SOAP note AI · Web app and Word add-in

AI SOAP Note Generator for Therapists

Record a therapy session with your client's consent and MentalNote drafts the SOAP note: Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan, written from what was said in the session. You check it against the transcript, edit it and copy it into your record.

The sample opens a fictional session with a prepared SOAP draft you can edit, copy or print. It doesn't record audio or run the live AI model. Compare plans on the pricing page.

Prefer Microsoft Word? Get the free Word add-in. Installs from Microsoft AppSource.

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Free: 5 web-app scribe sessions/month

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What it produces

A SOAP draft in four sections, with the transcript beside it

Each section is written from the recorded session. The transcript is labeled by speaker, so you can check any line of the draft before you sign.

Subjective

What the client told you: concerns, symptoms, events since the last session, and their own words where they matter.

Objective

What came up that can be observed or measured, such as a score you reviewed aloud. Add what you saw but didn't say.

Assessment

A summary of progress and the clinical picture from the session. Your clinical judgment decides what stays.

Plan

The next steps discussed in the session: interventions, homework, referrals and follow-up.

Watch it work

See a SOAP note drafted in the web app

This demo uses a synthetic session to show the recording-to-draft workflow: a speaker-separated transcript, clinician-reviewed edits, and copy or PDF export.

Worked example

SOAP note example: from session to draft

A fictional telehealth session and a SOAP note in the structure MentalNote drafts. Written for this page: the client, scores and every other detail are invented.

Transcript excerpt (fictional)

Speaker A is the clinician and Speaker B is the client.

Speaker A: How did the worry log go this week?

Speaker B: I filled it in five days out of seven. The deadline was on my mind most of the day, every day.

Speaker A: And sleep?

Speaker B: Most nights it took about an hour to fall asleep. I skipped lunch three times to keep working. I know it's not all urgent, but it feels urgent.

Speaker A: Your GAD-7 today is 13. At intake it was 16. Any thoughts of hurting yourself or anyone else?

Speaker B: No, nothing like that.

Speaker A: Let's practice worry postponement. When a work worry shows up, write it down and save it for a 15-minute worry window at 6 pm.

SOAP note (fictional client)

Adult client · Individual telehealth session, 50 minutes · Session 6 of CBT for generalized anxiety

S: Subjective

Client reports worry about a work deadline "most of the day, every day" this week.
Completed the worry log on 5 of 7 days.
Reports taking about an hour to fall asleep on most nights and skipping lunch on 3 workdays to keep working.
States: "I know it's not all urgent, but it feels urgent."
Denies thoughts of harming self or others.

O: Objective

Attended by video, on time, and engaged throughout.
Speech normal in rate and volume; affect anxious and congruent with content.
GAD-7 score 13, reviewed in session (16 at intake).
Practiced worry postponement in session and summarized the steps accurately.

A: Assessment

Anxiety symptoms are improving since intake (GAD-7 from 16 to 13, severe to moderate range) but remain clinically significant.
Worry and delayed sleep onset are concentrated around work deadlines.
Good engagement and homework completion support continuing the current CBT plan.
No thoughts of self-harm or harm to others reported; no change in risk from the last session.

P: Plan

Continue weekly 50-minute CBT sessions by telehealth.
Next session: cognitive restructuring of the belief that everything is urgent.
Homework: continue the worry log; use a daily 15-minute worry window at 6 pm; take a lunch break on workdays.
Re-administer the GAD-7 in four weeks.
Next appointment in one week.

The speech and affect observations under Objective are the kind of detail you add during review: a recording can't capture them unless someone says them aloud. For more complete examples, see the SOAP note examples for counseling.

How it works

How MentalNote writes a SOAP note in practice

The generator runs in the MentalNote web app at app.mentalnote.ai. MentalNote is HIPAA-compliant, with a BAA included on every plan.

Choose SOAP and confirm consent

Start a recording, keep SOAP as the note format (it's the default) and choose In the room or Telehealth call. Confirm you have your client's consent. The first time, you accept the Business Associate Agreement in the app.

