Dr. Andrea M. Valerio practices in Virginia Beach, enjoying the moderate climate and the easy access to the oceanfront. She has over 30 years of clinical experience and specializes in relationships, sex therapy, recovery from dysfunctional and abusive families, healing the inner child, loss and grief, stress, life transitions, women's issues, and personal empowerment. Before private practice, she counseled thousands of people around the country in such diverse settings as hospitals, health centers, clinics, mental health agencies, universities, job corps programs, and the criminal justice system.

Dr. Valerio received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The State University of New York at Buffalo after receiving her master's degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. Her clinical psychology internship was completed at Case Western Reserve's University Hospitals of Cleveland in the Department of Psychiatry. Her clinical psychology residency was completed at The Multimodal Therapy Institute, formerly in Virginia Beach.

Dr. Valerio has taught a variety of college psychology courses, including: Basic Interviewing and Counseling Skills, Group Process, Psychotherapy Principles and Practices, Learning and Motivation, The Psychology of Stress, Personality Theory, Women's Issues, and her specialty, Human Sexuality.

Dr. Valerio believes strongly in continuing education, and she attends many conferences and workshops each year on various clinical topics. Her curiosity and thirst for knowledge compel her to seek answers to life's questions. The process of personal growth and awareness is particularly important to her. Toward that end, Dr. Valerio does not believe there is only 'one right way' to discover yourself or achieve your goals. As she has expressed it, "There are many pathways to wisdom, and all of them deserve our awe and respect — especially the most challenging ones that bring us such painful, yet important, lessons."