Assessing the patient’s affective perception of their psychotherapist: validation of the in-Session Patient Affective Reactions Questionnaire

The SPARQ proves to be a valuable instrument in clinical, training, and research contexts, adept at capturing patients' session-level affective responses towards their therapist and perceptions of the therapeutic alliance. Comprehensive descriptive statistics and a range of score precision indices have been reported, intended to serve as benchmarks for future research.