For therapists, coaches & counsellors

Honest interim feedback — before anyone drops out

Short scale check-ins between sessions, anonymous if you wish: how is it really progressing? Where does the work stall? You spot stagnation early — instead of noticing it only at drop-out.

Create feedback check

2 Min is all a scale check-in between sessions takes — short enough that it actually gets completed

Why verbal feedback deceives

The politeness filter

"How is it going for you?" — "Fine, thanks." Face to face, clients sugar-coat because they do not want to hurt you or feel ashamed of slow progress. You rarely get the honest answer in the room.

Stagnation only shows at drop-out

Dissatisfaction grows quietly over weeks — and then shows up as a cancelled appointment with no follow-up booking. Without progress data between sessions you have no early-warning signal.

No comparable trajectory

Verbal impressions from sessions three, seven and twelve cannot be laid side by side. Whether strain, confidence or the working alliance changed remains gut feeling instead of a documented trajectory.

How the trajectory becomes visible

  1. 1

    Define a short scale check-in

    Four to six scale questions that fit your way of working: current strain, progress towards the goal, quality of the working alliance, one open field for whatever needs saying. Without a name field if you wish — anonymous.

  2. 2

    Client answers between sessions

    The link goes out a day or two before the appointment. Two minutes on the phone, without having to look you in the eye — exactly what makes the answers more honest than any conversation in the room.

  3. 3

    You adjust course — based on data

    Answers collect, structured, in your workspace. Falling scale values or a critical free-text comment are your cue to actively raise the topic in the next session — before dissatisfaction becomes drop-out.

Features for progress evaluation

Scale questions

Strain, progress, working alliance on a 0-10 scale — comparable across weeks.

Anonymous if needed

Without a name field clients dare to give critical feedback too — you decide per form.

Same link, every week

One check-in form, answerable as often as needed — no new mailing per session.

GDPR & German servers

Wellbeing data is health data (Art. 9 GDPR) — it stays in Germany, DPA included.

Email notification

New feedback in? You know in good time before the next session.

Your wording

Every question in your language and method — from SRS-inspired checks to free reflection forms.

Progress data at practice prices

Free to start (3 forms, 100 responses/month — enough for many check-ins). Pro at €12/month: unlimited, your own branding, AI included.

Free

3 forms, 250 responses/month

Pro

Unlimited, 10,000 responses/month, AI included

Questions on progress evaluation

Are such wellbeing check-ins legally delicate?
Statements about strain and wellbeing are health data under Art. 9 GDPR — they need consent and a properly set-up provider. Questee transfers encrypted, hosts exclusively in Germany, stores tenant-isolated and provides the Art. 28 GDPR DPA. With anonymous check-ins without a name field, you collect no directly attributable data at all.
Do clients really answer more honestly when anonymous?
Feedback-informed practice shows criticism of the working alliance is voiced far less often face to face than in writing and with a delay. Anonymity lowers the barrier further — especially for the delicate question "Do you feel understood?". In one-to-one settings anonymity is factually limited; even so, the medium itself helps: writing is easier than saying.
Does this replace standardised diagnostics or testing?
No. Questee is a tool for your own progress and feedback questions — not a validated psychometric test and not a diagnostic instrument. Professional interpretation of the answers remains with you. Licensed test instruments are governed by their publishers' rules.
Why not just a paper slip at the end of the session?
The slip gets filled in while you sit right there — the politeness filter stays on. Paper forms also pile up unanalysed in a cupboard. Online between sessions means spatial distance for honest answers, and values arrive automatically collected and comparable instead of being filed away.
How often should I gather interim feedback?
Two rhythms are common: before every session (a short four-question check, two minutes) or a fuller interim review every four to five sessions. Regularity is what matters — only repeated measurements reveal a trajectory. The link stays the same; nothing needs re-sending.
What if the feedback is bad?
Then the instrument worked. Critical interim feedback is not a verdict but an invitation to adjust the collaboration — pace, method, focus. Clients whose criticism is heard and answered demonstrably stay engaged more than those silently dissatisfied. That is exactly why you build the channel.
Does this work for coaching programmes with several participants?
Yes — the same anonymous check-in link works for group programmes and workshops. You see the group's mood across the weeks without exposing individuals. For one-to-one clients, create a form per person so trajectories stay separate.

Hear what stays unsaid in the session

Create the scale check, send the link, make the trajectory visible — before dissatisfaction becomes drop-out. Start free.