Dena Malamud
Certified Graphoanalyst, IGAS
Free-lance graphoanalyst and writer of non-fiction
Professional Background: 1974 to 1988 and from 1997
to 2000
Private clients for personality assessment, vocational
guidance, personnel selection, compatibility testing, and the analyzing of suspected
forgery documents.
Graphoanalysis on disturbed children, juvenile
delinquents, and regular school children-for teachers, probation officers, social
workers, and psychologists.
Gave general lectures to clubs and various organizations.
Lectured on vocational guidance in High Schools, Santa Barbara City College,
and the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Applied personnel selection by graphoanalysis
for selecting employees for my business and for screening my property tenants.
Taught the special eight week basic course in
graphoanalysis.
Published a “Dear Dena” column
on handwriting in Santa Barbara’s “Independent” newspaper,
and a “The Pen Tells” column in Seattle’s The Journal
Newspaper.
Training:
1972 to 1974: Intensive correspondence studies
with the International Graphoanalysis Society, plus six days in-residence training
in Chicago. Graduated from the General Course.
Studied for the Master’s Course for another
year and a half, but due to home interruptions was unable to take the exam for
graduation.
Attended seminars for additional training with
the Southern California Chapter of graphoanalysts.
Education:
Licensed in California in 1950
as a medical laboratory technologist, working until 1976. Took many psychology
courses over the years, and read innumerable books on psychology, many of which
were suggested reading by the International Graphoanalysis Society.
Besides working on suspected forgeries, I have analyzed the handwriting of school children for teachers, as well as disturbed children and juvenile delinquents for social workers and probation officers.
Several years back, I put my training to a fun use. In the Santa Barbara and Seattle newspapers I penned a “Dear Dena’’ column, (a take-off on Dear Abby), in which I answered questions from readers in the light of what I saw in their handwriting. This website is a resurrection of that column.
