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Creating and managing appointments

Learn how to create, modify, and manage client appointments with ease in Therasee

Yasith Prabuddhaka avatar
Written by Yasith Prabuddhaka
Updated over 2 months ago

This guide will help you master creating, modifying, and managing appointments while ensuring smooth communication with your clients.

Creating Appointments

You have two convenient ways to schedule appointments:

From the Calendar

  1. Click the Calendar tab in your sidebar

  2. Select your preferred timeslot or click the "Plus" button

  3. Choose "Appointment" from the event type tabs at the top

  4. Fill in the appointment details:

    • Select client and practitioner

    • Choose the service type and verify cost

    • Set date, time, and duration(use service duration by default)

    • Add contacts (must be previously added to client profile)

    • Choose location:

      • For online: Select Therasee video or other online session options

      • For in-person and telephone appointments: Choose location from the radio buttons and then choose the relevant location

From Client Profiles

  1. Go to Clients in your sidebar

  2. Select the client

  3. Click "Schedule appointment"

  4. Complete the details as above

Customising Reminders

When creating an appointment, you can personalise how reminders are sent:

  1. Find the "Reminders" section in the appointment form

  2. You can set up to two reminders

  3. For each reminder, customise:

    • Timing (e.g., 30 minutes, 1 day before)

    • Notification method (email, SMS, or both)

  4. Click "Remove" next to any reminder you don't want

πŸ’‘ Pro Tip: Default reminder settings come from your practice settings, but you can adjust them for each appointment.

Appointment Notifications

Creating New Appointments

After clicking "Create appointment":

  1. You'll see a confirmation popup

  2. Choose to send notifications via:

    • Email

    • SMS

    • Both email and SMS

  3. Click "Send" to notify clients and contacts, or "Don't send" to skip notifications

πŸ’‘ Pro Tip: To add contacts to appointments, first add them in the Relationships tab of the client's profile.

Adding/Removing Contacts

When modifying appointment contacts:

  1. A notification popup appears asking if you'd like to send messages to new and removed contacts

  2. Choose your preferred notification method(s):

    • Email

    • SMS

    • Both email and SMS

  3. Click "Send" to notify contacts, or "Don't send" to skip notifications

  4. If sent:

    • New contacts receive confirmation messages

    • Removed contacts receive cancellation notices

Managing Existing Appointments

Cancelling vs Deleting Appointments

There are two ways to handle appointments that won't take place:

To Cancel an Appointment:

  1. Open the appointment details

  2. Click the "Status" dropdown

  3. Select "Cancelled"

  4. Choose whether to send cancellation notifications

  5. Add an optional message for attendees

  6. The appointment remains visible but marked as cancelled

To Delete an Appointment:

  1. Open the appointment details

  2. Click "Options"

  3. Select "Delete appointment"

  4. The appointment is completely removed from the system

Modifying Appointments

When changing appointment details:

  1. Open the appointment

  2. Click "Options" then "Edit appointment"

  3. Update any details:

    • Date and time

    • Location

    • Duration

    • Participants

    • Reminder settings

  4. Save your changes

  5. In the notification popup that appears:

    • Choose whether to send email and/or SMS notifications

    • Add an optional message to explain the changes

    • Click "Don't send" if you don't want to send notifications

Modifying Recurring Appointments

When making changes to a recurring appointment, you'll be presented with three options:

This event - Changes apply only to the selected appointment, leaving the rest of the series unchanged.

This and following events - Changes apply to the selected appointment and all future appointments in the series.

All events - Changes apply to every appointment in the series, both past and future.

Choose carefully, as this choice determines which appointments will be affected by your changes!

Important Notes

  • πŸ”„ The system automatically checks for time conflicts

  • ⚠️ You'll be notified if any contacts have missing contact details

  • πŸ“ Optional messages can be added to any notification

  • πŸ”” Each appointment can have up to two custom reminders

  • πŸ“± Both email and SMS notifications can be toggled independently

Need more help? Our support team is just a click away in the Support tab of your sidebar!

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