Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Fake credentials continue to continue in Japanese marketing

Now I will grant you the assumption that Google Translate is accurately redefining the Japanese text into English is a leap in faith, but it does seem to me there sure are a lot of online advertisements in Japan merchandising Chuck Spezzano as a "psychologist."

The following example clips comes from the Cocorono Blog, which is connected with Psychology of Vision "Master" trainers Hiromi and Hideaki Kurihara who also operate the Vision Dynamics Institute and offer something called "MFB Sessions." The blogpost below is a long and complicated introduction to the Byzantine "triangle model" used by Psychology of Vision. Note the description of Chuck Spezzano as a "US psychologist." As this comes from one of his own trainers, that makes it an official designation, breaking the conditions of Chuck's 2004 State of Hawaii fine for posing as a licensed psychologist which takes into account statements made by Spezzano's representatives:

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=https://cocoronoblog.net/sinri-model/&prev=search




Yet again we must point out this is false advertising. Falsifying Chuck Spezzano's credentials in marketing seems to be the rule rather than exception, especially in European merchandising of POV literature and events, but now we are discovering these lies have been spread in Japan as well. The Spezzanos have allowed this to spread-- much to their economic advantage. Sitting by and passively letting these falsehoods become so widespread year after year to their financial benefit is ultimately the responsibility of Chuck and Lency Spezzano.

Spezzano's 1977 Ph.D. was apparently in something exotic called "Professional Psychology" and seems to be peculiar to the now extinct school he attended. It was not accredited by the APA, which means his diploma bypassed any sort of national standard. Even in Japan this should disqualify him from being called a "psychologist." Both of the Spezzanos are on record saying Chuck is not a "psychologist."

In addition, Spezzano was fined by the State of Hawaii in 2004 for impersonating a professional. He is not licensed and is not even remotely qualified to practice professional psychology even if he applied. He has NEVER worked as a licensed "psychologist" or published any research in peer-reviewed journals that we can locate. His credentials have been inflated and falsified for decades, starting with his own newspaper advertisements in the 1980s. Here are some links to some primary sources of interest so you can see the evidence:

http://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2015/09/charles-lee-spezzano-ph-d-in_28.html

https://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2015/09/state-of-hawaii-v-charles-l-spezzano.html

http://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2015/10/state-of-hawaii-requirements-and.html

https://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2017/10/honolulu-advertising-clips-from-1980s.html

https://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2015/12/marquis-whos-who-breaththrough-seminars.html

Hey Hawaii Dept. of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, heads up!

http://cca.hawaii.gov/consumer-complaints/

[Update Mar. 10, 2020: The ad has been updated but the lie remains in reworded form: "Vision psychology is a practical and therapeutic psychology based on the integration of psychology and spirituality. It was proposed in the 1970s by Chuck Spezzano, a Hawaii resident psychologist."]  
[Update Aug. 17, 2020: Fake credential finally removed] 

[Update Aug. 8, 2021: Fake credential has returned]

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