LUMI COUNSELLING SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
Geelong Local Returns Home to Launch Lumi Counselling – A New Partner in Student and Family Wellbeing
After seven years working with young people and families in the U.S., Geelong local Luke Mihail is returning home with a vision to strengthen how schools and families work together for student wellbeing. Having spent over two decades in education, community, and counselling settings, Luke has seen firsthand the vital role schools play in helping children feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. His focus through Lumi Counselling is to partner with schools in creating consistent, collaborative care that empowers both students and families to thrive.
Launching in May 2026, Lumi Counselling will provide warm, evidence-based support for children, adolescents, and parents across the Geelong region, partnering directly with schools to enhance student wellbeing, resilience, and connection. Geelong has never seen anything like this before, and it’s this experience and knowledge that will give the schools in Geelong an edge.
“Schools sit at the heart of every community,” Mihail says. “They see the challenges families face every day. Lumi was created to walk alongside them - to bridge care between home, school, and counselling in a way that’s consistent, collaborative, and hopeful.”
Lumi Counselling provides therapeutic, family-centred support for children, adolescents, and parents across the Geelong region. Drawing on over two decades of experience in education, community, and counselling settings, Lumi offers individual and family counselling, parent coaching, and collaborative partnerships with schools, NDIS providers, and community organisations. Guided by a trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming approach, Lumi focuses on practical strategies that build emotional regulation, confidence, and connection- helping families and students thrive both at home and in school.
Now accepting partnership expressions of interest from schools and wellbeing teams prior to opening in May 2026.
School Partnership Focus
Lumi Counselling is built around the belief that students thrive when educators, families, and professionals share the same language of care. The practice offers coordinated pathways for schools seeking additional wellbeing support, including:
Student referrals for counselling, regulation, and transition support
Parent coaching to strengthen consistency at home
School workshops and staff PD on emotional regulation, communication, and co-regulation
NDIS-friendly services (self- and plan-managed)
Collaborative care planning between teachers, wellbeing teams, and allied professionals
Reach Out to Lumi
www.lumicounselling.com.au
info@lumicounselling.com.au
Evidence-Based, Relationship-Driven Practice
Lumi’s approach integrates counselling, behavioural insight, and skill-building through a child-first, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming lens. The practice aligns with Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) principles and broader child and family service frameworks.
Sessions focus on building emotional safety, self-regulation, and connection- helping students gain practical tools that transfer into classrooms, playgrounds, and homes.
Contact:
Luke Mihail - Founder & Counsellor
📧 info@lumicounselling.com.au
🌐 www.lumicounselling.com.au
Lumi Counselling operates under the ethical standards and professional guidelines of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).
ABN 314 4271 4045
Professional registration and insurance current