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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #375 on: January 14, 2015, 06:02:54 pm »
Not only are the Spezzanos running a deception, abusive Large Group Awareness Training (LGAT), there are also elements of guru worship in this group. Chuck does "blessings", devotees adore the Spezzanos. Along with their use of Course in Miracles and Oneness - the Spezzanos have concocted their own New Age pseudo-religious LGAT cult.

Dangerous.

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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #376 on: January 16, 2015, 02:14:05 pm »
The plot thickens.

We noted that while Charles Lee Spezzano and Michael North were setting up the Center for Aboriginal Healing and Vision in January 2003, SALPOV trainers Babs Stevens and Charles Campbell set up the International Foundation for Vision and Healing in Vancouver, BC around March/April 2003--

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4179.msg39391#msg39391

Now we can add a third "non-profit" to the list. The International Association for Vision and Healing was also formed in 2003. It was in Burnaby, BC with officers Geraldine Ambers, Susan How, and Ruby Tang, all three being allied with SALPOV at one time or another--

https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=4179374

So once again I wonder what the endgame was supposed to be with these groups formed in 2003? And how many more of these groups are there?

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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #377 on: January 20, 2015, 02:52:11 pm »
As I survey the academic credentials of the Spezzano and Associates Ltd. Psychology of Vision (SALPOV) personnel in the Anglo-American branches several observations come to mind.

Most of the trainer biographies do not include details of their academic training. Although this isn't proof that every single one of them are unqualified to be messing around with the lives of vulnerable people, none of them appear to be even close to having the qualifications to be dabbling in the field of psychology. The Spezzanos themselves have had no legitimate continuing education since the 1970s from what I can see.

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4179.msg37693#msg37693

The SALPOV UK website is the most poorly administered and least current in the corporation, so using it as a tool to gather data is a bit tricky. It would appear that Alison Banks and Julie Wookey might have left the fold as trainers, but since they remain in the official roster I am including them here.

When you take away their artificial and make-believe SALPOV "level" certificates in this steep hierarchy, the remaining lack of expertise is rather frightening when one considers what they promise to deliver.

If all the money these poor sods had poured into the Spezzano bank account had been applied instead to a real academic degree with a real accredited institution of higher education, these people could've had real careers by this time. But instead, they really just have diddly squat now when it comes to having a résumé with any clout. Any employer who begins to investigate what this "Psychology of Vision" is all about will conclude, "Sweet Jesus, these people are out of their tiny little minds!" and quickly move on to the next applicant-- especially if they had the pleasure of viewing Lenora's downloading/joining videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btxyxm1BHhY

The Anglo-American branch of SALPOV has been shrinking rapidly for the last few years. And, those who remain are old farts who are in too deep to change now. Being an old fart myself I know one when I see one. In the UK the povevents.com website has been down for over a month, and even though Charles Lee Spezzano's German visits have been announced for quite some time, there is no word yet if he'll visit the UK. In Canada, their events page is completely blank! I'm not seeing a lot of excitement being generated here, except, perhaps, by certain law enforcement and government regulator types.

Here is a list, based on the best information available, of the SALPOV trainers in the Anglo-American world and their highest degrees. The fact that most of this data is not presented on their websites tells us a lot about the lack of transparency in this secretive group.

SALPOV-- it's all about the money.

United States

Charles Lee Spezzano: Ph. D., "Professional Psychology" (not APA accredited), United States International University, 1977. Attended Oneness University 2007.

Lenora Kay Spezzano: MSc, Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Arizona, 1976. Attended Oneness University 2007.

Francine Andrea Girard: Studied at the Process Work Institute, but no degree listed. The nearest PWI is an unaccredited private school in Portland, Oregon. Reference is made to her background in engineering.

Canada

Babs Stevens: No higher education listed. On her LinkedIn she is "Life Coach, Oneness Blessing Giver, Reiki Level 2, l Life Coach, Healing Workshop Facilitator" and on her Twitter, "Psychology of Vision Trainer and Oneness Blessing (Deeksha) Giver."

Joanne Roberts: No higher education listed. On LinkedIn she is a "vibrational therapist/coach."

Betty Lou Hunt: No degree listed, but LinkedIn states "University of Alberta, Physiotherapy, 1969-1972." Also, "Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute, Certicate [sic] of Acupuncture, November 1997 – Present."

Charles Campbell: No degree listed. Works as a chiropractor in Vancouver, BC.

Susan How: No higher education listed.

United Kingdom

Alex Patchett-Joyce: MA, Conservation Studies, West Dean College, 2004. Her dissertation, The Stove's Renaissance: Investigation of and research into the history, and social history, of a 17th century stove and the planning of its ethical conservation, won an annual award.

