Leah Jikurashvili, B.S.W., M.S.W.

Leah Jikurashvili is a forensic social worker in the criminal defense practice in New York. Prior to becoming a forensic social worker, she worked in the field of gerontology and end-of-life care.  Jikurashvili’s research has focused on optimizing medical care of transgender older adults with intersecting marginalized identities through interdisciplinary, trans-specific approaches. She has presented at various conferences on this topic and taught CEU courses. In addition, Jikurashvili is a fellow in psychoanalysis and worked as a psychotherapist, providing psychodynamic therapy to trans-identifying, kink, polyamorous, and queer communities.