Dr. Shiva Hajian
Educational Psychologist | Counselling Intern
Language: English, Farsi
Dr. Shiva Hajian is a bilingual Intern Counsellor at Bach Counselling Group, completing her clinical counselling training. She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from Simon Fraser University, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia. Following her doctorate, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at SFU and has taught psychology at the university level — building a career focused on how cognitive and psychological processes shape learning, performance, and wellbeing.
Following her doctorate, Dr. Hajian completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Educational Psychology at SFU and has taught psychology at the university level. That research background gives her a precise understanding of how cognitive and psychological processes shape performance, focus, and wellbeing.
She works with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, executive functioning challenges, academic stress, and professional pressure. She also brings seven years of direct experience as an academic counsellor working with K-12 students — giving her particular fluency with the pressures facing young people in demanding educational environments.
Her approach integrates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) within a trauma-informed framework, with a clear emphasis on building practical regulation strategies, strengthening focus and follow-through, and developing structured approaches to problems that have resisted effort. She holds certification in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).
Dr. Hajian works under clinical supervision at BCG’s North Vancouver office and offers virtual counselling throughout BC. Sessions are available in English and Farsi.
Client Focus
- Adolescents & Teens
- Young Adults
- Adults
- Farsi-Speaking Clients
Specialties
- Anxiety & Stress
- Perfectionism
- Executive Functioning
- Academic Stress & School Avoidance
- Life Transitions
- Burnout & Workplace Stress
- Learning Differences & Academic Stress
Approach
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Trauma-Informed
- Client-Centred
- Practical Regulation Strategies
