Seeing things differently

A young child was referred to us with behaviour described as “off the scale”.
The proposed solution? Psychiatric assessment. Possible removal from the family home.
On paper, it looked straightforward.
But when you’re trained to see the whole system, a very different picture emerges.
🧩 A child grieving the loss of a parent
🧩 A blended family under pressure
🧩 Unspoken trauma in the adults
🧩 Competing attachment needs
🧩 A child with no words for what hurts
When behaviour is the only thing being measured, the story behind it gets missed.
Through an Ollie-informed approach, we slowed everything down.
We listened.
We observed.
We looked at relationships, not labels.
What we saw wasn’t a “bad child”.
We saw a hurting child trying to survive a situation far bigger than them.
This is what Ollie Coach training teaches you:
✨ How to read behaviour as communication
✨ How to hold complexity without blame
✨ How to support families without pathologising children
✨ How to notice the quiet dynamics others miss
Sometimes, the most powerful intervention isn’t fixing the child.
It’s helping those around the child see differently.

Reach out to an Ollie Coach if your child and family may need support or if you want to find out more about becoming an Ollie Coach.