Leah Giorgini

Leah Giorgini

Executive Director of ISPS-US | Occupational Therapist | Domestic Violence & Homelessness Expert | Psychiatric Survivor

Psychosis, homelessness, domestic violence, DEI, lived experience of the psychiatric and homeless system

Leah is a British-Indonesian immigrant who moved from England to the United States in 2016. As a psychiatric survivor, domestic violence survivor, former foster youth, and a person who has previously experienced homelessness, Leah is working towards a world free of oppression and injustice. She believes that promoting psychological and social approaches to psychosis is equity in action towards this vision.

Trained as an Occupational Therapist, Leah primarily worked in clinical mental health settings until she came to the United States, where she found a home working in nonprofit leadership. Prior to working at ISPS-US she worked at YWCA Greater Lafayette as Chief Program Officer, where she directed a large, 6-county domestic violence program. During that tenure she established a HUD-funded rapid rehousing program for victims fleeing domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking and human trafficking. She also founded a grant-funded therapy service for survivors.

Leah has worked in an array of settings with people diagnosed with psychosis, including working in early intervention in psychosis, assertive outreach, a mental health recovery café, a high-secure forensic hospital, and domestic violence and homeless emergency shelters.

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