Smiles All Round Psychology

25/04/2026

ANZAC Day – 25th April.

We honour those who have served our country and those who continue to serve our great nation. We think of all those impacted, both physically and emotionally.

Lest we forget.

21/04/2026

Wonderful to see this being offered in the Wimmera - Local programs presented by a local psychologist, Dr Nyree from Yellow Gum Psychology 😊

What a great opportunity for parents and caregivers and registration is FREE! Bookings essential!

Supporting a young person with anxiety can feel overwhelming at times, but help is available 💛

Join Dr Nyree Hutchins (Clinical Psychologist) for Building Family Strength for Anxiety, a free, supportive program for parents and carers. Learn what anxiety can look like in young people and take away simple, practical strategies to help your child feel calmer and more confident.

Sessions available for different age groups, running from 29 April to 8 May, 4:30pm-6:00pm at the Wimmera Wellbeing Centre, Horsham.

Free to attend, bookings essential.
📞 (03) 5362 4000
🌐 unitingvictas.org.au

18/04/2026

In response to the recent loss in the Robe community, our Lifeline CONNECT team will be visiting to offer a supportive space for conversation, reflection and connection.
You dont need to have the right words, a story to share, or anything prepared. If you want to sit, talk, or simply be alongside others who understand this moment of grief, you are very welcome.
Lifeline is always available if you need to talk.
If you or someone you know needs support, please call Lifeline anytime on 13 11 14, text us on 0477 13 11 14, or visit www.lifeline.org.au for our online chat service.

14/04/2026

What a great opportunity for our young people to perform (12 to 25 years) in down town Naracoorte! It's not too late to register - Contact Naracoorte Library + Town Hall to book your spot 🎸🎤🎵🎹.

Let's get behind our young people for this family friendly event.

Head down to the library this Thursday to enjoy some tunes! Big games will be out for the kids. Bring your family, friends, picnic blankets and dinner, to enjoy a lovely evening! 🎶🌅

14/04/2026

Smiles All Round Psychology is temporarily closed from Monday 13th April to Wednesday 15th April due to new carpet installation! We reopen Thursday 16th April.

We will be monitoring emails and phone messages. We apologise for any delays with responding during this time.

Grateful for our landlord, who takes great pride and care in maintaining our premises!

See you soon, with our new 'facelift' or should we say 'floorlift' 😉

05/04/2026

‼️Lifeline CONNECT is coming our way‼️

✳️Youth Ag Mt Gambier Saleyards,
Friday 10th April, 9.30 to 1.30pm

✳️Bordertown Apex Park, Tuesday 14th April, 10am to 1pm

✳️Naracoorte Town Square, Wednesday 29th April, 10am to 1pm

05/04/2026

Thank you Karen Young - Hey Sigmund for your wise words and reminder about the importance of showing up consistently in the ''ordinary moments' 🙏😊.

We tend to measure our parenting by the moments that stand out - the times we lost patience, the big feelings or behaviour we didn’t handle as well as we’d hoped, the days we were too tired, too distracted, too human.

We tend to hold those moments up as evidence of what we are - or aren’t - as parents.

But that’s not how it works.

What shapes a child’s sense of who they are isn’t any single moment. It’s the accumulation of ordinary ones - the ones in which they feel seen, safe, loved.

Neuroscience keeps telling us this quietly and consistently: the repeated experience of a calm, present, loving adult is what builds the architecture of a child’s nervous system over time. It’s not about the dramatic moments, but the ordinary ones.

Every time you showed up calm when they couldn’t. Every time you came back after a hard moment. Every average Tuesday where nothing much happened except that you were there - those moments matter.

They aren’t stored as memories they can retrieve and tell you about, but as a felt sense of the world they live in, who they are to you, and eventually, just who they are. They are stored as the answer to the question their nervous system - their foundation in the world - is always quietly asking: Am I safe? Is there someone here for me?

The body keeps score in both directions. The stress, yes - but also the warmth. The consistency. The thousand small moments of being held, seen, safe, loved, and not left alone with the hard things.

So if you tend to carry the weight of every moment you got wrong - and we all tend to do this - put some of that down.

Because the moments you got right - the ones that felt like nothing at the time - they matter, so much. And even through the messy times, those ‘got right’ moments are still there. Still working. Still building the foundation your child will stand on long after they’ve forgotten the day itself.

You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to keep coming back.

