Resources
Between-session therapy:
guides and articles.
Practical reading for therapy clients and clinicians on journaling, homework, privacy, and staying connected between sessions.
For clients
How to journal effectively
Practical techniques for getting more out of every entry, building honesty, and avoiding the most common journaling mistakes.
Journaling for mental health
What the research says about journaling and mental health, and how it supports therapeutic work.
Journaling for anxiety
CBT-informed journaling techniques for anxiety, including worry journaling, somatic grounding, and structured reflection.
Why journaling helps: the psychology
Affect labelling, narrative processing, and cognitive defusion. The mechanisms behind why journaling works.
How to start journaling
A practical, no-pressure guide for beginners. How to overcome the blank page and build a habit that sticks.
Building a daily journaling habit
Habit-stacking, streak design, and the right minimum viable entry length to make daily journaling sustainable.
Journaling app vs paper journal
A practical comparison across privacy, searchability, and therapeutic use to help you choose the right format.
Best journaling app in Canada
What Canadian therapy clients should look for in a journaling app, including PIPA compliance and Canadian server storage.
What is between-session therapy work?
Why the six days between appointments matter, and how structured between-session work helps clients get more from therapy.
Therapy journaling between sessions
How journaling supports therapeutic progress, what to write about, and how to choose what to share with your clinician.
What makes a therapy journal private?
The difference between a personal journal and a therapy journal, and what privacy-by-default actually means in practice.
What should I share with my therapist?
A practical guide to deciding what to bring into the session, what to keep private, and how Betterjournal supports that choice.
How to prepare for a therapy session
What to pay attention to during the week, how to review before a session, and why preparation changes what happens in the room.
Therapy journaling prompts
Structured prompts for writing between appointments, organized by what you are working on, anxiety, patterns, relationships, homework.
What is CBT homework?
What cognitive behavioural therapy homework looks like, why clinicians assign it, and how to actually use it between sessions.
Mood tracking for therapy
How tracking mood between sessions gives your clinician a more accurate picture than recall alone, and what to do with that data.
How to get more from therapy
What the research says about therapy outcomes and what clients can do between sessions to make the work last.
Anxiety journaling between sessions
How to use writing as a tool for anxiety between therapy appointments, and how to bring it into your clinical work.
Between-session support for therapy clients
What between-session support actually looks like, what it is not, and why the gap between appointments matters.
What happens between therapy sessions
The research on between-session processing and why what you do between appointments shapes the outcome of therapy.
Best journaling app for therapy
What separates a therapy-specific journaling app from a generic one, and what to look for in a clinical context.
Best app for therapy homework
What the best therapy homework app does, how Betterjournal works for clinicians and clients, and what sets purpose-built tools apart.
Therapy journal app for Canada
Why Canadian data storage and provincial privacy law matter for therapy journaling, and how Betterjournal is built for it.
For clinicians
Therapy homework app: what clinicians need to know
How a dedicated between-session tool differs from generic homework PDFs, and what CAP's technology guidelines mean in practice.
How clinicians assign therapy homework
What the research says about homework and outcomes, what makes assignments more likely to be completed, and the boundary question.
Therapy tools for Canadian clinicians
What digital tools are available for registered psychologists in Canada, what the regulatory requirements are, and how Betterjournal fits.
Comparisons
Betterjournal vs. generic journaling apps
What a therapy-specific journaling tool offers that Day One, Notion, or Apple Notes cannot.
Betterjournal vs. therapy messaging
Why asynchronous between-session reflection is different from messaging your clinician, and when each is appropriate.
Betterjournal vs. therapy homework PDFs
How a dedicated app compares to email attachments and printed worksheets for between-session work.
Betterjournal vs. practice management tools
What Betterjournal does that your EMR and scheduling software do not, and why they are complementary.