Dr. Rick  Malter

Dr. Rick Malter


In 1971, Dr. Rick Malter earned a Ph.D. in Education and School Psychology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Until he retired and moved to Arizona in 2001, he was a licensed nutrition counselor, as well as a licensed clinical psychologist in Illinois.
Dr. Malter’s interests have been in Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Since the 1970’s, he has written and presented papers on LD and ADD to state and national conventions of psychologists and special educators. Since 1980, Dr. Malter has been passionate in applying clinical nutrition to helping children, adolescents and adults with LD and ADD, instead of using prescription drugs. Before he retired from his clinical psychology practice, nutrition and hair mineral analysis were valuable components of the services that he offered to his clients from his Psychology practice in 2001, Dr. Malter has devoted his time to research and the application of nutrition and hair analysis.