Strategic Consulting & Organizational Support in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Consulting, staff training, leadership support, and wellness strategies for organizations and communities.
Winnipeg, Manitoba · In person & virtual across Canada
We provide strategic consulting and support for organizations working within human services, mental health, education, healthcare, addictions, social services, and community sectors. In a time when many systems are increasingly overloaded, under-resourced, and emotionally exhausted, organizations are often being asked to carry more complexity with fewer supports and diminishing capacity. Our work focuses on helping organizations move beyond survival mode by developing more thoughtful, sustainable, relational, and creative approaches to leadership, team functioning, wellness, communication, and service delivery.
Organizational Wellness & Team Building
We support organizations in strengthening workplace wellness, team cohesion, communication, psychological safety, and healthier organizational cultures. Team-building experiences are designed to move beyond surface-level activities and instead foster meaningful connection, reflection, collaboration, and resilience within teams and workplaces. Programs may include wellness workshops, facilitated discussions, experiential activities, communication and relationship-building exercises, resilience-focused programming, and customized organizational wellness initiatives.
Staff Training
Staff trainings provide practical and engaging educational opportunities for organizations, agencies, schools, healthcare teams, and community services seeking to strengthen mental health awareness, communication, resilience, trauma-informed practices, relational approaches, and staff well-being. Trainings are tailored to the realities and pressures organizations face while helping teams develop more sustainable, emotionally intelligent, and effective ways of supporting both staff and clients.
Leadership & Team Support
We offer support for leaders and teams navigating burnout, organizational stress, conflict, change, communication challenges, and increasing system complexity. Our work focuses on helping leaders strengthen reflective practice, relational leadership, emotional intelligence, collaboration, resilience, and healthier approaches to navigating pressure and responsibility. Support may include consultation, facilitated conversations, leadership development, wellness planning, strategic reflection, and organizational discussions focused on helping teams create healthier systems, improve effectiveness, and increase meaningful impact without sacrificing staff well-being.
Frequently Asked Questions
Human services, mental health, education, healthcare, addictions, social services and community organizations in Winnipeg and across Manitoba — from staff training and team building to leadership support and organizational wellness strategy.
Both. In-person sessions take place at our office at 3C – 91 Albert St in Winnipeg's Exchange District, and secure video sessions are available to clients anywhere in Manitoba and across Canada.
Send a request through the contact form, e-mail info@sweetgrassinstitute.com or call +1 (204) 479-5953. We begin with a brief consultation to understand what you are looking for and to match you with the right therapist or program.
Individual therapy is $150 per hour, couple's therapy $200 per hour and group sessions $100 per session. Private psychotherapy and counselling are generally not covered by Manitoba Health, but many extended health benefit plans reimburse sessions with a Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC) — please check your policy before your first appointment.
SWEETGRASS brings together Certified Canadian Counsellors, EMDR and trauma therapists, addiction counsellors and family therapists serving Winnipeg and Manitoba. Meet the team to learn about each practitioner's background and approach.
Our work follows the SWEETGRASS Framework — an integrative, trauma-informed and relational model that moves beyond symptom management toward resilience, connection and meaningful, lasting change.