Working Alliance Inventory-Short Revised (WAI-SR)
Therapeutic relationship quality — 12 items, 3 dimensions
How strong is your therapeutic alliance? The WAI-SR measures the quality of your relationship with your therapist across three areas: agreement on tasks, agreement on goals, and emotional bond.
How Strong Is Your Therapeutic Alliance?
The relationship between you and your therapist matters. The quality of this relationship — the "therapeutic alliance" — tends to predict how therapy goes, and the specific type of therapy matters less than you'd expect.
The Working Alliance Inventory-Short Revised (WAI-SR) is a 12-item questionnaire that measures three core components of the therapeutic bond: agreement on goals (are you working toward the same things?), agreement on tasks (do you both agree on how to get there?), and the quality of the bond itself (do you feel safe, understood, and respected?).
The WAI-SR is a shorter version of the original 36-item WAI, and it takes about 5 minutes. It's usually given more than once: the same 12 questions repeated a few weeks apart show whether the alliance is strengthening or slipping.
Note: Use this tool for self-reflection. If you're in therapy and have concerns about the relationship, it's worth bringing them up with your therapist directly.
Result Interpretation
After completing the 12 questions, you'll receive an immediate, detailed report with:
- Your score — calculated automatically based on your responses
- Score interpretation — what your score means in practical terms
- Dimension breakdown — separate scores for each sub-scale
- Context — how your results compare to general population norms where available
All results are displayed on screen. No account or login needed.