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,[1] as well as The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide.
[2] In 1986 Lev founded Choices Counseling and Consulting, Albany, New York area Capital District to specialize in working with lesbian and gay individuals, couples and families.
[2] She is the Clinical Director of the practice which currently focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer individuals (LGBTQ) clients and their families.
In 2000 Lev founded the Rainbow Access Initiative, a training program on LGBT issues for therapists and medical professionals in the Capital Region of New York.
[8] Lev is Project Director of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Project (SOGI),[2] which was formed in 2009 to "Enhance the clinical skills of graduate students working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer individuals (LGBTQ) clients and their families, as well as develop educational and campus-wide access for students across disciplines who are interested in LGBTQ studies.
In 2010 Lev founded TIGRIS: The Institute for Gender, Relationships, Identity, and Sexuality, a post-graduate training program in Albany, New York.