Put the session down.
Write what happened in the room and what stayed with you afterwards. Your responses, questions and anything unfinished.
Clinical reflection for therapists
Holding your notes and reflections,
so you can carry less.
Held helps you explore what stayed with you, notice patterns over time and bring your thinking together for the next session.
No card required.
Built by Dave Waterman, a practising psychotherapist.
A reflection you
can work with.
You don't have to agree with what Held notices. The useful part may be what happens when you question it.
Question what comes back.
Read Held’s reflection. Challenge anything that doesn’t fit, or use Go Deeper to explore something further.
Pick up the thread.
Before the next session, return to a compass informed by your notes and the thinking you’ve done since.
Reflections can be shaped by your therapeutic approach and the way you work.
What practitioners are saying
“The feedback and reflections I get from the sessions are amazing. They really break down everything I have been thinking anyway and list it for me to take to supervision.”
“I'm using Held to help crystallise important aspects of my process in clinical work, which is especially useful as I work relationally. It has drawn my attention to things I may be missing, and aspects of the work I hadn't previously considered.
It gives me more to think about and take into supervision, while still allowing me to disregard what doesn't feel useful or relevant.”
The AI stays out
of the therapy room.
Held is for your reflection afterwards. It doesn't record sessions or take part in the therapeutic relationship.
Held supports your reflective practice. It does not replace supervision.
You decide what is useful, what to question and what to bring to supervision. The person in the room always matters more than the words on the screen.
Your notes. Your choice.
Know what
you're sharing.
Save notes privately, or choose to request a reflection. Before sending, review the text prepared by the privacy scanner and edit anything that needs another look.
The scanner helps find identifying details. It can miss things; your review still matters.
You can also use Held as an encrypted notebook without requesting an AI reflection.
See the scan in a fictional example →Why I built Held.
One of the hardest parts of the work is holding onto what clients bring, what happens between us, and what we notice in ourselves, and making sense of it over time.
I wanted somewhere to put the session, my response to it, and the questions I hadn't finished thinking about. That's where Held began.
Dave
Dave Waterman · Psychotherapist
An invitation to try it
Start with something fictional.
See how the thinking develops before bringing any of your own client material.
Join during beta. Your access will stay free for as long as you use Held. No card required.
For UK-based registered practitioners and students or trainees on accredited programmes.
Your notes remain yours. You can export them if you decide to leave.