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Kareo

forrest — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:30:39 +0000

Kareo is a cloud-based EHR and billing platform designed for independent practices. It offers a free EHR option with integrated billing services.

Key Features

Kareo provides clinical documentation, practice management, patient engagement, and billing services. It emphasizes ease of use for small practices.

Best For

Small independent practices seeking affordable, easy-to-use solutions.

SimplePractice

forrest — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:30:38 +0000

SimplePractice is a cloud-based, all-in-one practice management and electronic health record (EHR) platform designed specifically for health and wellness professionals in private practice. The platform serves over 250,000 practitioners and more than 16 million clients, making it one of the most widely-used EHR solutions in the mental health and wellness space.

Key Features

SimplePractice provides a comprehensive suite of tools for handling everything from administrative work to clinical care, including appointment scheduling, billing and payment processing, insurance claim filing, telehealth, paperless intakes, treatment planning, documentation with customizable templates, and a secure client portal. The platform is built to be HIPAA-compliant, ensuring all client information and communications are protected.

Best For

SimplePractice primarily serves mental health professionals including therapists, psychologists, counselors, social workers, and substance abuse counselors. It also supports other health and wellness practitioners such as speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, dietitians, and massage therapists.

TherapyNotes

forrest — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:30:38 +0000

TherapyNotes is a comprehensive Electronic Health Records (EHR) and practice management software designed specifically for behavioral health practices. Founded by Dr. Debra Pliner, a clinical psychologist, and Brad Pliner, a web technologies expert, the platform was created to address the unique documentation and workflow needs of mental health practitioners.

Key Features

The platform offers an all-in-one solution combining clinical documentation, scheduling, billing, telehealth, and e-prescribing capabilities. TherapyNotes features optimized note templates tailored for behavioral health, including integrated DSM-5 diagnostic codes and mental health spellcheck. The software also includes TherapyFuel, an AI-powered documentation suite that can generate progress notes from session summaries or transcripts.

Best For

TherapyNotes is particularly valued for its exceptional customer support, available seven days a week, and its structured approach to compliance that guides practitioners through proper documentation workflows. With over 60,000 users, it has become one of the largest platforms serving mental health professionals.

Valant

forrest — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:30:38 +0000

Valant is a comprehensive, cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solution built exclusively for behavioral health practices. Founded in 2005 by brothers David Lischner, a psychiatrist, and Ben Lischner, a software developer, the platform was created out of frustration with generic EHRs that failed to address the unique needs of mental health providers.

Key Features

The platform offers an all-in-one solution that includes clinical documentation, ePrescribing with EPCS capabilities, telehealth, billing, scheduling, and a patient portal (MYIO). Valant distinguishes itself through specialty-specific features like 100+ clinical templates designed for evidence-based therapies (DBT, CBT, MFT, TMS), 80+ built-in outcome measures that auto-score and track patient progress.

Best For

Valant serves over 22,000 behavioral health professionals across all 50 states and is designed for psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, therapists, and counselors working in solo practices, small groups, or large multi-provider organizations.