Natalie J Malovich, PHD

This woman has destroyed our lives. She is easily manipulated and deceived. She refused to look into documentation I pro...vided on my side... and I was not disputing visitation or anything, but any concerns I had went unheard. She manipulated the judge and was proud and told me that she could. I now have kids who have grown up, but this whole process and the environment I tried protecting them from overtook and now I have real problems. Because of her "recommedations" I was not able to dispute anything, and my kids suffered. My daughter was starved, my son exposed to drugs at an early age, and is now an addict. Its been a horrific 10 years thanks to this horrible woman! She doesn't deserve a license or to decide the fate of children, she is incapable of hearing 2 sides of the story and listening to the kids as well. more details

Dr. Malovich is dishonest, and very manipulative. She makes up her mind befor eyou even meet her. She will stop writin...g her notes mid sentence if she recognises that the information you are going to provide to her is contrary to the outcome she has decided she is going to make. She will not meet with professionals unless they will have the same decision as her. She is willing to over turn a psychosexual evaluation in order to give custody to a man with clear sexual deviancies. She praises the literal Disneyland dad who doesn't pay appropriate child support as being more willing to do things for the kids than the mom who has a past support amount owed over $50,000.00 . I could really go on and on. She accused me of being rigid and unwilling to accept any kind of help for my parenting and lacking parenting skills, dispite the fact that I am constantly seeking more knowledge on how to be a better parent. When the truth of the matter was that in her office I was asking her questions on how to better myself as a mother. She used every piece of information I gave her about my x to create a stronger case for him against me. She didn't even list any of my professional whitnesses that could attest of my x husbands true psychological problems and manipulative behaviors on her list of people contacted. She only contacted people he asked her to contact. The people I asked her to contact she didn't even bother to try. My contacts were state workers and phschologists as well as school teachers and babysitters who had information valuable to making a determination to the best interest of the children. She also took letters from my x that were written by my mother back in 1983, but considered the sexual abuse my x committed against other girls to be out dated and no longer notable even though they happened a decade and more later. more details

Dr Malovich was appointed and came highly recommended by the court and my attorney. It took 7 months for my ex to FINALY... step foot in her office for the custody evaluation. I would have thought that this would have made at least some impact on her. However, it didn't. I found her to be very disinterested in my case. I had been in a severely abusive relationship with my ex. One that I specifically told her of and my concern for my child because she was living there. Not to mention the health and well being of his family. I had informed her that he is very manipulative and that it can be extremely convincing. My ex is an addict and had left for the first 3 years of our child's life to suddenly come back and request custody. Dr Malovich looked over this important detail. I had also informed her that as long as the custody was left the same, things will always be volitile between us. She didn't speak with anyone from my family, but instead got the views of my exes family instead. And after 3 requested drug tests and 3 refusals, she did nothing. In fact, not only did she do nothing, she gave my ex custody! Once she had made her biased judgment she refused phone calls, appointments and washed her hands of it. Not even contacting my attorney despite many attempts. I found her to be deceitful and not willing to even go an extra inch. In the mediation she shrugged her shoulders when I voiced my concerns as if to say, "oh well, not my problem anymore." I believe she had no care in regards to my child's well being but was only concerned in how much she was getting paid. I even attempted to set up and pay for an appointment after the fact but received no communication what-so-ever. I would hope that no one else has her as their evaluator. She is disinterested in the child's best interest and furthermore, in the end result of the aftermath. Her decision has ruined my child's life and made things even harder for her. I would NEVER recommend her to anyone unless they want the worst possible outcome. more details

In my experience, Dr. Malovich was easily manipulated & deceived by my ex, lacked objectivity & neutrality, & made recom...mendations contrary to the best interests of our children. Dr. Malovich's custody recommendations to the court are in direct opposition to a decade of extensive documentation of my ex’s neglect & abuse of our children and my ex’s psychological testing results which indicated he has significant pathology. Her recommendations also go against the input & recommendations of the custody evaluator who performed our first custody evaluation, & against the input & recommendations of all professionals including our children’s teachers, school staff, pediatrician, & dentist. She chose not to get input from either of the licensed therapists who met with me & my ex, nor from any of the child care providers who have cared for our children during the past decade. Instead, I observed that Dr. Malovich made her custody recommendations based on unsupported claims my ex made to her. more details

I took my children to Dr. Malovich in hopes that she would use her professional training and skills to assist my childre...n and me in improving our family situation. However, the work she did with my children and me made our situation much, much worse rather than better. She made big promises up front about her approach and the outcomes that would result. We invested a great deal of money, time and trust in completing Dr. Malovich's proposed process. In my experience, she did not seek to understand my children, me or our situation. We experienced her as being highly critical, unresponsive, and having a very skewed, rigid perspective. We experienced her as lacking compassion, objectivity or knowledge of evidence-based parenting approaches/strategies. At the conclusion of our work with her, I felt betrayed and greatly disheartened by our work with her which left us worse off than when we began. I would NEVER recommend her to a friend or family member. more details