Record, then generate

Run the session as usual. When it ends, stop the recording and generate the note. MentalNote transcribes the audio and drafts the four SOAP sections. Nothing is transcribed live during the session.

Check it against the transcript

The Transcript tab shows the conversation by speaker. Correct anything that's off and add what the recording couldn't capture, such as observations you didn't say aloud.

Refine with Edit with AI

Ask for changes in plain words, such as "Make it more concise" or "Expand the assessment". It only makes changes the transcript or your note supports, and you accept or discard each one.

Copy or print

Copy the whole note or one section, with formatting or as plain text, or print it and save a PDF. Then paste it into your record system.

Working in Microsoft Word?

The MentalNote Word add-in drafts a SOAP note from a session summary you type or paste. It's set up to keep to the details you give it and to mark missing information as not provided rather than guess.

Other ways to write a SOAP note

Generator, builder or template?

The AI SOAP note generator drafts from your session. If you'd rather write the note yourself, these free resources help.

Free SOAP note builder

Fill in a form and get a formatted note in your browser, with no account. It's for de-identified drafts. Writing about real clients? Use MentalNote. It's HIPAA-compliant, with a BAA included on every plan.

Open the SOAP note builder

SOAP note template

A blank SOAP template for Microsoft Word that you fill in by hand.

Get the SOAP note template

SOAP format guide

What belongs in each section, with 72 SOAP templates by diagnosis, setting and modality.

Read the SOAP notes guide

FAQ

AI SOAP note generator questions

What does an AI SOAP note generator do?

It drafts a SOAP note from a therapy session. In MentalNote, you record the session with your client's consent. After you stop, MentalNote transcribes the recording and writes the Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan sections from it. You review and edit the draft before it goes in the record.

Can I try it without signing up?

Yes. The sample session at app.mentalnote.ai/try opens a fictional encounter with a prepared SOAP draft that you can edit, copy or print, with no account. Because it uses prepared examples, it doesn't record audio or run the live AI model. To draft notes from your own sessions, sign up free.

Is MentalNote HIPAA-compliant?

Yes. MentalNote is HIPAA-compliant, with a BAA included on every plan, including the free plan. You accept the Business Associate Agreement in the app before your first session. Record only with your client's consent.

Do I have to record the session?

In the web app, the SOAP draft is written from a recording of the session, which MentalNote transcribes after you stop. There is no live transcription. You can also write a note yourself in the web app's editor. In the Microsoft Word add-in, you can type or paste a session summary and ask for a SOAP note.

Can I edit the note it writes?

Yes. Every draft is editable. Change the text directly, or use Edit with AI for requests like "Make it more concise" or "Expand the assessment". Edit with AI only makes changes that the transcript or your existing note supports, and you accept or discard each one.

How do I get the note into my records?

Copy the whole note or a single section, with formatting or as plain text, or print it or save it as a PDF. Then paste it into your record system. MentalNote does not write notes into other software.

What other note formats can it write?

SOAP is the default. The web app also drafts DAP, BIRP, GIRP, PIRP, SIRP, PIE and progress notes, intake assessments and treatment plans, plus a custom format you describe. See the DAP note generator and BIRP note generator pages for those formats.

How much does it cost?

The free plan includes 5 web-app scribe sessions a month, with no credit card. The optional Word add-in has a separate allowance of 2,000 AI-writing words a month. Premium is $99/month or $990/year. A BAA is included on every plan.

Is the free SOAP note builder the same thing?

No. The free SOAP note builder is a form that formats a note from your own entries in the browser, with no account. It's for de-identified drafts. Writing about real clients? Use MentalNote. It's HIPAA-compliant, with a BAA included on every plan.

SOAP note guides

Learn the format, then adapt it to your caseload. For other formats, see the DAP note generator and the BIRP note generator. Seeing medical patients? Use the medical SOAP note generator.

See a SOAP draft before you sign up

Open the fictional sample session and edit a prepared SOAP note. When you're ready, sign up free: 5 web-app scribe sessions a month, no credit card. Premium is $99/month or $990/year.

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