About me
A personal story turned into a project: I have also known doubt, searching and discovery.
DivergentBrain: a personal story turned into a project
The story of DivergentBrain comes from a deeply personal place. For years, I worked assessing and supporting children and adolescents with ADHD and autism. In that process, I began to recognise something unexpected: I was like many of those children.
The more I understood the world of neurodivergence, the more sense I found in my own life story. I realised it was not only me. I grew up in a neurodivergent family: with a father and relatives on the autism spectrum, and a mother with ADHD. Suddenly, pieces that had long been loose began to fit together: my arguments with my family, in which I felt rejected, misunderstood or even unloved, took on another dimension.
Today I understand that this lack of emotional attunement was not a lack of affection but, among many other things, a profound difference in how we communicate. And although I still feel misunderstood by them — and they probably feel misunderstood by me too — I have learned that this does not mean we do not love one another.
I also understood that my relationship with food was not simply an eating-behaviour problem, but a manifestation of my impulsivity. My constant need to have a project on the go, to explore, to be unable to keep still, was not a defect: it was part of my neurological way of functioning. I have learned to observe it, respect it and manage it, so that I do not end up in frustration or burnout again and again.
A late diagnosis
In 2025, at 35, I received a formal ADHD diagnosis after years of suspicion. It was not a surprise, but it was a turning point. In my path as a psychotherapist, I then began to focus also on assessing neurodivergent adults. I discovered that many people arrive at diagnosis late, exhausted and with a sense of having lived in dissonance. They do not need only a label: they need understanding, support and a community that speaks their language.
I understood my relationships
At last, I understood why my relationships — family, romantic and social — had complex dynamics that had been difficult for me to explain for years. That is where DivergentBrain was born. Not as a simple assessment centre, but as a space for transformation. A place where you can truly understand yourself, without judgement and without being reduced to a label. A project I created for others, but also for myself: because I am still getting to know myself, and I know how valuable it is to be able to do that with support.
Our mission
We know that many people spend years feeling different, confused or exhausted. Some wonder whether there is something wrong with them. We want them to find something that is often missing.
- An explanation that makes senseWe do not diagnose to put people in boxes, but to make sense, settle doubts and open paths.
- A communityA place where you can find people with similar stories, challenges, strengths and a wish to share them.
- A simple, human missionFor neurodivergent people to understand themselves, value themselves and find community.
Our values
- AuthenticityWe stand for spaces where every person can show themselves as they are.
- Understanding from withinWe are neurodivergent too.
- CommunityWe want to build a place of belonging where you can share your path with others who understand you.
- Scientific evidenceWe base our work on scientific evidence.