{"id":3099,"date":"2025-12-09T14:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:17:36","slug":"how-to-set-up-and-use-engagement-tags-in-your-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/how-to-set-up-and-use-engagement-tags-in-your-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Categorize your Clients with Tags on SafeTalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-post-content>\n<p>Categories\/tags let you organize clients into custom categories. They help you quickly identify client groups, like <strong>EAP clients, company name<\/strong> or <strong>client source<\/strong>. This tutorial guides you through creating and applying categories\/tags step-by-step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-engagement-tags\">Why Tags Are Useful<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tags act as a visual system to organize and filter clients. They improve clarity, so within a single glance your know &amp; understand your clients better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to\">How to Create Categories\/Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"organizations\">For Organizations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Organization \u2192 Templates<\/strong>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down to the <strong>Categories\/Tags <\/strong>section.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Create Tag<\/strong> button.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a category title.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a color so you can identify the tag easily in your client list.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"individual\">For Individuals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>My Practice<\/strong>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down until you reach <strong><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/strong>\/<strong>Tags<\/strong>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Create Tag<\/strong>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add your title and pick a color to help differentiate the tag.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Create as many categories as needed to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">support EAP clients, referral sources, program types<\/span>, or any other tags that suits your workflow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video rounded-2xl-custom\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1902 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1902\" autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/engagement-tag.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"apply-tags\">How to Apply Tags to a Client<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>My Clients<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the client and open their <strong>File<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down to the <strong><strong>Categ<\/strong>ory\/Tag <\/strong>section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>pen icon<\/strong> to edit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the popup, select the tags you want to apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This attaches tags directly to the client\u2019s record, helping you filter and understand client groups instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video rounded-2xl-custom\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1902 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1902\" autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/add-tag.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conclusion\">Next Actions for Your Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tags are an easy but powerful tool for organizing your practice. By setting up simple categories and <strong>applying them to clients<\/strong>, you create a more streamlined, organized, and efficient workflow.<br><br>Start creating your engagement tags today to better manage your growing practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to set up and apply engagement tags to organize clients effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-client-communication-engagement","category-therapist-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3099"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3748,"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099\/revisions\/3748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetalk.space\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}