Dr Anna Day (she/they)
Co-Principal Psychologist
ADHD Lead
HCPC registration no.: PYL03585
Anna is Co-Principal Psychologist at the Adult Autism and ADHD Practice and is registered with the UK Health and Care Professions Council. She is ADHD Lead, amongst her other work with the practice.
Anna is Autistic and ADHD, and provides access to clinical supervision to all of the psychologists on our team.
Anna has a BSc (Hons) Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London, PhD Psychology from Keele University, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Anna was a Lecturer in Social and Developmental Psychology before retraining as a clinical psychologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, completing specialist placements in neuropsychology and neuro-rehabilitation, and with a national specialist inpatient and outpatient psychosis service.
Anna has extensive clinical experience in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) in a community mental health team and specialist psychological therapies service, working largely within a cognitive behavioural framework but also drawing upon motivational enhancement and psychodynamic, systemic and narrative ideas. Anna has contributed to shortlisting of DClinPsy applicants for a UK training course for several years. She worked with a Neurodevelopmental Service for several years co-facilitating post-identification groups for Autistic adults.
Alongside colleagues in The Adult Autism and ADHD Practice, Anna co-authored the recently published ‘The Adult Autism Assessment Handbook: A Neurodiversity Affirmative Approach’ and 'The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook'.
Recent publications
Hartman, D., Kavanagh, K., & Day, A. (2025). Transforming autism assessments (identifications): a neurodiversity-affirmative approach across the lifespan. Autism Europe International Conference, 2025, Dublin, Ireland.
Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Day, A., & Krasinki, M., (Eds.) Exploring Autistic Sexualities, Relationality, and Genders: Living Under a Double Rainbow. London: Routledge.
Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Day, A., & Krasinki (2024). Introduction. In Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Day, A., & Krasinki, M., Eds. (2024). Exploring Autistic Sexualities, Relationality, and Genders: Living Under a Double Rainbow. London: Routledge.
Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Day, A., & Krasinki, M. (2024). Conclusion. Exploring Autistic Sexualities, Relationality, and Genders: Living Under a Double Rainbow. London: Routledge. In Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Day, A., & Krasinki, M. (Eds.) Exploring Autistic Sexualities, Relationality, and Genders: Living Under a Double Rainbow. London:
Routledge.
Day, A., & Krasinki, M. (2024). Intermission on Consent. In Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Day, A., & Krasinki, M. (Eds.) Exploring Autistic Sexualities, Relationality, and Genders: Living Under a Double Rainbow. London: Routledge.
Day, A., & Krasinki, M. (2024). Autistic identity as a springboard into exploring queerness, embodiment, and relationality. In Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Day, A., & Krasinki, M. (Eds.) Exploring Autistic Sexualities, Relationality, and Genders: Living Under a Double Rainbow. London: Routledge.
Day. A. (2026). Working with Autistic people in Mental Health Settings: A Neurodiversity Affirmative Guide. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Day, A. (in press). Untangling Stories: Autistic Identification as Re-Storying. In Walker, N., & Reinhart, A.M. (Eds) The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. Autonomous Press.
Day, A. (in press). Neuroqueering as a gerundive: Becoming a Feral Autistic. In Walker, N. (Ed.) Neuroqueer Theory
Anthology. Autonomous Press.
Hartman, D., Day, A., O’Donnell-Killen, T., Doyle, J.K., Kavanagh, M., & Azevedo, J. (2024). What does it mean to be neurodiversity affirmative (with a focus on the Autistic experience) and how can professionals and services adapt? Special Issue on Neurodiversity: British Psychological Society. January/February. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/what-does-it-mean-be-neurodiversity-affirmative
Hartman, D., O’Donnell-Killen, T., Doyle, J.K., Kavanagh, M., Day, A., & Azevedo, J. (2023). The Adult Autism Assessment Handbook: A Neurodiversity Affirmative Approach. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Kavanagh, M., Day, A., Hartman, D., O’Donnell-Killen, T., & Doyle, J.K. (2025). The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Stewart, M., Day, A., & Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H. (in press). Editorial: Special Issue on Autistic Experience and Ageing: a Neurodiversity affirmative approach: Autism in Adulthood