Client satisfaction is defined as the “fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this”. Fraser and Wu (2015) suggest in health and behavioral health services, it is dependent on the congruence of the client's expectations with their experiences (disconfirmation theory); the affect or emotional experience associated with the services received; and the degree to which the clients feel they are equitably treated. For example, the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ)-3 addresses two out of three of these issues, asking about the degree to which people are pleased with the service they receive, whether they thought their needs were met, and whether they would return for additional services if needed (items from the CSQ-3, Attkisson, 2012). However, in social and non-voluntary services, understanding the client's perspectives and experience may go beyond what is ordinarily thought of as satisfaction. The question of the client's expectations may be more properly supplanted with whether the services addressed their situation at the time of referral. A client may expect nothing but difficulty from non-voluntary services so the use of expectations in its traditional form would not be helpful. In child welfare, Harris, Poertner, and Joe (2000) identified the essence of client satisfaction as “the client's assessment of important aspects of the service transaction” (p.17), attending to the client's perspectives on their needs and wants.