Helen Marlo, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist | Jungian Psychoanalyst | Dean | Professor
But how can I attain the knowledge of the heart?
You can attain this knowledge only by living your life to the full.
You live your life fully if you also live what you have never yet lived, but have left for others to live or to think.
~Jung
Professional Services
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Mentoring Mothers
Mentoring Mothers offers consultation, connection and community for mothers who gather to nurture one another in transitioning to a more conscious experience of motherhood.
Dean/Professor
Chair, Clinical Psychology Department
The George M. Keller Teaching Excellence Award
Inspiration of the Year Award
One Life Counseling Center
Community Hero - 2023
San Mateo Chamber of Commerce
Professional Highlights
Deeper Dive by Helen Marlo, Ph.D.
Elusive topics in depth psychology, mental health, and wellness.
Media and Interviews
What dreams mean. Tell Us Something We Don’t Know podcast
I kept my cancer diagnosis a secret from even my closest friends.
The Traumatic Loss of a Loved One Is Like Experiencing a Brain Injury
The Spiritual Psyche in Psychotherapy: Mysticism, Intersubjectivity and Psychoanalysis - Co-edited Book with Dr. Willow Pearson
Lindsay Clancy: mom on trial for killing her children
How postpartum psychosis can alter reality, experts explain amid Clancy trial
Psychotherapy vs. AI chatbots: Dr. Helen Marlo on what real therapy requires
April reset: Know why you are failing your goals; tips on small mindset shifts to fix it fast
The intuition intervention
Recognizing and tuning into medical intuition
Spirituality & Health
Dr. Helen Marlo on how each of us can leverage the power of gratitude to improve our overall mental wellness
Publications
Marlo, H. (2026). Foreword. In W. Pearson Trimbach & E. Tuschman Leonard, The emotional truth of dreams: Learning from dream dialogues in psychotherapeutic and spiritual practice. Routledge.
Marlo, H. (2026). Foreword. In J. Hill, Synchronicity in grief: reconstructing meaning after loss. Routledge. Read Publication
Marlo, H. (2024). Working mothers: Make your life like music. In V. Andrews (Ed.), Sanctuary: The inner life of home. Chiron Publications.
Get in Touch
Contact
650-579-4499
helen@helenmarlophd.com
Office
101 S. San Mateo Dr., #300
San Mateo, CA, 94401