Michael Vallario

Dr. Michael Vallario is a licensed clinical psychologist at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, where they work as a Suicide Prevention Coordinator and LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator. They also work in private practice part-time through the San Francisco Therapy Collective, and serve as volunteer supervisor on the training side of the practice, Queer LifeSpace. Their doctoral internship was completed at the James J. Peters VAMC in Bronx, NY and their postdoctoral residency in LGBTQ Interprofessional Health was at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. Dr. Vallario also consults for organizations interested in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives, both in the VA and externally. They earned a Bachelors degree in the Honors Psychology program at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, followed by Masters and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, where they were a student in the Multicultural/Diversity Track. They are currently based out of San Francisco, CA. 

• Clinical psychology
• Program development/quality improvement

• Clinical psychology
• Clinical supervision/consultation
• LGBTQ+ health 
• Minority stress
• Suicide prevention

• Independent Contractor, San Francisco Therapy Collective
• Volunteer Supervisor, Queer LifeSpace
• LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator, VA Palo Alto Health Care System

• Nova Southeastern University, PsyD in Clinical Psychology, 2019
• Florida Atlantic University, BA in Honors Psychology, 2014

• Suicide Prevention Coordinator, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
• Staff Psychologist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System

• Griffith, A., Morano, T., Kittel, J., Vallario, M., Joseph, K., Monteith, L. (2024). "Building a Veteran Engagement Group to Support Research with Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans."
• Hashtpari, H., Privat, J., Vallario, M., Gross, G., Prelli, F., Eleazer, J. (2023). “The VA was the first place as a trainee that I felt like I had to hide many parts of myself.” Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Expansive Experiences in VA Psychology Supervision.
• Vallario, M. (2019). Muscle dysmorphia and body image issues among gay males. In D. E. Newton, Eating Disorders: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues). ABC CLIO.
• Vallario, M. (2016). Working with transgender adolescents with substance abuse issues. In D. E. Newton, Youth Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World  Issues) (pp. 152-156). ABC-CLIO.
• Vallario, M. (2016). Looking into the future of same sex marriage and relationship trends. In D. E. Newton, Same-Sex Marriage: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) (pp. 163-166). ABC-CLIO.