Alison Banks: Putney High School

Avril Woodward: No higher education listed.

Barb Jones: Uses the suffix "Dip. ITEC" with no qualifier. Was "studying counseling" over two decades ago. "I am also a massage and reflexology therapist." No mention of SALPOV on her commercial website, http://chooseheavenonearth.com/, although she states she is a "qualified therapist."

Evie Prior: No higher education listed. Called a "Master Practitioner in NLP."

Jeff Allen: According to his LinkedIN, "Newcastle Technical College, Marine Engineering and Fitting and Turning, 1966 – 1969."

Julie P. Wookey: No higher education listed.

Nicky Rangecroft: No higher education listed.

Sue Allen: No degree listed, but mention is made of attending University of Sussex.


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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #378 on: January 21, 2015, 04:32:42 pm »
It is very good to see more fact-based information concerning Spezzano and Associates Ltd. Psychology of Vision appearing in the German language. The Spezzanos in the US and Jeff Allen in the UK are trying hard to cultivate the New Age market in Central Europe using SALPOV as the lure--

http://visionworksforlife.de/facilitators-and-groups/

Exactly why SALPOV is going down the toilet in North America and the UK, but on the other hand finding a receptive audience in Germany is a topic worthy of a thesis by someone earning an accredited degree at a real university.

Looks like SALPOV is still finding a foothold in Asia as well, as this disturbing video from Japan demonstrates--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5YOcFuaOII

It could be that in both regions where SALPOV has found purchase, the cult strongly emphasizes the promise of their dogma to produce money (or "abundance") as much as, or more so, than "healing." In Canada it appeared the main focus was on the spiritual retailing, but in Asia and Germany the cult really pushes the business management and leadership aspects as well.

Anyway, Psiram has recently released a three-part series of blogposts in German and English. Part II will be of special interest to Canadian readers--

Psychology of Vision I – die Kunden zahlen fürs Hypnotisiertwerden und Heulen
https://blog.psiram.com/2015/01/psychology-of-vision-i-die-kunden-zahlen-fuers-hypnotisiertwerden-und-heulen/


Psychology of Vision I – Paying to cry your eyes out and be hypnothised
https://blog.psiram.com/2015/01/psychology-of-vision-i-paying-to-cry-your-eyes-out-and-be-hypnothised/


Psychology of Vision II – Staatsknete abgreifen, Spenden fordern und den Wohltäter mimen
https://blog.psiram.com/2015/01/psychology-of-vision-ii-staatsknete-abgreifen-spenden-fordern-und-den-wohltaeter-mimen/


Psychology of Vision II – Grabbing state money, demanding donations, and still mimicking the benefactor
https://blog.psiram.com/2015/01/psychology-of-vision-ii-grabbing-state-money-demanding-donations-and-still-mimicking-the-benefactor/


Psychology of Vision III – “Wir kriegen euch alle”: Multitasking im Pyramidensystem
https://blog.psiram.com/2015/01/psychology-of-vision-iii-wir-kriegen-euch-alle-multitasking-im-pyramidensystem/


Psychology of Vision III – “We’ll get you all”: Multitasking in a pyramid scheme
https://blog.psiram.com/2015/01/psychology-of-vision-iii-well-get-you-all-multitasking-in-a-pyramid-system/


SALPOV-- where people are a commodity to be exploited and the bottom line is that it's all about the money.

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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #379 on: January 25, 2015, 04:56:45 pm »
For some reason the Japanese video I linked to above was taken down right after I made reference to it. But then it returned under a new URL. So, once again, here is a link to a very disturbing Youtube regarding SALPOV--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxXcrEhnK_o


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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #380 on: January 28, 2015, 04:17:36 pm »
On the Spezzano and Associates Ltd. Psychology of Vision (SALPOV) website in the section where praise and testimony is offered you'll find among the other videos a piece apparently compiled by Malcolm Smith, ND with the caption "Malcolm Smith describes Lency's elegant and effect [sic] healing style."

http://www.chuckandlencyspezzano.com/Praise.htm

(An aside here. For some reason Jack Miller's poem of praise, which we had linked to just a few months ago, has been deleted. In case you missed this effort, here's a link)--

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4179.msg37960;topicseen#msg37960

Now let's go to the UK SALPOV website, where under the category of "Chuck's Videos" we are presented with the interview with Nick Williams, followed by several of the brief lectures by Charles Lee Spezzano that are found on his Youtube account.

http://www.psychologyofvision.co.uk/chucks-videos/

But in the "Lency's Videos" section we are given only one title, the Malcolm Smith compilation mentioned above. Where are all the "Downloading/Joining" Youtubes? Why are several of her husband's Youtubes included but all of hers left out? Curious.

http://www.psychologyofvision.co.uk/lencys-videos/

Smith's video was produced around 2009. The work is 8 minutes long and includes praise for Lenora Kay Spezzano's seminars from Smith himself plus five other people. One participant calls Lenora "a window to God." There is no printed title, or statement of responsibility, or credits, or copyright year.

