The work that matters most often comes with the work that drains the most.
AfterSession exists to reduce the burden of clinical documentation — without changing how you practice.
AfterSession was built to reduce the emotional and administrative weight clinicians carry — not to replace clinical judgment, and never to automate care.
After building and selling a SaaS company in the tax preparation space (acquired by Credit Karma in 2016), I spent years as an engineer building software to make complex work simpler.
But the idea for AfterSession didn't come from a product roadmap or market analysis. It came from watching someone I love.
My wife returned to graduate school at Liberty University to become a licensed mental health counselor. She's spent her entire adult life helping women—through the church, through friendships, and now professionally through counseling. It's work she feels deeply called to do.
What surprised me wasn't the emotional weight of the sessions themselves. It was what came after.
Early in her practice, I noticed how much time and energy went into documentation. Writing therapy notes wasn't just a task—it was a daily source of dread.
Long after sessions ended, she would sit down to write notes:
Recalling details
Phrasing things "just right"
Balancing clinical accuracy with time pressure
Keeping documentation from spilling into evenings meant for rest
This wasn't about avoiding responsibility. It was about how much mental and emotional load documentation added to a job that already demands a lot of both.
I kept thinking: there has to be a better way.
AfterSession was built with one guiding principle:
Support clinicians without interfering with the therapeutic relationship.
It helps clinicians transform their own words—brief notes, reflections, or summaries written after a session—into clear, structured documentation.
The goal isn't speed for speed's sake. The goal is relief.
Relief from staring at a blank page. Relief from rewriting the same sections over and over. Relief from letting notes loom over your evening.
AfterSession does not record therapy sessions. It does not replace clinical judgment. It does not try to automate care.
You stay in control. AfterSession simply takes what you've already written and helps you shape it into a finished note—without starting from scratch.
AfterSession wasn't designed in a vacuum. It was shaped by real conversations, real frustrations, and real boundaries around privacy, ethics, and trust.
We believe:
Clinicians should stay in control
Client privacy should never be compromised
Technology should support care, not reshape it
Tools should reduce cognitive load, not add to it
Everything we build starts with a simple question: "Would this actually make a clinician's day easier?"
AfterSession began as a way to make one counselor's life easier.
If it helps a few more clinicians reclaim time, reduce stress, and focus on the work that truly matters—it's doing exactly what it was meant to do.
— Founder, AfterSession
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