Lunch And Learn

One of the main factors that set Carter’s Counselling Services Business Wellness Program apart from others, is that we can become your onsite Wellness coordinators if needed. We meet your business where you’re at. Our goal is to reduce the amount of time management spends on complex situations and let you grow and focus on your business. In addition, we are invested in supporting employees, the CEO, HR Manager, and other decision-makers.

Many businesses successfully host a learn-at-lunch approach to supplement employee training and development activities. For example, some call them “brown bag” sessions in honor of the bags we used to carry our lunches in, and others reverse the phrase, calling them Lunch-and-Learn events.

At Carter’s Counselling Services, we offer packages for facilitating lunch-and-learns at your business.

We offer one-hour discussions on:

  • Workplace Violence
  • Boundaries between work and life
  • Mental health in the Workplace
  • Communication between peers and management
  • How to effectively respond to critical feedback
  • Staff morale

We have various packages to choose from;

Bronze package – $350 includes one hour of discussion of your topic choice.

Silver package – $350 + $12.50 for each staff member who attends -includes a one-hour discussion of your choice, on the topic of your choice, lunch for staff members.

Gold Package – $550 is our silver package with team-building exercises to build connections and relationships with staff members.

Lunch and learns are facilitated by Allison Leedahl and Katharine Carter.

Allison Leedahl, BSW

Allison has been a registered Social Worker since 2016 with varying degrees of experience. Utilizing a trauma informed, anti-oppressive approach, Allison’s easy going nature will provide a sense of calmness and non judgemental atmosphere. 

Allison’s main focus is to meet clients where they are at in their current life situation and provide them the tools to move forward in a positive and effective manner. Allison may use an assortment of approaches such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy or Motivational Interviewing to help clients in their therapy journey. Allison believes it is important for her clients to feel safe and comfortable in her presence and will work towards building a strong and secure relationship with her clients to ensure they are set up for success.  

Allison has worked with individuals who have been seeking support with the following issues; trauma, criminal justice system, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, personality disorders, PTST, life transitions and many more. Allison works with individuals 12 years and older. 

Katharine Carter, BSW, RSW, M.Ed., and Qualified Mediator

Katharine Carter has been a Social Worker since 2017 and has been working in the
human services field since 2011. Katharine has a degree in social work and her Master’s in Education with a focus on business management. Katharine has been successfully operating Carter’s Counselling Services since 2020. Her main goal is to bring services to rural areas, such as Martensville and Warman. 

Katharine utilizes a strengths-based approach and will assist you in identifying and building upon your inherent strengths. Her primary focus is meeting you where you’re at and helping you achieve your version of success. 

Katharine is active in her community, on the Board of directors for Saskatchewan Housing Authorities Martensville and previously on the Prairie Sky Chamber of Commerce Board. 

Carters Counsellor Katharine

Cassandra Davis , Clinical Counsellor

Cassandra is a professional counsellor registered with the Canadian Professional Counsellor Association. She specializes in addiction and adoption trauma though has worked with many clients with differing concerns. Cassandra believes that every person deserves to be heard in a safe, validating space while working together towards a healthier you. Cassandra is a volunteer counsellor with Youth Matter Canada as well as a mentor with the Evermore Centre in Saskatoon.

Both Therapists have a list of Trainings such as:

  • Mental Health First AID
  • Traumatic Event systems
  • Violence Threat Risk Assessment
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Assist Training
  • Mediation Training
  • Brøset violence Risk Assessment
  • Short Term Assessment for Risk and Treatability (START)
  • Suicide Assessment Framework Risk Assessment