Psychiatry DAP Note Template

The DAP Note template is built for therapy sessions where the subjective and the objective blur together. It combines presentation, reported content, observed behavior, and mental status into a single Data section, then moves into an assessment that records clinical interpretation, progress toward each treatment plan goal, and current risk.

It is designed to avoid the most common reason a therapy note gets denied: a Data section that reads like a session transcript with no clinical interpretation. The template prompts you to name the evidence-based intervention you chose, whether that is CBT, DBT skills, motivational interviewing, or exposure, and to record how the client responded to it. Optimized for use with Sully.ai's AI medical scribe, it helps streamline note-taking and improve clinical efficiency.