The ordinary moments are doing so much more than you think.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​❤️

22/03/2026

Thanks to a beautiful family that we know, we have come across this very special organisation. Feel the Magic has created a place where families experiencing grief can belong and feel well supported. They provide early intervention programs for kids aged 7 to 18, who are experiencing pain and isolation due to the death of a parent, guardian, or sibling.

They offer three types of connection – online, family day camp, and an overnight (2 nights) camp for kids. For more details about their programs and online resources check out their website https://www.feelthemagic.org.au/

Meet husband and wife duo: James and Kristy.

By the time James was 30, he had lost both of his parents. Kristy lost her brother when she was just two years old.

Grief shaped their lives long before Feel the Magic existed.

In 2012, they started Feel the Magic to give grieving kids and teens the kind of support they wished had been there for them: free, safe, and grounded in understanding. Since then, they’ve supported thousands of families across Australia.

20/03/2026

✳️ 3 key Takeaways✳️

Upcoming workshop suitable for parents of babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

In this practical workshop, we aim to help you:

🔑Understand your child’s brain – see why big feelings happen.

🔑 Spot stress, anxiety & frustration early – notice the signs before they escalate. Learn how emotions like stress and anxiety can show up in children’s bodies, from stomach aches to racing hearts, and how to respond effectively.

🔑 Gain practical tools – support your child (and yourself) to regulate emotions in everyday situations.

This workshop is suitable for parents of young children who want practical and science-backed strategies to help their children and family.

Think upskilling! Your child’s emotional skills start with you (the trusted adult in their life)—together we’ll explore how to keep nurturing them. We don't need to be in this "parenting gig" alone!

To register for our workshop, select the link https://www.stickytickets.com.au/z32b5z and follow the prompts. If you wish to explore whether you can utilise NDIS funding for this workshop (self-funded or plan managed only), please contact us via admin@smilesallround.com.au.

See you soon :)

15/03/2026

🥳Happy Birthday Mel 🎂

13/03/2026

Boundaries and belonging exist together, but how this works is something that takes loads of experience.

Children can’t learn respectful, kind, strong boundaries without someone who has modelled this over and over. It doesn’t have to be perfect every time, just enough times.

The presence kids and teens need from us is one that is warm AND strong. Love and leadership. They need both in the one person.

Strength without warmth will be experienced as controlling or bullying. Disagreement will come to mean rejection. To avoid rejection, they might be more likely to people please, say yes when they mean no, or denying their truth.

Warmth without strength will be experienced as ‘flaky’ or unreliable. If they don’t feel an adult leading, they will be more likely to take the leadership role from the adult. Someone has to fly the plane.

The third option is both - keep the boundary, add the warmth.

Make space for their disagreement, their ‘no’, and, hold the boundary with warmth.

‘Warmth’ doesn’t mean dropping the boundary. It means being kind, and not withdrawing our affection because of their response. It means rejecting the behaviour, not them

‘It’s okay to be angry at me. I won’t listen while you speak like that. Im right here. You’re not in trouble.’

‘I get why you hate this decision. It’s ok to be annoyed with me. I’m not changing my mind.’

‘It’s my job to keep you safe. I know it’s a tough decision and I’m not changing my mind. It’s okay to be angry at me.’

‘I care about you too much to let you do something unsafe. That’s my decision. I expect you’ll have a bit to say about it and that’s okay.’

If the give you information that does change your mind, it’s always ok to do that but make it clear it’s still a decision you’ve made in strength, not because you’ve been worn down: ‘What you said about … makes sense to me. I’d decided to change my mind.‘ OR, ‘Let’s talk about this calmly when you’re ready. What you’ve said about … makes sense to me. I’d like to talk about how we can make this happen in a way that works for both of us.’

This doesn’t have to be perfect - we’ll also reach the end of ourselves sometimes - it just has to be enough.♥️

13/03/2026

First, we ask the questions of us:

Are they relationally safe?
- Do they have an anchor adult at school?
- Do they know how to access this adult?
- Do they feel welcome, a sense of belonging, warmth from their adults?

Do they feel safe in their bodies?
- Are they able to move their bodies when they need to?
- Are they free from sensory overload or underload?
- If not, what is their bare minimum list to achieve this with minimum disruption to the class, keeping in mind that when they feel safer in their bodies, there will naturally be less disruptive behaviour and more capacity to engage, learn, regulate.

Then we ask the question of them:

What's one little step you can take? And don't tell me nothing because I know that you are amazing, and brave, and capable. I'm here right beside you to show you how much. I believe in you, even if you don't believe in yourself enough yet.❤️