Psychology of Vision clients squeezed into the loft of "The Barn" testing the limits of the conditional use permit allowing the Spezzanos to host no more than 50 people
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Everyone has to sign waivers and have this witnessed and cosigned before being allowed into a workshop room. The waiver states that POV is not accountable for any outcome from participating in the workshop. People are not given copies of this.
There is no informed consent. No info given on the true credentials of the Spezzanos and trainers, no license number given, no accurate description of techniques and methods used, and no time frame given as to how long treatment will be. There are no evaluations written up and available in client files.
Chuck Spezzano says his goal is to bring psychology to the world, but this is not about healthy psychology at all. He's not licensed, he is not supervised, he doesn't give informed consent, and he is experimenting on people while he takes their money.
Under these circumstances, Chuck and Lency and their trainers should never be working with Residential School Survivors, especially never with their memories.
Quotes from survivors researching POV:
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When we began to research more about the care of Residential school survivors , trauma treatment was mentioned many times. As we researched trauma treatment we discovered that there are serious laws and regulations around trauma treatment and mental health. If residential school survivors are entering a process of trauma treatment and especially memory trauma treatment there are standards of care that licensed practitioners are responsible for. If deemed that malpractice occurred than the following standards of care would be violated:
1) failure to secure consultation or supervision
2) practice in isolation, the quality of which significantly departs from the quality of practice generally accepted by the peer community
3) failure to adequately document the treatment
4) failure to demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to mental health law and ethical principals
5) failure to demonstrate knowledge of or ability to utilize in treatment the available authoritative clinical & scientific literature on trauma treatment
Unlicensed practitioners may not be sued for malpractice but they certainly may be sued for negligence.
Hypnosis should be used only by licensed health and mental professionals with advanced degrees within their area of expertise. Lay persons using these techniques with potentially traumatic material may be illegally practicing psychotherapy. Those who conduct trauma treatment need to be qualified.
At a minimum professional practice entails meeting the requirements for licensure as a health service provider at an independent level, this means the practitioner has fulfilled the minimum requirements of successfully completing an accredited organized clinical degree and a program including its requirement participation in a number of supervised clinical practica, an intensive clinical internship , residency, and or post-doctoral fellowship.
Those who are not licensed at an independent level are expected to practice under the supervision of licensed professionals who have clinical and legal responsibility for their cases.
Therapists using hypnosis should be familiar with the most current legal rulings in their jurisdiction regarding admissibility of hypnotically refreshed recollection. Therapists should have a working knowledge prior to doing trauma treatment: developmental theory, models of memory, suggestibility, trauma theory ,dissociation ,psychopathology and assessment.
A therapist has a duty to sufficiently inform a prospective client about the nature of the treatment to be provided ,especially about its limitations and risks.
These notes are from Memory Trauma Treatment and The Law, recommended reading for those who have been mistreated .
