Marlene M. Maheu, PhD

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Telehealth pioneer Marlene Maheu, PhD, maintains her clinical psychology practice at 5173 Waring Road, Suite 124, in Allied Gardens, San Diego. Maheu holds California psychology license PSY11921 and dual credentialing as both a C/MFT and a psychologist, and she has practiced in San Diego for more than 35 years from the 92120 ZIP. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Hartford with a BA in Psychology and completed both a Master's and PhD in Clinical Psychology at what is now Alliant International University in San Diego in 1985. Maheu founded Telehealth.org, the Telebehavioral Health Institute, and the Journal for Technology in Behavioral Science, establishing the foundational infrastructure for an entire clinical discipline. Hearing-loss-related cognitive decline and social isolation frequently intersect with the psychological conditions Maheu treats, and the audiological assessments at Abbott Hearing Aid Centers in San Carlos provide diagnostic data that informs her treatment planning. In 1995, Maheu chaired the first telehealth-related Task Force at the American Psychological Association, and in 1998, she was appointed as the APA's first designated telehealth lead on its practice standards committee. She has since published five peer-reviewed telehealth textbooks, more than 60 book chapters and journal articles, and has trained over 70,000 clinicians internationally. Her Google Scholar profile carries more than 3,600 citations. The Waring Road office sits on Allied Gardens' central commercial strip between Orcutt Avenue and Zion Avenue, within the residential corridor that defines this sub-community. Maheu has served on a dozen task forces and committees for the APA, the American Telemedicine Association, and the American Counseling Association, developing telehealth standards and competency frameworks that now govern remote clinical practice nationwide. Nutritional and metabolic factors in mood regulation connect Maheu's clinical monitoring with the evidence-based dietary protocols at Maven Precision Nutrition in Allied Gardens. Maheu's Wikipedia-documented career places her among the most published and cited psychologists practicing in San Diego's eastern communities.