Anouska De Georgiou

Founder and Director

Anouska De Georgiou is a trauma-informed mental health and addiction specialist, public speaker, advocate, and founder of the Kintsugi Foundation. A survivor of sexual abuse and trafficking, she has transformed her lived experience into a lifelong commitment to healing, advocacy, and expanding access to effective, compassionate care.

Raised between London and the south of France, Anouska’s early life was shaped by both privilege and profound adversity. As a teenager, she was subjected to abuse and trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell—experiences that would later inform both her voice and her work. In the aftermath, she struggled with addiction before beginning her recovery at age 26, a turning point that redefined the course of her life and ignited a deep commitment to helping others find their way back to themselves.

At 27, Anouska moved to Los Angeles to pursue music, working as a singer-songwriter alongside legendary producer Nile Rodgers. Music became a central part of her healing, and today she champions creative modalities—including music therapy—as powerful tools in trauma recovery, helping individuals process experiences that are often beyond words.

In 2018, she founded the Kintsugi Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting individuals navigating trauma, addiction, and mental health challenges. Inspired by the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, the foundation reflects her belief that healing does not erase what has been broken, but transforms it into something resilient and meaningful.

Since its inception, the Kintsugi Foundation has supported and transformed the lives of hundreds of individuals at some of their most vulnerable moments—providing access to trauma-informed care, holistic treatment modalities, and deeply individualized support. While originally focused on women, its mission has evolved to serve a broader community, recognizing that trauma transcends gender. The foundation works to remove barriers to treatment, while also connecting individuals with trusted resources at both local and national levels—ensuring access to the right clinicians, support systems, and pathways to recovery. At its core, Kintsugi is not just about recovery—it is about restoration, dignity, and long-term transformation.

Anouska’s work is driven by a clear mission: to make effective, integrative healing modalities more accessible to those struggling with trauma, mental health challenges, and addiction. She is
particularly focused on bridging the gap between traditional clinical care and holistic, creative approaches—recognizing that true healing requires addressing the emotional, physical, and psychological dimensions of trauma together.

Alongside her work with the foundation, Anouska has become a powerful public voice for survivors. Through speaking engagements, media appearances, and advocacy efforts, she challenges harmful narratives around abuse, raises awareness about the realities of trauma, and calls for greater accountability and protection for victims.

She is also the host of The Empowered Exchange Podcast, a platform for honest, healing-centered conversations exploring resilience, recovery, and rebuilding after trauma.

Anouska De Georgiou’s work sits at the intersection of lived experience and purpose-driven action—creating pathways for healing and ensuring that those who have experienced trauma are not only seen and heard, but supported in building lives defined not by what happened to them, but by what is possible beyond it.