Meet AI Session Assistant by TheraNest

Too much client time is lost to notes. AI Session Assistant helps therapists stay present and finish high‑quality session notes in minutes, directly from telehealth sessions. Designed for mental health professionals, it keeps notes accurate, secure, and in your voice.

Why AI Session Assistant is different

Finish your documentation in minutes

Spend less time documenting and more time connecting with your clients. With AI Session Assistant, your session summaries are ready just moments after a telehealth session ends, saving you 5-10 hours a week. Because ending work on time shouldn’t be a luxury.

Clinician-led design

Unlike generic AI tools, AI Session Assistant is designed specifically for mental health therapists. It goes beyond simple transcripts to capture the important clinical details, themes, and progress unique to therapy. Your expertise can’t be replaced, so everything is fully editable, and your notes accurately reflect your judgment, voice, and style.

Privacy built for therapy

Your clients’ privacy always comes first. AI session Protected Health Information (PHI) data is used only to support your documentation, never sold, and never used to train AI models. AI Session Assistant is built with strict security and ethical guardrails to meet the highest standards for mental health care, so you can use it with confidence and stay aligned with your professional responsibilities.

Experience the difference

Session summaries in minutes
Case summaries at a glance
End the day on time
Session summaries in minutes

Automatically turn telehealth session recordings into clear, clinically structured SOAP-formatted session summaries. AI Session Assistant captures key client statements, symptoms, and interventions, so you start with a strong draft in moments. 

Case summaries at a glance

Easily review client histories with clear, organized summaries before every session. Unlike other AI tools, AI Session Assistant gives you the full picture by summarizing all past casesnot just the latest one. It saves you from endless tab-switching by highlighting nuanced patterns and trends that transcription-based or consumer-grade AI tools miss.

End the day on time

No more late nights or weekends catching up on notes. With AI Session Assistant, you can reduce your stresswalk into every session with confidence, and finally get your evenings back. 

Why therapists love AI Session Assistant

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
“I get to focus fully on my clients without distracting them by typing away.”
Clinical Director
“The summaries are very accurate and strong. They often line up with what I hear in session, and most of the time I only need to make small edits.”
Clinician, Small group practice owner. Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
“I like the completeness and clinical accuracy of the AI draft notes.”
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCHMC
“I’ve been really impressed with it. I’ve felt it was very thorough.”
Practice Owner, LCHMC
“Saved me an enormous amount of time not having to use my brain power and energy to put it all together.”

Getting started with AI Session Assistant

What is AI Session Assistant?
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AI Session Assistant is an AI documentation tool built into TheraNest by Ensora Health that automatically generates editable SOAP notes drafts from recorded telehealth sessions.

It’s built for mental health documentation. It focuses on clinical themes like symptoms, interventions, and progress. It does not produce a raw transcript as the final output.

Therapists report saving 5 to 10 hours per week on documentation after adopting AI Session Assistant.

Who is AI Session Assistant for?
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AI Session Assistant is for mental health clinicians who conduct telehealth sessions in TheraNest and want to stay more present with their clients.

Many clinicians use it because it allows them to focus on the conversation instead of worrying about typing or remembering every detail for later.

After a recorded telehealth session ends, AI Session Assistant creates a session summary within minutes. You can then pull that summary into your progress note, review and edit it, and finalize it in your own voice, without starting from scratch or finishing notes late at night.

How It Works

How does AI Session Assistant work?
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AI Session Assistant turns a recorded telehealth session into a SOAP-formatted session summary in minutes.

How it works:
  1. The session is recorded with therapist and client consent.
  2. AI Session Assistant processes the audio and automatically creates a SOAP-formatted session summary that you can pull into your TheraNest templates.
  3. The clinician reviews, edits, and signs the note. AI does not finalize documentation.
Data handling:
  • Session recordings are deleted within 24 hours.
  • Transcripts are not stored.
How does AI Session Assistant save therapists time?
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AI Session Assistant saves time by drafting a SOAP note draft right after the session so you can review instead of starting from scratch.

Therapists using AI Session Assistant report saving 5 to 10 hours per week because they spend less time reconstructing session details later.

Does AI Session Assistant use my note templates?

AI Session Assistant works with templates that include the new AI field. It adds the session summary into that single field when you create your progress note. If your existing template does not include this field, you can add it or use the default template we provide.

What note formats does AI Session Assistant support?
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AI Session Assistant currently creates a SOAP‑formatted session summary in one combined field. The summary includes Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan sections. If your template uses separate fields for each part of SOAP, you can copy and paste the content into those fields as needed.

Do I have to use the AI-generated notes exactly as written?
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No. The AI output is a SOAP-formatted session summary that you can edit.

You are always responsible for the final note, and you can change any part before signing.

How does AI Session Assistant preserve my clinical voice?
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AI Session Assistant costs $35 per clinician, per month as an add‑on to your TheraNest subscription.

This includes access to all AI Session Assistant features, including AI Case Summaries and future AI tools. There are no per‑note fees, no session limits, and no hidden charges. For the latest pricing details, visit the pricing page.

