coaching | consulting | training
✓ specialist coaching for ADHD, AuDHD, & neurodivergent individuals
✓ LGBTQ-friendly coaching
✓ neurodiversity consultant
Unlock your
Unique Potential
with
Different Keys
When your mind works differently, life can feel like a constant struggle.
But with the right keys,
everything can change.
Transformative Coaching, Consulting & Training Services
ADHD, AuDHD & Neurodiversity Coaching
Struggling with ADHD, AuDHD, or executive function challenges?
As a Certified ADHD Life Coach, I provide expert coaching to help you build personalised strategies for focus, time management, and emotional regulation.
You do not need a formal diagnosis to benefit — and my neurodiversity-affirming approach supports you in improving productivity, relationships, and overall wellbeing at work, school, and home.
LGBTQ+ Coaching
Looking for a coach who truly understands LGBTQ+ life?
As a trained coach and member of the community, I offer supportive, identity-affirming coaching grounded in lived experience. I have particular experience supporting gay men through life’s transitions and challenges.
Whether you’re dealing with stress, self-esteem, relationships or career decisions, I provide a confidential, non-judgemental space to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
Neurodiversity Consulting & Training
Looking to create a neuroinclusive workplace or learning environment?
I deliver neurodiversity training and consulting for organisations and educational institutions, helping teams understand the potential benefits and challenges of ADHD, autism, and other cognitive differences.
The result? Better communication, more effective systems, stronger team dynamics, and a truly inclusive culture that benefits everyone.
Welcome to Different Keys!
I’m Dr Paul Fretwell — a UK-based coach and consultant with a background in music, education, and research, and a lifelong commitment to supporting people who think differently.
Before founding Different Keys, I spent thirty years teaching and mentoring people of all ages — from schoolchildren to retired adults. My academic focus was music: not just how it works, but how it shapes identity, stirs emotion, and connects us to others.
Everything changed in my late forties when I was diagnosed with ADHD. After decades of secretly struggling, I felt huge relief — but also grief, and a painful sense of what might have been different had I known earlier. Around the same time, a close family member was diagnosed with autism, and I began to recognise many of those traits in myself too. This overlap — often called AuDHD — is now a key part of the work I do.
The coaching I received during that period helped me piece things back together. It gave me clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of direction — so much so that I left academia and took two years out to retrain as a coach.
I believe that real change doesn’t come from trying to become someone else, but from discovering how you work best — and what kind of support truly helps. At Different Keys, I offer a confidential, non-judgemental space where we can explore what really matters to you. I work within the ICF’s ethical guidelines, and as a trained Mental Health First Aider, I’m also happy to talk through other options if coaching turns out not to be the right fit.
Whether you’re here to explore, consider options, or take the next step — you’re warmly invited to get in touch. There’s no pressure, and you don’t have to have everything figured out first.
Looking for thoughtful insights & practical tools?
Explore my blog for evidence-informed reflections and free coaching exercises from the Be You, But Better series — designed to support self-awareness, growth, and change.
Don't forget, you can send me your questions or arrange your FREE 30-minute consultation here.
Dr Paul D Fretwell
