24/7 mental health support,
your way.
Created with psychologist, professional counselors and people with lived experience, so support is there when it matters most.
Meet MARCo today.
Want MARCo for your school, practice, community or home? Talk to our team and get a free demo.
Support in the way they prefer to reach it.
Students can talk to the MARCo robot, or sign in on the website or app. Available 24/7, with no fear of judgment.
- Friend ChatGuided, caring conversations about anything on their mind.
- Open Talks & calming supportCBT- and DBT-based dialogue that helps de-escalate hard moments.
- Check-ins & GoalsMARCo checks how they’re doing and helps spot who needs more attention.
- JournalA private place to write down thoughts and feelings.
Know who needs you first.
MARCo handles the first conversation, then gives counselors the full picture, from one student to the whole school.
- MARCo’s OverviewA plain-language summary, recommendations and key themes for each student.
- Screenings & safetyGAD-7, PHQ-9 and stress screenings, plus a safety plan and risk level.
- Goals, plans & familyTrack treatment plans and send AI-redacted updates to parents and teachers.
- School-wide reportsSee compliance, trends and the most common concerns by grade.
Each student page also has Messages, Conversations and Documents. Filter your student list by grade, section, teacher or counselor.
See the whole school at a glance.
Reports and libraries give counselors the bigger picture, from assessment results to the concerns students raise most.
- Assessment reportsWho has completed screenings, and how scores are trending.
- Presenting concernsWhat each student has raised, ranked by how often.
- Concern cloudThe themes that recur most across the school.
- Assessment libraryAssign GAD-7, PHQ-9 and more, or upload your own.
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Leadership
Dr. Dennis M. Layug
President & CEO, MARCo Health Philippines
Leading the team behind MARCo, mental health support that is there whenever people need it.
Director
Dr. Chesca Layug-Dionglay
Director, MARCo Health Philippines
A general pediatrician bringing child-health expertise to the team behind MARCo.
Features
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Personal Routines
Set goals with your robot best friend, and get reminders and routines to stay on track towards becoming your best you.
Talk Support
Whether you need a friend to vent to, a coach to walk you through your life, or a counselor to deal with your more serious feelings - MARCo is here to talk you through all of it.
Activities
From fun & games, mindfulness meditations, to powerful coping techniques, MARCo has a library of hundreds of exercises for you.
Multi-lingual, Multi-modal AI
MARCo speaks over 130 different languages and dialects. MARCo's AI is fully equipped to personalize all care to EXACTLY what you need.
Journal
Jot down your thoughts and feelings with MARCo and track intelligent insights into patterns you might not notice.
Emergency Outreach
Sometimes you need some extra support. In case you are in an emergency or struggling with more serious thoughts, MARCo can reach out to your emergency contacts automatically.
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John and MARCo talked about how John was feeling about his group project and what he thought was going wrong. He was very angry at his groupmates and blamed them for the failure of their project.
Today was the worst. My group project was a complete failure. I don't even know where to begin. But I can tell you why: my groupmates did not care about the project at all. We would have succeeded if they had practiced the presentation and done their research. But also, here I was, the only one who knew what I was doing. What a disaster.
Question 1:
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge?
Strengthening Your Support Network – MARCo Extends Care, Never Replaces
MARCo is never meant to replace a human therapist or friend – MARCo is meant to replace nothing, as in those gaps in support or knowing how a loved one or client is doing. MARCo’s MOCHI dashboard allows professional (e.g., therapists) and informal (e.g., parents, children) the ability to see how a MARCo user is doing and support them remotely in a couple of clicks.
- Get text messages if a user is in an emergency
- See how a user feels over time
- Understand the topics affecting a user the most
- Assign screenings and set goals/individualized treatment plans
- See full conversations between MARCo and a user
- Treat or diagnose a condition with MARCo
FAQ
Backed by Proven Clinical Science
Every aspect of MARCo's design - from their plush physique to their mental health boosting activities - is rooted in the latest research in mental health technologies. See MARCo's answers to some of the most frequent questions about how and why MARCo works:
01Why MARCo
Why do I need a MARCo robot, and not just an app?
Well, I guess you don't need a robot if you're not worried about getting the best possible quality care! Even if they do the same thing, a real-life, lovable, personable robot constantly outperforms a digital app-only mental health solution on scores like engagement, satisfaction, and outcomes by over 11.5 times in a 2-year period!
Does digital mental health support really work?
Bot-based CBT is an effective option! Numerous studies have shown that chatbots and robots are more effective at reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression when they deliver CBT than through using self-taught modules.
Is this just like another therapist, or is MARCo fun too?
With MARCo, there's something for everyone! MARCo combines the theories of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Behavioral Activation (BA), and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy to give personalized care to anyone who needs it. And while CBT based discussions are the single most performed activity with MARCo, they still only make up about 19% of all activities done with MARCo, meaning 81% of the time spent with MARCo is on uplifting or relaxing activities!
02Safety & Limits
Can I trust MARCo's AI to give accurate, safe responses?
We ensure MARCo's AI performs its conversations and tasks to the highest degree of accuracy by using, at its core, a rules-based algorithm designed around proven clinical checklists and guidelines to provide guardrails to MARCo's AI.
Can MARCo treat illnesses or help in a crisis?
MARCo is not designed to assist with crises such as abuse, severe mental health conditions that lead to feelings of suicide, self-harm, or other medical emergencies. MARCo cannot offer medical or clinical advice and will only suggest that users seek external medical help in serious situations. MARCo cannot treat any illnesses, but can supplement a healthy lifestyle and ongoing treatment to make dealing with symptoms more bearable. These claims have not been validated by the FDA for any specific illnesses.