Alizah Qadri, a Clinical Intern at Roots Work Therapy, is pursuing her graduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Master of Social Work Program with a focus on mental health. While she has recently begun her clinical social work training, Alizah has the motivation and dedication to learn and implement clinical skills and experiences from past internships to her current role at Roots Work Therapy.

As a clinical social worker in training, Alizah is continually implementing approaches to best work with her client’s needs. Alizah connects well with a person-centered, mindfulness-based, and motivational approach. Her goal in sessions is for clients to build towards self-discovery, acceptance, and healing as well as open the opportunity for her clients to work through current life challenges and barriers they experience.

Therapy can be a difficult first step to take in a person’s mental health recovery. Especially when considering lived experiences and systemic injustices that occur in an individual’s life, Alizah’s beliefs for serving her clients are those that are collaborative and seek to address all aspects of life. She hopes to gain an understanding of her client’s stories in order to better provide empathy and care to them.

Outside of her work as a therapist, Alizah likes to spend time with her friends and family. She enjoys her time with nature, often taking walks and exploring all that Madison offers. Alizah embraces her Pakistani heritage through cooking meals and expressive arts such as henna drawing.