The title page, table of contents and some selections from Chuck Spezzano's dissertation in the course of earning a Ph. D. in Professional Psychology. This degree is more liberal arts based than medical and this school was not accredited by the APA in 1977. The attainment of this degree is still a considerable achievement and does entitle the graduate to use the prefix of "Dr.," but it is not recognized by the profession as an accredited or medical credential.
Given the number of German language websites (and several in English) marketing Spezzano's for-profit services with erroneous academic awards it needs to be said Chuck Spezzano's degree was
not in clinical psychology. In Hawaii he is
not licensed as a psychologist and in fact was fined in 2004 for pretending to be one.
In order for Spezzano to become an actual psychologist in Hawaii he would be required to go back to school in order to earn a proper psychology degree. But the only school he attended after 1977 was exactly 30 years later at Oneness University, an institution now disowned by Lency Spezzano, a fact confirmed by her son Christopher. In fact, POV has gone to great lengths to eradicate any online trace of their association with OU. Why? We don't know. OU was once one of POV's two "greatest inspirations" but somehow rapidly fell from Spezzano grace between 2011-2014. Yet the OU program remains in the POV curriculum and several current and former POV trainers are proud to be allied with OU to this day.
The number of German websites making false claims about Spezzano's credentials is staggering. I am attempting to document them all but the task is formidable. Spezzano's own direct promotional people and POV trainers in Europe are repeating these myths.
According to the POV
Trainers Manual the Spezzanos have regularly scheduled conferences with their trainers. That would seem like the perfect time to mention the correction of these errors, but somehow these fallacies continue to be posted online for years.
So far I have not located any research by either Chuck or Lency Spezzano submitted to peer-reviewed journals.
Charles L. "Chuck" Spezzano should not be confused with Charles J. Spezzano, who is actually a
real
psychologist. It seems the Library of Congress Name Authority File has
blended these two Spezzanos together, which adds to the confusion.
There is also the question of the name of Spezzano's actual degree. Mr. Spezzano himself says it is in Counseling Psychology, but this dissertation (which is classed in the Library of Congress classification call number for literature) states it was written for the obscure and unemployable Professional Psychology degree.
Many, many questions here- not the least of which are the business ethics of Chuck Spezzano profiting from false advertising. Lency Spezzano claims these promotions are out of their control even though many of these fabrications are trumpeted by their close associates, some even broadcast under POV websites.
It should be noted that both Spezzanos have gone on record stating that Chuck Spezzano is not a psychologist. Chuck Spezzano told APTN reporter Rob Smith in 2013 that he is not a psychologist, he is a "coach." Lency has stated Chuck is not a psychologist in her
Truth About Chuck and Lency Spezzano and the Psychology of Vision website:
http://the-truth-about-chuck-and-lency-spezzano.com/is-chuck-spezzano-a-psychologist/
[Update Oct. 12, 2019: "This site is currently undergoing maintenance." -- This has happened just in the last week. Below is a link to the Internet Archive version]
https://web.archive.org/web/20190221053037/http://the-truth-about-chuck-and-lency-spezzano.com/is-chuck-spezzano-a-psychologist/
