Social Worker, Family Therapist, Sex Therapist
Choices Counseling and Consulting
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Address
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321 Washington Ave
Albany, NY 12206
United States
Phone: 518-463-9152
Email
ArleneLev@gmail.com (public)
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Description:
Arlene Istar Lev LCSW, CASAC, is a social worker, family therapist, educator, and writer whose work addresses the unique therapeutic needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. She has been working with alternative families, BDSM/kink communities, and those in open relationships for over 25 years.
Arlene is the founder of Choices Counseling and Consulting in Albany, New York, providing family therapy for LGBT people and is on the adjunct faculties of S.U.N.Y. Albany, School of Social Welfare and Empire College. She is the author of The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide (Penguin Press, 2004) and Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and their Families (Haworth Press, 2004), winner of the American Psychological Association (Division 44) Distinguished Book Award, 2006.
Arlene is the Founder and Project Manager of Rainbow Access Initiative, a training program on LGBT issues for therapists and medical professionals in the Capital Region and the Clinical Supervisor for Center Support: Counseling Services, a collaborative program between the Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council and SUNY Albany, School of Social Welfare. Arlene serves on the editorial Boards of The Journal of GLBT Family Studies , The Journal of Lesbian Studies and The Journal of Transgenderism. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute, through the Center on Halsted, Chicago, Illinois.
Arlene is an active member of the National Association of Social Workers, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the American Psychological Association and the American Family Therapy Academy. Arlene maintains three nationally syndicated columns on LGBT parenting issues: “In a Family Way,” “Dear Ari,” and “Family Matters.”
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