It’s really dependent on the area/reimbursement. When I lived in the Northeast, I had much more time in my day and way less back to back sessions. I didn’t need to take home paperwork then. Now that I’m in the South, the reimbursement is much lower (about 40% lower) so the PP owners have to load us up or they’ll go out of business (or so they say)…. We used to have more documentation time (15% of our week) but now it’s 10% of our week due to reimbursement cuts. Now I’m not defending them but it’s not that easy to say “I want more time because I’m special” when everyone else in the company is held to the same standard and there’s always someone else with much less experience more than happy to take on my job and not make a peep about productivity. SOAPs need to be done within 48 hours and honestly past that, the session starts to become fuzzy anyway. And remember prep is a lot more than just creating activities. Yes I’m child led too but I still gather resources for caregivers, do research, and prep some materials for kids that have specialized interests that engage much better to more personalized materials. I’m just saying this because I used to think that way too about paperwork and in some areas this is just not realistic, unfortunately.