Is AI Session Assistant available for Fusion by Ensora Health?
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Yes, AI Session Assistant features are currently available for both Fusion and TheraNest by Ensora Health.

Privacy, Security, and Compliance

Is AI Session Assistant HIPAA compliant?
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Yes. AI Session Assistant is both HIPAA compliant and SOC 2 certified.

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, governed by strict access controls, and processed under a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA). Because it’s built into TheraNest, you do not need to export data to a separate platform.

Does AI Session Assistant record therapy sessions?
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Yes, AI Session Assistant requires the telehealth session to be recorded in order to generate the SOAP session summary. Recording requires consent from both the clinician and the client. Recordings are deleted within 24 hours, and transcripts are not stored.

Will my client data be used to train AI models?
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No. Ensora Health never uses client Protected Health Information (PHI) to train AI models. Your data and your clients’ data are never sold, shared with third parties for commercial purposes, or used for algorithm development. This is a fixed policy, not an opt‑out setting.

Do I need client consent to use AI Session Assistant?
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Yes. Both the therapist and the client need to give consent the first time a telehealth session is recorded for AI Session Assistant. Consent is only required once, and TheraNest can store it in the client’s chart so they are not asked at every session. Once consent is stored, you can record future sessions without additional prompts.

If a client declines recording, you can document manually and still use other AI Session Assistant features like AI Case Summaries.

How does AI Session Assistant compare to third-party AI scribes on data privacy?
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AI Session Assistant is built into TheraNest, so session data stays within your EHR ecosystem

You don’t need to upload audio to a separate platform or manage a separate vendor workflow. Recordings are deleted within 24 hours, transcripts are not stored, and PHI is not used for AI training.

Choosing an AI Documentation Tool

What is the best AI note-taking tool for therapists?
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The best AI note‑taking tool for therapists is HIPAA compliant, designed for mental health documentation, and integrated into the system you already use.

AI Session Assistant creates a SOAP‑formatted session summary from your recorded TheraNest telehealth sessions. The summary is automatically generated and can be pulled into your progress note using a TheraNest template that includes the AI field. The system was trained and clinician‑reviewed to reflect real‑world documentation needs, and therapists report saving 5 to 10 hours a week on notes.

How is AI Session Assistant different from standalone AI scribe tools?
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Most standalone AI scribes for therapists operate outside your EHR, which means you record a session in one tool, generate a note in another, and then copy-paste the result into your EHR.

AI Session Assistant is built directly into TheraNest. It generates a SOAP note draft which you can then pull into your note templates, ready for review and signing. This reduces workflow steps and lowers the risk of moving sensitive data between systems.

Can AI write SOAP notes for therapists?
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Yes. AI Session Assistant automatically generates SOAP-session summaries from recorded telehealth sessions conducted within TheraNest by Ensora Health.

It captures SOAP elements, including subjective reports, objective observations, assessment themes, and plan items. The clinician then adds the AI session summary into their note templates, reviews and edits the draft before signing.

Is AI documentation safe for therapy practices?
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AI-assisted clinical documentation is safe when the tool is HIPAA compliant, operates under a Business Associate Agreement (BAA), does not use PHI for AI training, and keeps the therapist in control of the final note.

AI Session Assistant meets all of these requirements. It is HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant, deletes recordings within 24 hours, never stores transcripts, and treats every generated note as a draft that requires therapist review and approval. The therapist’s clinical judgment is always the final authority.

Working With AI Session Assistant

Is AI Session Assistant only for telehealth sessions?
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Right now, AI Session Assistant works with recorded telehealth sessions conducted in TheraNest.

An in‑office AI scribe for in‑person sessions is planned for later this year. AI Case Summaries works for clients regardless of session type because it uses signed documentation already in the chart.

What if my client does not want to be recorded?
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If a client declines session recording, you can still document the session manually in TheraNest. AI Notes Enhancement can help improve notes you write yourself, and AI Case Summaries can generate structured overviews from existing signed documentation without using session recordings.

What is an AI Case Summary?
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AI Case Summaries is an AI Session Assistant feature that creates a structured overview of a client’s clinical history and progress using signed notes, treatment plans, and signed assessment already in TheraNest.

It can help with session prep, supervision, consultations, and clinician handoffs. It works for all clients, including in‑person and telehealth.

How do I get started with AI Session Assistant?
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To start using AI Session Assistant, enable A Session Assistant in TheraNest and complete consent setup.

Here’s all you need to do:

Enable AI Session Assistant in your TheraNest account settings.

Record your own consent to use session recording in your clinician profile.

Confirm the client consent to record their telehealth session. Consent only needs to be given once if you store it in their chart.

Start the telehealth session and record it as usual.

After the recorded session ends, AI Session Assistant automatically creates the SOAP session summary content for you. When you create your progress note using a template that includes the AI field, the summary appears in that field for you to review and edit. The system creates the content, but you still create the note itself.