist Have to Break Confidentiality?
11. The 8 Insights My Therapy Memes Page Taught Me About Our Field 
12. How to Increase Rates for Clients in Private Practice
13. Can a Therapist Do Telehealth Across State Lines?
14. Payment Methods for Therapy Besides Health Insurance
15. How to Write a Voicemail Script for Any Private Practice

If you’re interested in writing for Pollen, send us an email at editorial@simplepractice.com. 

Top 15 practitioner Resource articles

Our practitioner Resource center has over one-hundred eBooks, guides, worksheets, and templates to help your practice grow. You can also download free letter templates and a wide variety of worksheet PDFs to save and customize for your practice’s needs. 

From SOAP, DAP, and BIRP note templates to cognitive behavioral therapy and self-esteem worksheets, here are the topics you found most helpful in 2023:

1. How to Write Therapy Progress Notes (With Examples)
2. How to Write a SOAP Note (With Examples)
3. How to Write DAP Notes (With Examples)
4. SOAP Note Examples
5. How to Build Self-Esteem: 5 Free Self-Esteem Worksheets
6. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Worksheets 
7. How to Write BIRP Notes (With Examples)
8. How to Start a Private Practice on the Side 
9. Mental Health ICD-10 Codes Cheat Sheet 
10. Occupational Therapy Goals and Examples 
11. Terminating a Client Letter Template
12. Demystifying Commonly Used CPT® Codes for Mental Health
13. How to Write SOAP Notes for OTs (with Examples)
14. Common Speech Therapy Assessment and Evaluation Tools
15. Self-Care Worksheets: 3 Tools to Help Your Clients 

New SimplePractice product features launched in 2023

Through feedback and insights from our community, we also launched several new features in 2023 to support our practitioners’ needs.

Group practice features

To better support group practices, SimplePractice launched new features for our group practice EHR software—including measurement-based care, client waitlist, and advanced calendar filters.

Whether you’re growing your practice or starting out with a new group practice, these features can help boost efficiency, save you time on administrative tasks, and allow you to deliver better care.

Measurement-based care

Measurement-based care tools, such as the PHQ-9 or GAD-7, can help you easily track client progress toward treatment goals. Now integrated into your electronic health record, you can send the measures to clients, see their responses, and visualize their progress over time, allowing you to make more informed decisions about their care.

Two-step verification

Protecting client data is essential—which is why we launched two-step verification to keep your account secure.

Adding an extra layer of security to your account is an important step that only takes a few seconds and can help prevent major data breaches.

In 2024 and beyond, let’s continue to make a positive impact together. In addition to caring for your clients and patients, practice self-care, connect with fellow therapists for mentorship, and take steps to protect yourself from burnout. 

At SimplePractice, we’re committed to supporting health and wellness professionals every step of the way—in an all-in-one solution to streamline your workflow and provide better care to your clients.

How SimplePractice streamlines running your practice

SimplePractice is HIPAA-compliant practice management software with everything you need to run your practice built into the platform—from booking and scheduling to insurance and client billing.

If you’ve been considering switching to an EHR system, SimplePractice empowers you to streamline appointment bookings, reminders, and rescheduling and simplify the billing and coding process—so you get more time for the things that matter most to you.

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