Jean Fabrice Ndzana is an experienced mental health therapist and assessment specialist with 13 years of experience in the mental health field. After obtaining his undergraduate degree in psychology from James Madison University in 2012, he went on to work as a direct care staff in a state operated psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents in Staunton Virginia, the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents (CCCA).
Following his time at CCCA, he pursued his master’s in counseling psychology from James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia, as well as His Master’s degree in Education, both from the James Madison University’s Graduate psychology department in 2018. Prior to starting graduate school, he worked for about two years in Harrisonburg, Virginia, providing community-focused counseling services to at-risk youth and their families.
In his master’s training, Ndzana accepted a Graduate Assistantship, where he coordinated patient’s services through the continuum of care (Homeless Shelters, Community Services Board and Counseling and Psychological Services); Provided on-site crisis intervention and stabilization at shelters to newly registered residents.
During his doctoral training, at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, Ndzana provided mental health services and psychological assessment at various practicum sites such as The Brain Center, Jane Pauley Community Health Center and the Ball State Counseling and Practicum Clinic.
Ndzana’s psychotherapeutic approach builds heavily on the relationship and comprehensive case formulation. Being trained in a highly humanistic counseling program in Virginia, his work focuses mainly on the power of truth and achieving insight. His theoretical orientation is psycho-dynamic, and he was highly inspired by the ideas of Freud. Later in his training in Virginia he was introduced to IRT (Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy), which focuses on personality reconstruction from an attachment lens. This approach is suitable for clients with personality disorders who generally are non-responsive to traditional therapies. He also brings a set of skills from Crisis Intervention, emergency/psychological first-aid interventions. Ndzana understands that humans are capable of incredible resilience, and he has experience helping clients through grief, promoting resilience, and transforming crisis into opportunities for growth and thriving.
Ndzana brings a wealth of experience in the healthcare field nationally and internationally. His passion for access to healthcare for underserved populations has led him to serve as a project consultant, leading a health information exchange (HIE) reform initiative between Electronic Health Network USA, its partners (Cisco Systems, Inc), and the Cameroonian Government’s Ministry of Public Health.
