Jan Zacharias

Jan has been in the counselling field since 2002 and has done a variety of EAP counselling as well as working as a counsellor with adolescents and their families.  Jan is able to use a variety of interventions including Solution-Focused counselling that enable clients to work through issues around setting appropriate limits both in one’s personal and professional lives, assertiveness, anger management, or relationship concerns.  She also has extensive experience in using a cognitive behavioral approach as it applies to stress, depression and anxiety.  Her primary focus is always collaborative or client-centered.

Since Jan has had 10 years of previous teaching experience she is familiar with issues that arise in the teaching profession such as stress and conflict in the workplace.

Jan graduated from the University of Missouri in 1971 with a Bachelors degree in Psychology.  She completed a diploma in nursing in 1972 from the Strawn School of Nursing.  Jan obtained her teaching certification after completing the PDP program at Simon Fraser University in 1995.  She graduated from the Masters of Education in Counselling program at University of Northern British Columbia in 2002.

Professional Associations

• BC College of Teachers
• Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC)   Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA)  Member # 1779 
• Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapists Association (CCPA) Member # 1853
  

To book an appointment

If you are covered under an Employee and Family Assistance Program administered by Walmsley and Associates and are either calling for the first time or are wanting to change counsellors, please contact our reception office first.

If you have already registered with our reception office or are prepared to pay for services, you may contact Jan directly for an appointment by calling her cell: (250) 219-0524 or toll free 1-866-678-0524.