divergent lifeCuriosity.
Connection.
Room to be you.
We are a neuroaffirming psychology and education practice, bringing clinical knowledge and lived experience together.
We work alongside children, adults, families and professionals to understand the whole person and build lives that fit.
Meet the teamPeople you can
get to know.
Different experiences and areas of expertise. A shared commitment to listening with care.
Dr Emma Offord
Emma founded Divergent Life in 2021 to create more space for context, identity and complexity in neurodivergent assessment and support.
Her work brings a neuroaffirming lens to understanding neurobiology, giftedness and strengths, alongside the challenges people face. She is committed to challenging the assumptions and systems that make difference harder to live with.
Emma provides clinical supervision for the team and hosts This Voice Is Mine, opening up conversations about neurodivergence and the experiences that shape us.
Get to know Emma through the podcast ↗
Dr Ashlyn Firkins
Ashlyn brings over a decade of experience across NHS and private settings, supporting people across the lifespan.
Her work includes neurodivergence assessments and support for complex psychological and physical health challenges, including chronic fatigue and persistent pain.
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An HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist, Ashlyn brings a compassionate approach to understanding how neurodivergence and health experiences interact in a person's life.
Dr Anna Lambert
Anna brings experience from local authority, NHS and third sector services, with a strong commitment to advocacy and social justice.
She offers neuroaffirmative ADHD and autism assessments, with particular interest in recognising neurodivergence in women and girls.
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Anna holds a first-class BSc in Psychology and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Her early work in fostering and adoption shaped her attention to people's circumstances and the systems around them.
Professional and lived experience inform her approach, alongside specialist training in sensory intelligence and giftedness.
Jo Gifford
Jo is a storyteller and writer with a background in digital strategy, publishing and communications.
She supports storytelling, content strategy and creative development at Divergent Life, helping us build conversations around understanding, advocacy and change.
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Jo brings creativity and the perspective of late diagnosis to her work. She helps people find language for their experiences and share their voices with the world.
Your whole story
belongs here.
Neurohybridity gives us space to explore how different aspects of your neurobiology interact, and how that experience changes across environments, relationships and stages of life.
We bring curiosity to the patterns that are particular to you, including your sensory needs, attention, communication, strengths and sources of strain.
Understanding in context
Your history, relationships and surroundings matter. We make room for masking, burnout, trauma, hormones and the effort of navigating environments that may not meet your needs.
Support shaped around you
We explore what helps you feel understood, what makes daily life harder, and what meaningful support could look like for you.
Advocacy alongside care
We recognise neurodivergence as a natural and valuable form of human variation. Our work challenges deficit-based assumptions and supports greater understanding in families, schools, workplaces and communities.
Understanding that
makes a difference.
Divergent Life grew from a need for assessments and support that could hold more of a person's story: their identity, nervous system, creativity, relationships and lived experience.
Across assessment, therapy, coaching and education, our starting point is respect, curiosity and deep listening. We want the understanding we build together to be useful in your everyday life.
Read Emma's articles in Brainz ↗Let's find your next step.
You are welcome to get in touch with a question. Our team can help you explore the support you are looking for and who might be the right person to work with.