Dr. Johnson Ma is a registered clinical psychologist based in Vancouver, BC. He earned his M.A. in organizational psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University and completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology with specialization in diversity community mental health at Palo Alto University. He has several publications on suicide and diversity issues.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Ma works as an assistant professor of clinical psychology at the Adler University (Vancouver campus). Dr. Ma has experiences in providing culturally appropriate mental health services to diverse underserved populations with severe mental illness and complex trauma in San Francisco Bay Area, Waianae Coast of Oahu Island, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Dr. Ma has joined CJA since 2017. His focus of clinical work is providing diagnostic assessment and psychotherapy to individuals/immigrants undergoing rehabilitation from physical injuries and traumatic events. Treatment areas include depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, chronic pain, and adjustment to neurological injuries.
Dr. Ma was the former coordinator of SUCCESS Chinese Helplines. He has presented various Chinese psychoeducational workshops aimed to raise awareness of mental health and adjustment issues among Chinese immigrant communities living in the lower mainland.
馬國林博士是BC省溫哥華市的註冊臨床心理學家。他在哥倫比亞大學教師學院獲得了工商心理
學碩士學位，帕洛阿爾託大學並獲得了臨床心理博士學位專門研究多元文化社區心理健康。他與
他的導師合作一起發表了許多有關自殺和多元文化的研究論文。
馬博士現任阿德勒大學（溫哥華校區）臨床心理學的助理教授。自2017年加入CJA以來，馬博
士專門從事復雜創傷，移民文化適應，嚴重精神疾病相關的心理治療。馬博士曾是中僑心理熱線
負責人，長年關注華人社區的文化適應與精神健康的相關問題。
Dr. Johnson Ma is a registered clinical psychologist based in Vancouver, BC. He earned his M.A. in organizational psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University and completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology with specialization in diversity community mental health at Palo Alto University. He has several publications on suicide and diversity issues.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Ma works as an assistant professor of clinical psychology at the Adler University (Vancouver campus). Dr. Ma has experiences in providing culturally appropriate mental health services to diverse underserved populations with severe mental illness and complex trauma in San Francisco Bay Area, Waianae Coast of Oahu Island, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Dr. Ma has joined CJA since 2017. His focus of clinical work is providing diagnostic assessment and psychotherapy to individuals/immigrants undergoing rehabilitation from physical injuries and traumatic events. Treatment areas include depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, chronic pain, and adjustment to neurological injuries.
Dr. Ma was the former coordinator of SUCCESS Chinese Helplines. He has presented various Chinese psychoeducational workshops aimed to raise awareness of mental health and adjustment issues among Chinese immigrant communities living in the lower mainland.
馬國林博士是BC省溫哥華市的註冊臨床心理學家。他在哥倫比亞大學教師學院獲得了工商心理
學碩士學位，帕洛阿爾託大學並獲得了臨床心理博士學位專門研究多元文化社區心理健康。他與
他的導師合作一起發表了許多有關自殺和多元文化的研究論文。
馬博士現任阿德勒大學（溫哥華校區）臨床心理學的助理教授。自2017年加入CJA以來，馬博
士專門從事復雜創傷，移民文化適應，嚴重精神疾病相關的心理治療。馬博士曾是中僑心理熱線
負責人，長年關注華人社區的文化適應與精神健康的相關問題。