Tuesday, March 17, 2020

False advertising from Julia and the Lovebirds

Julia and the Lovebirds (which sounds like a Mod group from 1960s UK) promotes a commercial Chuck Spezzano CD and calls him a "world-famous psychologist"--



https://www.juliaandthelovebirds.com/2019/12/19/100-geheimnisse-der-liebe/

Translation:

Dear Lovebirds,

The world-famous psychologist and author Chuck Spezzano wrote with "100 secrets of love" a companion through all the ups and downs of the most beautiful of all feelings. They are gifts for healing the heart and increasing happiness. Here is an excerpt on the subject of “change”. The entire CD is available from our pairing partner "steinbach speaking books".

We hope you enjoy listening

Yours Julia.


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. 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 Europe 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 or has made any serious effort at professional continuing education for 40 years. He merely echoes whatever New Age fad is profitable at the moment rather than present any original material. 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/2019/11/a-newspaper-potpourri.html

https://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2019/01/navy-drug-center-on-coast-is-vexed.html

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