It looks like this originally appeared on Vimeo. Presumably the Spezzanos selected this particular bit of video themselves as part of their collection of testimonials--

http://vimeo.com/5210638

I wonder if the Spezzanos noticed that one of the tags on this piece was for Oneness University?

http://vimeo.com/tag:oneness+university/page:1/sort:plays/format:detail

Or if they saw on Smith's LifePrint Homeopathy blog page the link to SALPOV still says--

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Psychology of Vision... a powerful release technique developed by Chuck and Lency Spezzano, this method is based on the work of A Course in Miracles and The Oneness University.

http://lifeprinthomeopathy.blogspot.com/2009/10/latest.html

In their dash to erase an important part of their own history and purge all evidence of the influence of Oneness University, SALPOV failed to catch a few details. We can add SALPOV trainer Babs Stevens still advertising herself as a Oneness Blessing Deeksha Giver on LinkedIn and Twitter in the mix as well. Also, they forgot to erase their praise of Amma and Bhagavan from their own Card for the Day archives--

http://chuckandlencyspezzano.blogspot.com/search?q=amma

The question as to why Lenora Kay Spezzano now dislikes Oneness University, and SALPOV went to such extraordinary lengths to cover up the importance of their spiritual connection with Amma and Bhagavan, remains a mystery to me. I have theories, but really I do not know and cannot guess.

But there is one thing I do know, SALPOV certainly has no qualms about erasing various chunks of their history when the truth become inconvenient. We documented plenty of evidence about that here on NAFPS.


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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #381 on: January 29, 2015, 04:47:55 pm »
Piff brought something to my attention--

Earlier this month the annual 10-day trainers' training took place in Hawaii. Here's what the 2011 Psychology of Vision Trainers Manual says about this event (Section G2)

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2. Trainers’ Conference

Attendance at the annual 10-day PoV Trainers’ Conference is mandatory. Trainers are required to pay travel and lodging expenses and stay at the hotel where the training is presented (unless you are funded). There are no exceptions to this, although pregnancy and medical conditions are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that we negotiate for conference room rates based on hotel room occupancy. Therefore trainers must stay on site to honor our conference contract with hotel. As this is our most important commitment, if a trainer is late serious consequences will be observed. This includes a reason that appears out of the trainers’ control, such as delayed flights. Missing a full day of the conference will put the trainer on probation and will need to do 5 to 10 day training with a Master Trainer in the next 6 months. A portion of a day or more than a day missed will be decided case by case using the above guideline for benchmark.

So, given the gravity and importance of this occasion, I found the photo accompanying Jeff Allen's recent report to be most interesting. In the photo are pictured Alex Patchett-Joyce, Charles Lee Spezzano, Sue Allen, Lenora Kay Spezzano, Nicky Rangecroft, Jeff Allen, and, I think, Barb Jones. Jeff labels them the "UK Team in Hawaii".

http://visionworksforlife.com/2015/styles-of-aggression/

Apparently the theme (which readers of this forum should find deliciously ironic, especially if you view Lenora's "downloading/joining" videos) was "Styles of Aggression."

Anyway, that photo is interesting for the number of people absent: Alison Banks, Avril Woodward, Evie Prior, and Julie Wookey. If attendance at this gig is required, and if Jeff presents the photo as the UK SALPOV Team, does this mean Banks, Woodward, Prior and Wookey are no longer trainers?

The UK SALPOV website still lists all them as active trainers--

http://www.psychologyofvision.co.uk/category/trainers/

But none of those absent in the photo have any events scheduled--

http://www.psychologyofvision.co.uk/events/

Has SALPOV suffered a significant loss of veteran trainers in a very short time? Wookey was a "Level 4," and part of the elite Steering Committee (I just noticed her name is spelled "Wookie" in the Manual). Woodward ran the povevents website, which has been down now for well over a month.

I also note that Charles Lee Spezzano has no events announced or scheduled for the UK or Canada in 2015 so far. In the Anglo world, it would appear that Spezzano and Associates Ltd. Psychology of Vision is in rapid decline. It would be good to see a few government regulator types help speed up the process.

Maybe there is a God after all. 



