We are based in the centre of the township of Naracoorte and most staff reside locally.
Smiles All Round is a psychology & counselling service committed to promoting strong mental health & resilience with young people & families across rural Australia. Smiles All Round is a psychology and health service committed to promoting strong mental health and resilience with young people and their families across rural Australia. We operate from offices based in Naracoorte and Mt Gambier and Goroke (West Wimmera, Victoria). We have a good knowledge of our community needs and we have a strong connection with our community. Smiles All Round adopts a prevention and early intervention approach to mental health and specialises in early childhood, children and adolescence (0-18 years). We offer therapy, workshops, small group programs and professional development in a variety of platforms. This includes onsite, online and at various sites across the SE of SA and Western Victoria as requested. Smiles All Round engages families, educational staff, allied health and medical practitioners from within a 150 km radius of Naracoorte including Mount Gambier, Port Macdonnell, Lucindale, Penola, Kington SE, Millicent, Robe, Frances, Mundulla, Padthaway, Bordertown, Keith, Edenhope, Apsley, Goroke, Casterton and Harrow. Our business was thrilled to receive the Best Small Business Award for our region at the 2017 WIBRD Influential Women in Business Awards. We were also awarded third place in the Ausmumpreneur Awards 2020 for the Health and Wellbeing category for SA/WA.
24/12/2025
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas 💚❤️
At this time of year, we are choosing to enjoy and savour the moments we have, knowing how precious life is. We hope you can meet the day in whatever way it unfolds, and that there are moments of love, joy, and peace to be found.
We also want to acknowledge that Christmas can be a difficult time for some. If you are experiencing grief, loss, or finding this season heavy, please know that your feelings are valid — you are in our thoughts 🙏
It has been a privilege connecting with so many people through Smiles All Round this year. Thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey in any way, we are truly grateful. We feel fortunate to live and work in the Limestone Coast and West Wimmera!
A BIG thank you to our Smiles team for your care, commitment, and passion in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of young people and families. It is a privilege to work alongside one another and to support each other through both the joys and challenges.
Holiday Closure:
Smiles All Round will be closed for the Christmas break and will reopen on Monday 5 January 2026.
Best wishes,
Lana-Joy & the Smiles Team
19/12/2025
🌟 We’re Hiring – Mental Health Practitioners🌟
(Counsellor / Psychologist / Social Worker)
📍 Naracoorte HQ | West Wimmera (VIC) & Limestone Coast (SA)
🗓 Minimum 3 days per week
Smiles All Round is a rural psychology and counselling service supporting children, young people, and their families. We are seeking passionate, neuroaffirming practitioners to join our warm, collaborative team.
A key part of our work involves supporting and upskilling the adults in young people’s lives, including parents, caregivers, grandparents, teachers, and education support staff, to create meaningful, lasting change.
✨ The role includes:
-Individual, family, and group therapy
-Capacity-building and consultation with parents/caregivers and schools
-Opportunities to consult across multiple rural sites
-A flexible, supportive, and genuinely fun team environment
📌 Requirements:
-Registration with a relevant professional body
-Medicare provider number (or eligibility) preferred
-Alignment with our values: Evidence-Based | Genuine | Practical | Fun
📄 Full position description available upon request.
⏳ Please note: our centre will be closed over the Christmas break. Applications and enquiries are warmly welcomed and will be responded to upon our return in early 2026.
Together we can continue to promote strong mental health and resilience with young people and families across rural Australia!
16/12/2025
Thank you for sharing The Pocket Psychologist 🙏
14/12/2025
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13/12/2025
My gingerbread tradition started just over 20 years ago. Our boys have been helping since they were toddlers and we enjoy gifting our creations....and well, eating them too!
What traditions do you have? What homemade gifts do you create?
Smiles,
Lana-Joy 😊
12/12/2025
It was a pleasure to be part of the Naracoorte Police & Community Mini Expo! 💙
A fantastic day showcasing local support services and reminding our community that help is always available, especially during the festive season.
03/12/2025
This community event in Naracoorte is next week! Some of the Smiles All Round team will be attending.
Future Diary Date:
25/11/2025
More wise words from Karen Young - Hey Sigmund 🙏
It’s the simple things that are everything. We know play, conversation, micro-connections, predictability, and having a responsive reliable relationship with at least one loving adult, can make the most profound difference in buffering and absorbing the sharp edges of the world. Not all children will get this at home. Many are receiving it from childcare or school. It all matters - so much.
