Jennifer Valli, PhD, is a seasoned psychotherapist with 30 years of clinical experience in psychiatry. She is a licensed therapist in Tennessee and is nationally certified as a Sex Therapist through AASECT, the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, a rigorous credentialing program in sex therapy. A portion of Dr. Valli’s AASECT training was completed with faculty from Johns Hopkins University in the area of paraphilias and fetishes. In 2014, she completed a comprehensive post-graduate program in sex therapy at the University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in Clinical Sexology and, as a lifelong learner, earned a second doctorate from the University of Southern California focused on Macro Social Change, Innovation, and Social Work.

Dr. Valli is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and a proud member of both the Urology and OB-GYN departments.  For 10 years she taught core curriculum on

Sexual Health to medical students.  Dr. Valli has been an invited speaker for UTHSC’s Women in Medicine and Science group and for Unite, the university’s LGBTQIA group.  Her research through UTHSC’s IRB has been focused on communication about sex between medical providers and patients, including kink practitioners and other sexual minorities.  Most recently, she created a sexual health program for those patients with Prostate Cancer.

She has been on the Board of Advisors at Men’s Fitness Magazine and has been quoted in CNN, The Guardian, Contemporary Sexuality,  Men’s Health Magazine and Men’s Fitness Magazine.  She has had articles in the Memphis Flyer, Good Health Magazine (The Commercial Appeal), and Memphis Health and Fitness Magazine.  She has been consistently listed as one of the best providers (patient voted) for transgender patients in Memphis through OUT-Memphis, the LGBTQIA community center.  As a part of her commitment to the community, she has given several talks at hospitals including West Clinic and Baptist Hospital and speaks for prostate and breast cancer support groups in the community regularly.  She has delivered national presentations on sex after cancer for the American Society of Breast Surgeons Foundation, SMSNA, and OUTCARE, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of care for medical providers working with LGBTQ+ patients.

Valli discusses sexual health related issues for the community with Geoff Calkins on 92.9 FM ESPN sports radio every Valentines Day, February, 2017-2025.