Therapy has always been about the human connection.
But behind every meaningful session is a mountain of admin: SOAP notes, treatment plans, compliance checklists. Let’s be real — no one got into this field to write notes at midnight for billing and insurance.
Yet that’s the reality for tons of therapists.
But what if your notes were done automatically — simply waiting for your approval?
Here’s what most AI note tools do
An AI therapy note generator takes what happened in session and turns it into a draft — cutting down the time spent on repetitive documentation without replacing your clinical judgment.
An AI note generator can:
- Summarize bullet points from a session
- Pre-fill SOAP or DAP note templates
- Generate drafts from short voice memos or session outlines
Who needs one?
Therapy is intense work. Running your own practice on top means you’re wearing a dozen hats.
Brass tacks: if you’re seeing 15+ clients a week, writing notes for each one becomes a grind — no matter how much you love the work.
Anyone bogged down by documentation and open to spending less time on admin can benefit. Especially:
- Private practice clinicians: Save hours each week by turning session content into clean, readable notes.
- Group practice owners: Support your team with tools that increase documentation consistency and reduce burnout.
- Insurance-based therapists: Stay compliant without falling behind.
- Cash-pay practitioners: Use the time saved for marketing, referrals, or just breathing room.
If you’ve ever dreaded end-of-day charting or put off notes for days — an AI therapy notes might be for you.
Are AI therapy note generators ethical?
It’s one thing to use AI to brainstorm a newsletter or plan your week. It’s another to involve it in clinical documentation.
Ethically, using AI in therapy note generation brings up important questions:
- Confidentiality: Where is client data stored? Is it encrypted? Who has access?
- Accuracy: Does the AI hallucinate? Could it fabricate or misrepresent information?
- Oversight: Who reviews and signs off on what the AI creates?
The American Psychological Association hasn’t issued universal guidelines yet, but therapists are expected to maintain full responsibility for any clinical documentation — AI-assisted or not.
That means you can use tools that support you, but the end result must still reflect your professional assessment, your words, and your understanding of the session.
This is where most tools fall short — and where we chose to go further.
Are they all the same?
They’re not. And that difference matters.
Most AI therapy note generators offer a surface-level solution. You enter a short prompt — something like “Client discussed anxiety around work and sleep issues” — and it spits out a pre-written note.
They’re often fast and affordable. But they’re also generic. You still need to rework the language, correct the tone, and ensure the nuance of your client’s experience comes through.
It’s documentation “support,” but it’s still very manual. And if you're building from scratch after every session, you’re not really saving time — you’re just outsourcing first drafts to a robot.
This leads to an obvious question: can AI do more than that?
At Moonlight, we thought so.
Your progress notes will be waiting for you
Here’s how it works:
- Transcription: With client consent, Moonlight transcribes the session using secure, HIPAA-compliant audio capture tools.
- Smart Drafting: The AI reads the full transcript and generates a draft — complete with session themes, interventions, and client responses. No more scrambling to remember details or disrupting the session just to take notes.
- You Review and Sign Off: You get a fully editable draft that reflects the real conversation. Just review, make any changes, and sign.
No typing from scratch. No losing the thread. Just a faster, more accurate path to clean, complete documentation — that still sounds like you.
We didn’t build this to check a box. We built it to solve real problems therapists deal with every day.
Because we’re not just layering AI onto your workflow. We’re rethinking what your workflow could be.
Why that matters (especially long-term)
Burnout in the mental health field is real. For many therapists, it’s not the client work that drains them — it’s everything else. Charting. Billing. Admin. Rinse. Repeat.
Moonlight was built to change that.
Our AI therapy note generator is one piece of a broader system: an EHR + CRM built specifically for therapy practices. Everything works together to:
- Reduce admin hours
- Increase client focus
- Improve compliance
- Support practice growth
In short: it gives you full control over your practice — without the burnout.
It’s meant to assist
If you’re building a practice with intention — one where your time, energy, and client care all align — this is the kind of tool that supports the way you work.
We’re not building shortcuts. We’re building software that respects the work therapists do every day.