---
title: "A Private Journal for Psychiatry Patients"
description: "An offline, encrypted journal patients can keep between appointments — outside the EHR, outside any patient portal."
canonical: "https://sealedjournal.com/j/journal-for-psychiatrists"
category: "For Clinicians"
---

# A journal that lives outside the patient portal.

_For the writing patients want to do for themselves, not for the chart._

Patient portals have their place. They are not where most people want to write honestly about themselves.

The Sealed Journal sits outside that system entirely. The patient owns the file, sets the passphrase, and decides what — if anything — to share at the next appointment.

Nothing flows back to the prescriber. That separation is a feature.

## Questions

### Is this a clinical documentation tool?

No. It is a private writing surface for you, not a record system, and it makes no clinical claims.

### Can it be used with patients as an adjunct?

Some prescribers suggest it for expressive writing between appointments, since nothing is monitored or reported back.

### What about regulatory review of the software?

It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or measure anything. It writes text to an encrypted local store.

## Price

The Sealed Journal is a one-time purchase of $24 (introductory price, rising to $29). No subscription, no account, lifetime updates, 30-day refund. Buy at https://sealedjournal.com/#pricing

## Elsewhere

- Hub: For Clinicians — https://sealedjournal.com/journals/clinicians
- All journals — https://sealedjournal.com/journals
- HTML version of this page — https://sealedjournal.com/j/journal-for-psychiatrists