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Expertise:
- Same-sex couples
- Lesbian and gay parenting and child development
- Mental health in LGBT populations
- Substance abuse in LGBT populations
- LGBT Youths and their families of origin
- Transgender issues
- LGBT health care issues other than HIV
Additional Information:
Arlene Istar Lev is a social worker, family therapist, and educator addressing the unique therapeutic needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. She is the founder of Choices Counseling and Consulting in Albany, New York, and on the adjunct faculties of the University at Albany, School of Social Welfare, and Vermont College of the Union Institute and University. She is the founder and project manager for Rainbow Access Initiative, a training program on LGBT issues for therapists.
Lev is the author of Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and their Families and The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide. Transgender Emergence was recognized as 2006 Distinguished Book of the Year by The American Psychological Association -- Division 44, and was chosen by The Society for Sex Therapy and Research as Book of Special Merit, 2006.
Selected Publications:
Books:
• Transgender Emergence: Counseling Gender-Variant People and their Families. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2004.
• The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide. NY: Berkley/Penguin Press, 2004.
Book Chapters:
• Lev, Arlene Istar (in press). Understanding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: The need for education in servicing victims of trauma Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, ed. Nicky Ali Jackson, Ph.D. New York: Routledge.
• Lev, Arlene Istar, (in press). The Impact of Sexual Assault on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities, Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Assault Victims: Contemporary Issues Donna Gaffney & Linda Ledray (Eds.) Civic Research Institute, New York, NY.
• Lev, Arlene Istar Transgender Communities: Developing Identity through Connection In Bieschke, K., Perez, R. & DeBord, K. (Eds.). Handbook of counseling and psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients (2nd Edition.). American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., 147-175, 2006.
• Lev, Arlene Istar, Transgender Emergence within Families Sexual orientation and gender identity in social work practice: Working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. Morrow, D.F, & Messinger, L. (Eds.) New York: Columbia University Press, 263-283, 2006.
• Lev, Arlene Istar, From Lesbian Relationship to Trans/Lesbian Relationship. Case studies on sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice. Morrow, D.F, & Messinger, L. (Eds.) New York: Columbia University Press, 51-52, 2006
• Lev, Arlene Istar, Dean, Gwendolyn, DeFilippis, Lauren, Everham, Kim, McLaughlin, Larin, and Phillips, Cynthia, Dykes and Tykes: A Virtual Lesbian Parenting Community in Lesbian Communities: Festivals, RVs, and the Internet, Haworth Press, 81-94, 2005. [Monograph also published in journal format.]
• Lev, Arlene Istar, Disordering Gender Identity: Gender Identity Disorder in the DSM-IV-TR The Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 17 (3/4), 2005. [Monograph also published in journal format.]
• Lev, Arlene Istar and Lev, Sundance Sexual assault in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered communities In. Joan C. McClennen and J. Gunther (Eds.) A Professional Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence: Understanding Practice Interventions. Lewiston NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 35-62, 1999.
• Istar, Arlene Couple Assessment: Identifying and Intervening in Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships, in Violence in Lesbian and Gay Partnerships, Claire Renzetti and Charles Harvey Miley (Eds.) Haworth Press: NY, 93-106, 1996. [Monograph also published in journal format.]
Journal Articles:
• Lev, Arlene Istar, (2006). Intersexuality in the Family: An unacknowledged Trauma. The Journal of Gay and Lesbian
Psychotherapy, (Eds. Vernon A. Rosario & Jack Drescher), 10(1), 2006.
• Lev, Arlene Istar (in press). Gay Dads: Choosing Surrogacy. The British Psychological Society Lesbian and Gay Psychology Review, 7 (1), 72-76, 2006.
• Lev, Arlene Istar, Disordering Gender Identity: Gender Identity Disorder in the DSM-IV-TR The Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 17 (3/4), 2005.
• Lev, Arlene Istar, Dean, Gwendolyn, DeFilippis, Lauren, Everham, Kim, McLaughlin, Larin, and Phillips, Cynthia, Dykes and Tykes: A Virtual Lesbian Parenting Community Journal of Lesbian Studies, 9 (1/2) 81-94, 2005.
• Istar, Arlene Couple Assessment: Identifying and Intervening in Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships, Journal of Lesbian and Gay Social Services, 4 (1), 93-106, 1996.
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