Meet the Ollie Coach

Introducing Vicky O'Gorman

My name is Vicky and I live in Dorset in South West England.  I had always wanted to be a teacher and throughout my younger years, I had various summer jobs working in camps or sports clubs.  After doing my degree in Economics and Psychology in Bristol and my PGCE in Leeds I spent nearly twenty years teaching Economics and Business Studies.  I worked in various different educational environments including sixth form colleges, private boarding schools and grammar schools. 

I love working with children and young adults but over the years I had slowly fallen out of love with my chosen subject and much more enjoyed the tutoring and mentoring side of my job.  I really enjoyed getting to know a student, building that rapport with them, and supporting them with their struggles whether that was exam stress, undiagnosed dyslexia, friendship issues, behavioural problems, parental pressures, university applications…you name it I had seen it!  I found that the lesson preparation, marking and assessments were coming in second to the tutoring aspect. 

In 2019, after seeing an advert in Psychologies magazine, I decided to pursue this interest further.  I also wanted to gain some extra understanding of emotions as my children were getting older and I wanted to be able to support them as best I could.   I qualified as an Ollie Coach in 2020 doing my final case study appointments and assessments online as Covid lockdowns were in full swing at that point. 

In those intervening nearly five years I have had another baby, completed a whole house renovation, moved jobs, moved to a new house and refreshed my Ollie training.  I finally feel ready to join the Ollie army!  I can’t wait to get stuck in and start improving the lives of my clients.  Ollie is all about improving emotional wellbeing through empowerment and that is at the heart of what I do.  When people ask me now what I do I am proud to say that I am an emotional wellbeing therapist and am looking forward to the next chapter in my own story. 

To get in contact with Vicky please email  V.ogorman@ollieandhissuperpowers.com