False advertising from POV Events

 

Sept. 8, 2021

In what could be the biggest whopper lie of them all coming from Psychology of Vision itself was the claim that "Chuck Spezzano is one of the world's leading psychologists and experts on relationships and personal growth therapy ..."  

Chuck Spezzano is not a psychologist and he has never been licensed as such. His Ph.D. was not professionally accredited, bypassing national standards.

This post violates Spezzano's 2004 court conviction by the State of Hawaii that states if Spezzano or his minions (in this specific case a POV trainer, Avril Woodward) falsely market him as a professional "psychologist" then he must be hauled back into court. This ad is from 2013.

https://madmimi.com/p/3f6393?fbclid=IwAR0vi9BNGYgFzcdypOf23DIn4UAwDliksNMnC7x902fcERIcRYM8hUYWogY

Like most of those who grant this occupational title to Chuck without investigation, I'm sure Avril didn't know she was spreading a falsehood that seems to be echoed mostly in Europe. We are especially interested why so many followers of POV come away believing Chuck is really a professional psychologist, sometimes he is even called a "clinical psychologist." Who told them these lies?

Spezzano's 1977 Ph.D. was apparently in something exotic called "Professional Psychology" and unique to his now extinct school. One could argue it was about one notch up from a mail-order degree. 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."

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

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

https://psychologyofvision.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-newspaper-potpourri.html