AI scribe for Arizona counselors (LPC)
Facts checked on 17 October 2026.
MentalNote is an AI scribe for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) in Arizona: record the session in your browser, pick DAP, BIRP, GIRP, SOAP, Progress, Intake or Treatment Plan, and get a draft to review and sign, on a free plan or Premium at $99 a month, with a BAA on every plan. Licensed Associate Counselors (LACs) can use it with their clinical supervisor's usual review and sign-off.
Arizona counselors work in Phoenix and Tucson group practices, integrated care clinics and telehealth practices serving clients far from town. MentalNote records the session in your browser (with your client's consent) and drafts the note in the format your setting uses. You review it, edit it and paste it into your EHR.
5 free scribe sessions a month. No credit card. BAA on every plan.
The short answer
- Record the session in your browser, in the room or on a telehealth call in a browser tab, and get a draft note when the session ends.
- Pick the format you chart in: DAP, BIRP, GIRP, SOAP, PIRP, Progress, Intake / Biopsychosocial or Treatment Plan, or your own structure with custom instructions.
- It is told not to fill gaps. The app instructs the AI to write "Not documented in session" for anything the session did not cover, and not to add a denial, a diagnosis or a risk rating you did not state. Check every draft.
- Start free: 5 scribe sessions a month, no time limit, no credit card. Premium is $99 a month or $990 a year.
- MentalNote is HIPAA-compliant, with a BAA included on every plan, the free plan too. Many AI scribes offer only a time-limited trial.
Who it is for
Solo clinicians and small practices that want to sign up today, pay a published price and start without a sales call or an IT project. Premium is for solo clinicians. Practices can apply for the Practice Pilot.
Built for LPCs in Arizona
- LPCs and LACs: Arizona counselors are licensed by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners, which also licenses social workers, marriage and family therapists and substance abuse counselors. LACs can draft notes and follow their clinical supervisor's review.
- BIRP for skills-based work: show the behavior, the intervention you used and how the client responded.
- Telehealth: capture a video call from its browser tab plus your microphone. No bot joins the call.
- Intake to treatment plan: draft the biopsychosocial assessment from the first session and the treatment plan from the next.
- Your own structure: save one custom format, up to 500 characters, for an agency template.
Note formats you can generate
| Format | Sections | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| DAP | Data, Assessment, Plan | Fast, compact progress notes |
| BIRP | Behavior, Intervention, Response, Plan | Showing what you did and how the client responded |
| GIRP | Goals, Intervention, Response, Plan | Tying each session to treatment plan goals |
| SOAP | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan | Insurance-friendly notes and scores such as the PHQ-9 |
| PIRP | Problem, Intervention, Response, Plan | Problem-focused sessions |
| Progress note | Session overview, client report, interventions, response, risk and safety, plan | A fuller narrative note |
| Intake / Biopsychosocial | History, mental status observations, risk and safety, impressions, plan | First sessions and assessments |
Also available: SIRP, PIE and Treatment Plan, plus custom instructions for your own structure. Format guides for LPCs: BIRP notes for LPCs, DAP notes for LPCs, SOAP notes for LPCs, progress notes for LPCs, and the Arizona mental health documentation overview.
What a BIRP draft looks like
A human-written, shortened illustration based on a fictional session (no real client). It is not verbatim app output, and your drafts will vary with what is said.
Fictional example: Session 4, adjusting to life as a new parent (BIRP)
Behavior
Client reports feeling overwhelmed most afternoons with a 3-month-old and has not left the house alone in two weeks. Arrived on time by video. States: "I love her, I just don't recognize my days anymore."
Intervention
Validated the adjustment and normalized mixed feelings. Problem-solved one hour of protected time each week with the client's partner.
Response
Client chose Saturday mornings for a walk alone and planned how to ask her partner. Rated hopefulness 6/10, up from 4/10.
Plan
Continue weekly telehealth sessions. Homework: one solo walk and a short daily note of one good moment.
Risk content is not in this draft because it was not discussed in this fictional session. MentalNote is instructed never to write "denies SI" for a question you did not ask.
Documentation notes for Arizona counselors
Arizona LPCs and LACs document under the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners' rules, plus any AHCCCS, agency or payer rules where they work. The board does not require one note format, so pick the one your setting and payers expect and keep it consistent.
- Consent to record: Whatever Arizona's recording law allows, the ACA Code of Ethics expects counselors to get a client's permission before recording a session. MentalNote asks you to confirm consent before every recording.
- Supervision: LACs keep the review and sign-off process their supervisor sets. The AI draft does not change who is responsible for the note.
- Record keeping: Keep the reviewed note in your EHR and follow the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners's rules, and any payer or employer rules, on how long records are kept. MentalNote is a drafting tool, not your record system.
- Telehealth: record a video call that runs in a browser tab. No bot joins the call. Most boards look at where the client is located during the session, so check your license covers that state.
What it will not do
These are instructions the app gives the AI for every therapy note. They are meant to reduce errors, but they are not a guarantee. Review every line.
| What can go wrong | What MentalNote instructs the AI to do |
|---|---|
| A risk statement that was never asked ("denies SI") | Include risk and safety content only if it was explicitly discussed, and never write that the client denied something the session did not ask about. |
| A diagnosis the AI guessed | Give no diagnosis, diagnostic impression or code unless you stated it in the session. |
| An intervention you did not use | Use only what the session contains: no invented interventions, scores, dates or homework. |
| A gap filled with typical content | Write "Not documented in session" for anything the session did not cover. |
How it works
- Confirm you have your client's consent. The web app asks you to confirm it before every recording.
- Record in the browser, in the room or on a telehealth call in another tab.
- When the session ends, choose a format and get the draft, with the speaker-labeled transcript beside it.
- Review and edit every line, then copy or export it into your EHR.
Prefer Microsoft Word? The optional Word add-in drafts a therapy note from a short typed summary, with no recording.
What it costs
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0, no time limit | 5 web-app scribe sessions a month. No credit card. |
| Premium | $99 a month, or $990 a year ($82.50 a month) | Unlimited note generation, browser app and Word add-in. |
| Practice Pilot | Apply | A guided evaluation for practices. |
No sales call needed: sign up and choose a plan yourself. MentalNote is HIPAA-compliant, with a BAA included on every plan. You accept the BAA in the app before your first session.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free AI scribe for Arizona LPCs?
Yes. MentalNote's free plan includes 5 scribe sessions a month, with no time limit and no credit card. The BAA covers the free plan too. Premium is $99 a month or $990 a year.
Can LACs in Arizona use MentalNote?
Yes. Licensed Associate Counselors can draft notes and follow their clinical supervisor's usual review and sign-off.
Can I use it for telehealth sessions?
Yes. Record a video call that runs in a browser tab; MentalNote captures the tab audio and your microphone. No bot joins the call.
Does it meet Arizona board documentation rules?
MentalNote drafts the note; you make sure it meets the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners' rules and your payer's requirements before you sign it.
Is MentalNote HIPAA compliant?
MentalNote is HIPAA-compliant, with a BAA included on every plan. You accept it in the app before your first session.
Does it connect to my EHR?
Not directly. Copy or export the reviewed note into your EHR or practice management system.
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