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Arlene Istar Lev is a North American clinical social worker, family therapist, and educator. She is an independent scholar, who has lectured internationally on topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity, sexuality, and LGBTQ families. She has been a Lecturer at the School of Social Welfare at the State University of New York at Albany since 1988, and is the founder and Project Director of its Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Project. Additionally she has been an adjunct professor at Smith College of Social Work, Empire College, Rockway Institute, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, Excelsior College, Vermont College, and the Union Institute and University. Arlene Lev has been a practicing psychotherapist and family therapist, and is the founder and Clinical Director of Choices Counseling and Consulting in Albany, New York. She is the author of the groundbreaking book ''Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and their Families'', as well as ''The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide''. ==Early life and education== Arlene Lev (née Weinstein) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. to a working class Jewish family. She is an only child and was raised by partially by her single mother (Mindy), and partially by her grandparents (Ethel and Sam Brown). She received her Associates degree in 1975 from Herkimer County Community College and Bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1979 from the State University of New York at Binghamton. In 1986 she graduated from the University at Albany with a Master of Social Work degree.〔Arlene Istar Lev〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arlene Istar Lev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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