Sports Psychology Session Note (DAP)

Date: [YYYY-MM-DD]

Client/Athlete: [Client/athlete name and identifier; include sport/team/competitive level if relevant]

Provider: [Provider name, credentials, and supervising clinician if applicable]

Session Type: [performance consulting / psychotherapy / integrated / crisis session]

Modality: [in-person / telehealth] [Client physical location if telehealth]

Duration: [Start time – Stop time or total session time]

Participants: [Additional participants, roles, and portions of session present for] (Only include if others were present.)

Data

Presenting Focus & Context: [Presenting focus for today's session and relevant sport context such as upcoming competition, recent performance events, injury status, or psychosocial stressors]

Subjective Report: [Client's self-report of mental state, salient cognitions, arousal/somatic symptoms, and current functioning in sport and life domains] (Include direct quotes only for pivotal cognitions or safety statements.)

Clinician Observations: [Appearance, affect, and behavioral markers relevant to sport/performance such as engagement, psychomotor activity, attentional control, or breathing patterns]

Interventions Delivered: [Interventions used, brief rationale, and client response with behavioral evidence of engagement, insight, or barriers]

Standardized Measures/Screening: [Measure name, score, interpretation, and resulting action] (Only include if administered this session.)

Risk/Safety: [Risk statement documenting presence/absence of suicidal ideation, self-harm, or violence risk; protective factors; and any safety actions taken] (Include when psychotherapy is provided or safety concerns are present. If no risk concerns, a single sentence such as "Denies SI/HI; no acute safety concerns" is sufficient.)

Assessment

Working Formulation: [Concise formulation of what maintains the presenting difficulty, incorporating sport-system factors and protective strengths]

Goals–Intervention Link & Progress: [Explicit link between session goals, intervention focus, and observed change; behavioral evidence of progress or reason for limited progress]

Diagnostic Impression: [Diagnosis and functional impairment trajectory] (Include only when providing psychotherapy in a healthcare context.)

Risk Level: [Overall risk level with brief rationale] (Include only if risk was assessed above.)

Plan

Targets & Approach: [Primary treatment/performance targets for the next phase and planned intervention approach]

Between-Session Practice: [Assigned practice/homework, frequency, and tracking method; if none assigned, briefly state rationale]

Coordination & Communication: [Referrals, coordination with sports medicine or coaching staff, planned third-party communications, and ROI status] (Include only if applicable.)

Next Appointment: [Date/timeframe, modality, and planned focus]

Safety Planning: [Safety plan status, crisis resources provided, means-restriction steps, and next safety actions] (Include only if risk is present.)

Signature

Clinician: [Name, credentials, license number if applicable]

Documentation Date/Time: [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM]

Addendum

(Use only if corrections are needed. Append dated and signed addenda; do not overwrite original content.)

[Addendum content with date/time and signature]