Start with the clinical job
Therapists are usually trying to answer a few practical questions week to week:
- Did the client remember what we worked on last session?
- Can we pick up from real material instead of rebuilding context?
- Can I see specific signs of change over time, not just impressions?
- Can I plan better follow-ups from concrete evidence?
- Does the technology support the relationship instead of competing with it?
What these between-session supports are designed to do
Feelpath's between-session supports are designed to make the work more usable, not busier. The goal is to help clients keep learning from the same conversation, and help clinicians plan next steps from specifics.
- Remember what mattered: quickly reopen the session without scanning one long transcript.
- Revisit key moments: jump back to exact excerpts with enough context to make sense of them.
- Refine emotional language: review expressed and possible unexpressed feelings, then test better labels in context.
- Track progress over time: notice emerging language, pattern shifts, and self-talk movement across weeks.
- Protect in-session flow: return to session with clearer material, so less time is spent reconstructing.
How clients can use these supports, step by step
1) Session Review topic cards
Client action: review one session as clear themes instead of a raw wall of text.
Clinical value: orient quickly and choose where to go deeper next session.
2) Expressed + possible other feelings
Client action: see what they explicitly named, and what might have been present but harder to say in the moment.
Clinical value: improve formulation and build sharper follow-up questions.
3) Excerpt-grounded reflection
Client action: reopen exact moments with before/highlight/after context.
Clinical value: keep interpretation grounded in evidence instead of vague memory.
4) Emotion Annotation on real excerpts
Client action: practice naming and refining emotions directly on session language.
Clinical value: support repeatable emotional differentiation work between sessions. Added labels are saved, so you can revisit what the client explored and build from it next session.
5) Smart Emotion Wheels + dictionary support
Client action: expand emotional vocabulary with concrete definitions and examples tied to their own session content.
Clinical value: identify language gaps and treatment pacing opportunities earlier.
6) Across-week pattern review (analytics + self-talk)
Client action: notice what is stabilizing, what is emerging, and how internal language is changing across weeks.
Clinical value: see capacity-based movement in a way that improves planning and continuity of care.
Guided walkthrough
How clients interact between sessions
A practical flow: review the session, refine language in context, and notice patterns that can guide the next conversation.
You described feeling relief after a hard conversation where you said what you needed, and the other person listened. less
You also hinted at grief about how long it has taken to say this out loud.
You didn’t name it, but opening up like that may have felt vulnerable.
A 30-second way to explain this to clients
What to say: "Between sessions, you can revisit key moments from our last conversation and see them in context. You can review what you did name, explore what may have been harder to name, and test better emotion words on real excerpts. Over time, this helps us see real progress and come back next week with clearer material."
How this supports momentum without adding pressure
The goal is not to create homework performance. The goal is to keep the clinical thread alive: make meaningful moments easy to revisit, make language work more actionable, and make progress signals easier to carry into the next session.
Boundary and fit notes (after value is clear)
Not every client needs every between-session feature on day one. A common rollout is to start with in-session language support, then add between-session tools when it helps the work.
Further reading: Is Feelpath right for you?, How to explain Feelpath and Insights to your clients, and What is Feelpath?.