But simple isn’t always easy.
Even for children from safe, loving, homes with engaged, loving parent/s there is so much now that can swallow our kids whole if we let it - the unsafe corners of the internet; screen time that intrudes on play, connection, stillness, sleep, and joy; social media that force feeds unsafe ideas of ‘normal’, and algorithms that hijack the way they see the world.
They don’t need us to be perfect. They just need us to be enough. Enough to balance what they’re getting fed when they aren’t with us. Enough talking to them, playing with them, laughing with them, noticing them, enjoying them, loving and leading them. Not all the time. Just enough of the time.
But first, we might have to actively protect the time when screens, social media, and the internet are out of their reach. Sometimes we’ll need to do this even when they fight hard against it.
We don’t need them to agree with us. We just need to hear their anger or upset when we change what they’ve become used to. ‘I know you don’t want this and I know you’re angry at me for reducing your screen time. And it’s happening. You can be annoyed, and we’re still [putting phones and iPads in the basket from 5pm] (or whatever your new rules are).’♥️
22/11/2025
My turn (Mandy) to take over the Smiles page to wish the boss lady a big happy birthday!! What a privilege it is to work alongside you and see all you do for the young people in our community and their families. You truly have a heart of gold and always have your community at the forefront of your mind. We, your Smiles team, wish you the happiest of days today and always! 😊🎉
20/11/2025
Staying in the present takes practice.
When your thoughts are racing ahead or looping on something from the past, there are small things you can try to bring yourself back to right now.
✨ 5-Second Pause
Notice what you see, hear, and feel. A quick sensory check-in can ground you.
✨ Name the Moment
Say to yourself: “Right now, I am…”
Breathing. Sitting. Walking. Drinking coffee.
Simple, but powerful.
✨ Micro-Mindfulness
Use tiny, everyday actions like opening a door, washing your hands, brushing your teeth, as reminders to return to the present for just a few seconds.
✨ Remember: Minds wander.
That’s normal. The skill isn’t staying perfectly focused; it’s gently coming back again and again.
Small moments of awareness add up.
Presence is a practice, not perfection!
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Smiles All Round is a psychology and health service committed to promoting strong mental health and resilience with young people and families across rural Australia. Our vision is: Every child in Australia knows, “I am the boss of how I think, feel and act.” Our core values are: Practical, Evidence Based, Fun and Genuine. We are based in the centre of the township of Naracoorte and we have an office located in Mount Gambier. Most of our team reside locally.
Our Director and Psychologist, Lana-Joy Durik grew up in Naracoorte, South Australia and moved to Melbourne to complete her tertiary education. After living in Melbourne for 17 years she returned to Naracoorte with her husband and two sons. She feels privileged to have the opportunity to make a positive difference in the community that invested into her life all those years ago. Lana-Joy has a bubbly, down to earth approach and enjoys connecting with young people at their level. She is passionate about upskilling those that she connects with and prides herself on adopting a “practical solution focus” approach when providing therapy and presenting workshops.
Mandy Clark is our friendly, positive and approachable Practice Manager and is also Lana-Joy’s Assistant. Mandy is the first point of contact at Smiles All Round and oversees all bookings, payments and enquiries. She does her absolute best to provide clients with a high quality service ensuring a positive experience at our centre.
We have a passionate and genuine team including our Admin Assistant (Anna Barnett), Counsellor & Educator (Gez Walter), Counsellor (Amy Pietsch) and Social Worker/Intake Co-orindator (Melissa Jordan). We offer Autism Spectrum Assessments and an Educational Assessment service (once per term). We have a good knowledge of our community needs and a strong connection with our community and are passionate about improving the resilience and “mental health” of our community.
Smiles All Round adopts a prevention and early intervention approach to mental health and specialises in early childhood, children and adolescence (0-18 years) and parent support. Smiles All Round engages families, educational staff, allied health and medical practitioners from within a 150 km radius of Naracoorte including Mount Gambier, Port Macdonnell, Lucindale, Penola, Kingston SE, Millicent, Robe, Mundulla, Padthaway, Bordertown. Keith and Tintinara.
Our business was thrilled to receive the Best Small Business Award for our region at the 2017 WIBRD Influential Women in Business Awards.
