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Therapy notebook
One place for everything you want to bring to the person who follows you: unsent messages, reflections, session preparation and debrief.
What it's for
Between sessions things happen, thoughts come up, and sometimes you want to write to your therapist right away. The notebook collects everything by date and time, so nothing gets lost and you can bring it to the session.
- Unsent messages. Write here what you'd like to send. Claude saves it exactly as it is and never sends it. If you like, rate how strong the urge to send it is, from 0 to 10.
- Reflections to bring to the session, in your own words.
- Let's prepare the session and let's take stock, before and after each session.
- Fixed or variable sessions. If you like, preparation and debrief arrive on their own as scheduled tasks. With variable sessions they're scheduled one session at a time, and at the end of the debrief Claude asks when the next one is.
Every command, with a demo
Open a command to see its demo. Every demo ends with the command that updates the tool's files.
turn on notebookthe first time
turn on notebook · Simulation with made-up data. Claude's real answers differ every time.
turn on notebook
What would you like to call the person who follows you, in the notebook? And how often are your sessions: every week, every two weeks, or does it change each time?
Dr R. It changes each time: the next one is Thursday the 20th at 5 pm.
Do you have any agreements about contact between sessions?
We don't write to each other between sessions
I've created the notebook and written the agreement at the top. Would you like preparation and debrief to arrive on their own? For Thursday the 20th I suggest preparation at 10 am and debrief at 8 pm.
Yes
Scheduled, for Thursday the 20th only: at the end of the debrief I'll ask you when the following session is.
⚠️ At the end of a chat: entries made with “notebook:” and “reflection:” are saved right away; preparation and debrief are saved at the end.
notebook:a message that isn't sent
notebook: · Simulation with made-up data. Claude's real answers differ every time.
notebook: I wanted to tell you that today I managed to go out on my own. But I'm scared of going backwards.
Saved in your notebook at 18:42. It was not sent.
Would you like to note how strong the urge to send it is right now? From 0 to 10.
6
reflection:a thought to bring to the session
reflection: · Simulation with made-up data. Claude's real answers differ every time.
reflection: I notice that when I'm tired I'm short with my daughter
Saved in your notebook, in your words, to bring to the session.
let's prepare the sessionone or two topics and the first sentence to say
let's prepare the session · Simulation with made-up data. Claude's real answers differ every time.
Good morning. Today at 5 pm you have your session with Dr R. Since the last session your notebook has one message and two reflections. If we pick one or two, which feels most important?
The one about going out on my own
How would you like to start talking about it? Try writing the first sentence you'd say, in your own words.
“I did something I hadn't done in three years.”
I'll prepare a reminder to keep on your phone. And after the session, if a strong emotion comes up, what would help?
A walk with the dog
I've added it to the reminder.
let's take stockafter the session, in your own words
let's take stock · Simulation with made-up data. Claude's real answers differ every time.
How did the session go? What did you talk about?
About being scared of going backwards. She says steps back are part of the journey.
What do you take home, in your own words?
That one bad day doesn't erase the progress
I've saved it like that. Last question: when is the next session?
Wednesday the 26th at 4 pm
I've scheduled preparation on Wednesday the 26th at 9 am and debrief at 7 pm.
Something useful for your record came up in the debrief: shall I update it?
update record
Done: I've added to your record that going out on your own is possible again [R, 20/11].
next session:when a session changes
next session: · Simulation with made-up data. Claude's real answers differ every time.
next session: Wednesday's session has moved to Friday
Friday 28 November: at what time?
At 11
Friday 28 November at 11 am, right? I'll move preparation to 8 am and debrief to 2 pm.
Right
show notebookthe notebook in the chat
show notebook · Simulation with made-up data. Claude's real answers differ every time.
show notebook
Here's your notebook. If you use tags, you can see just the entries on one topic, for example with “search #family”.
What gets saved
- therapy-notebook.md: one list, by date and time. Every entry has a tag: #message, #reflections, #to-say-in-session, #after-session.
- At the top, your agreements with your therapist, for example “we don't contact each other between sessions”.
- In your record (section 0): session frequency, next session and scheduled tasks.
At the end of a chat: entries made with “notebook:” and “reflection:” are saved right away. Preparation and debrief are saved at the end: if you need to close before, ask Claude to save what you've done.