From Clinical Training to Mental Health Advocacy
Beenish Afzal is in her final year of BS Psychology at Bahria University and completed her clinical psychology internship at IQ Institute of Neuropsychiatry in 2025. Her experience included psychological assessments, case history-taking, patient observation and clinical report writing.
She entered the internship expecting clinical work to be relatively straightforward. Instead, she discovered how much nuance sits behind asking the right questions, building trust and establishing credibility.
One of her strongest lessons came from observing the role of rapport. During a group therapy session, a client appeared uncomfortable with interns but opened up more fully with a supervisor who had already established a therapeutic relationship. The experience reinforced that confidentiality, dignity and trust are foundations of clinical work.
Today, Beenish connects clinical insight with mental health advocacy, particularly around suicide prevention and accessible intervention models.
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