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growing number countries patients offered access full online clinical records including narrative reports written clinicians latter referred open notes even countries mature patient online record access access psychotherapy notes mandatory date research explored views psychotherapy trainees open notes study aimed explore opinions psychotherapy trainees switzerland patients access psychotherapists freetext summaries administered webbased mixed methods survey 201 psychotherapy trainees explore familiarity opinions impact patients psychotherapy practice offering patients online access psychotherapy notes descriptive statistics used analyze 42item survey qualitative descriptive analysis employed examine written responses four openended questions seventytwo 358 trainees completed survey quantitative results revealed mixed views open notes 75 agreed general open notes good idea 941 agreed education open notes part psychotherapy training considering impact patients psychotherapy four themes emerged negative impact therapy b positive impact therapy c impact patients documentation students identified concerns related increase workload harm psychotherapeutic relationship compromised quality records also identified many potential benefits including better patient communication informed consent processes describing impact different therapy types students believed open notes might differential impact depending psychotherapy approaches sharing psychotherapy notes routine likely expand mixed methods study provides timely insights views psychotherapy trainees regarding impact open notes patient care psychotherapy practice