Van Ethan Levy

Van Ethan Levy is an American queer, non-binary, trans, autistic, not Black person of color. They are dually licensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). Van is the founder of the Do Something Identity(ies) Conference, an international virtual conference that centers and celebrates the most erased realities in the LGBTQIA+ community, the author of the book Exploring My Identity(ies), and the creator of the Do Something: Trans and Non Binary Identities documentary.
==Biography==
Van Ethan Levy was born to an Egyptian-Jewish father and a Mexican-American mother. They were assigned female at birth and from a very early age expressed awareness that this did not reflect their identity. They experienced abuse at multiple conversion therapy camps from age twelve to seventeen, which has led them to be an outspoken opponent of conversion therapy.
Levy has an A.A in Psychology from San Diego Mesa College, a B.A in Psychology from San Diego State University, and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University. They have developed their own curriculum and teach online continuing education classes at Antioch University. They are on staff at the Mental Health Services Center at MiraCosta College. They have also taught for The Chicago School of Professional PsychologyDeconstructing Gender: Trans & Non Binary Identities with assessment and letter writing training.” The Chicago School of Professional Psychology..
Their work as an activist for the LGBTQIA+ community led to them creating a list of mental health providers in every state that provide trans affirming careLevy, Van Ethan. Clinicians Who Provide Letters. Their activism work has also included contributions to a gender resources guide in April 2023, as well as a Springer Science journal article on pronoun usage in books in 2012.
In 2020, Levy authored Exploring my Identity(ies), an interactive workbook designed for all readers to raise awareness of their own internalized transphobia and many more biases that everyone carries.
In 2021, they released the documentary, Do Something: Trans and Non Binary Identities. The documentary was created to show the realities of navigating the world as a trans and/or non binary person as told from the lived experiences of eight trans or non-binary people“Interview with Van Ethan Levy: DO SOMETHING DOCUMENTARY” A Little less Fear. 13 November 2021.. The documentary was created exclusively by trans and/or non-binary people and premiered on Trans Day of Remembrance.
In 2022, Levy organized the inagural Do Something Identity(ies) conference, an inclusive virtual event highlighting the different realities that make up various human experiences. Every presenter and staff member participating in the conference was trans and/or non-binary.
Levy currently runs a virtual therapy practice in San Diego, California. Outside of their day-to-day work as a marriage and family therapist, they are a supervisor for pre-licensed MSW, MFT, or PCC graduate students with the Transgender Health and Wellness Center. They spoke at the Black Mental Health Symposium in 2021, the California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (CALPCC) conference in 2019“2019 CALPCC Conference Program” California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors., and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Annual Conference in 2020.
Category:1988 births
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