Transgender Emergence

This comprehensive book provides you with a clinical and theoretical overview of the issues facing transgendered/transsexual people and their families.

Arlene (Ari) Istar Lev, LCSW-R, CASAC, CST is a social worker and family therapist, who is the Founder and Clinical Director of Choices Counseling and Consulting (www.choicesconsulting.com) where she has provided individual and family therapy in Albany NY for nearly 30 years. She is also the Director of TIGRIS--The Training Institute for Gender, Relationships, Identity, and Sexuality (www.TIGRISinstitute.com), a professional training program in Albany, New York. Arlene specializes in issues related to gender and sexuality, including working with the LGBTQ couples and families. She is a Credentialed Alcoholism Counselor and a Certified Sex Therapist (ASSECT).
Arlene is a part-time lecturer at the University at Albany, School of Social Welfare where she is the Project Director of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Project (SOGI). She is an international lecturer on issues related to sex and gender, and has taught at Smith College School for Social Work, Empire College, Vermont College, Union Institute and University, and the California School of Professional Psychology. Arlene has authored over 30 journal articles and book chapters and including authoring two books: The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide and Transgender Emergence, which was the winner of the American Psychological Association (Division 44) Distinguished Book Award, 2006.