Epiphany

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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #382 on: January 29, 2015, 06:21:10 pm »
A card of the day Chuck has used several times is "Healing the Hell Worlds". This, along with everything else Chuck and Lency promote, is not unique to them. They are classic New Age, drawing from many sources and rarely giving proper credit.

"The Hell Worlds" is from Grace, Gaia, and the End of Days: An Alternative Way for the Advanced Soul, by Stuart Wilde

https://books.google.com/books?id=uBeNU-l6bAsC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=%22hell+worlds%22&source=bl&ots=iETtucnRqp&sig=5DAIOyHz_CcKafI_FgXVB9oMO6E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-XXKVKmXIoSyyQSOxIGQCA&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22hell%20worlds%22&f=false

Wilde states that his info on these hell worlds comes from his 68 sessions with ayahuasca.

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Stuart Wilde (1946 – 2013) is considered by many to be the greatest metaphysical teacher that has ever lived. Most famous New Age, New Thought writers and teachers privately studied with him, or they have been greatly influenced by his work.

http://www.stuartwilde.com/about/

Chuck's teachings are not new and special. He is being deceptive by not clearly stating his sources, by pretending that he is the only source.

Ultimately, the beliefs don't matter, the behavior does. Chuck and Lency behave badly, and they teach others to behave badly.


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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #383 on: February 05, 2015, 08:10:43 am »
Here's some background on the activities of trainers in the German-speaking regions, including (as far as is provided by them) info on their original profession:

The PoV trainers active in the German-speaking regions don't only offer PoV courses and seminars, but also different Nuage methods. Many of them are longterm PoVers.

Part of them are licenced as alternative practitioners.
To give some background on this: We in fact owe this particularity to the Nazis who tried to aryanise the German health system, and the licences were continued in the Federal Republic after the war, while in the Democratic Republic persons already in possession of such a licence were allowed to continue, but no further licences were being issued.

The licence basically offers access to a 'healing' profession for persons who do not study medicine. Prerequisites: applicants must be 25 years of age or above, and are expected to provide a medical certificate, and a certificate of conduct. A local health authority will run a multiple choice test of 60 questions, 45 of which must be answered correctly, plus an oral examination. Both are meant to establish whether an applicant will pose a threat to public health or is able to properly identify e.g. cases of infectious diseases and immediately pass those to a medical doctor. About 50% of applicants fail these tests, but may try as often as they wish as the number of attempts has not been limited. Furthermore, local health authorities do not evaluate according to which alternative methods or concepts applicants intend to treat their clients and whether these methods are effective or rubbish.

The licence may be obtained as a 'general' alternative practitioner, or as an AP limited to psychotherapy, often apostrophied as the 'small licence'. These practitioners may not use the term 'psychotherapist' which is limited to persons having finished a course of studies at a university, and if they do, this is an offence.


Anke Schuppan, trainer level 1,  Gardelegen

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Apart from my own seminars, supervision, and coachings which are e.g. combined with Hawaiian body work, I am a contact for many international PoV events and for VisionWorks, I support Steps-to-Leadership heads of courses and work for PoV as a translator.

A website run by another PoV member, http://www.powerful-events.de/speaker/anke-schuppan , publishes the following info:
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... from work as a horse trainer, assistant job in the field of horse-based psychotherapy, and a course of studies in psychology until Psychology of Vision and self-employment as a psychologist in the field of relationship and life counseling.
Whether these are claims or based on facts cannot be established.


Anne-Kathrin Koch (married name), Spiesen-Elversberg (Saarland)
Trainer level 2

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I spent my childhood mainly in music lessons, self-awareness, healing and consciousness seminars and in the horse stable. After … finishing a course of studies in musical therapy I met Chuck and Lency in 2004. With my licence as an alternative practician, I am working in my own office since 2006 (in my office as well as per skype and by telephone), do lectures, lead study groups and seminars.

Koch also publishes ads:
http://www.gesunder-mensch.de/9708_anne-kathrin-koch-spiesen-elversberg.html
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Alternative practitioner for psychotherapy, trainer of Psychology of Vision according to Dr Chuck and Lency Spezzano


Claudia Schönfeld, trainer level 1, Hamburg

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I gathered first experience with self-healing powers in the meditations and initiation trainins of „Art Read“ and with the support of the Blackfood Indians [sic!] during a sundance. […] With the tools learned here [ie. At PoV] I was able to walk through incredible 'lows' with my husband and achieve at a relaxed and loving partnership. It fulfills me to be able to pass on this experience and knowledge in my seminars, the study group „The Meeting“, and in individual coachings.

https://www.xing.com/profile/Claudia_Schoenfeld3
Employment: Trainer at Psychologie of Vision, branch of trade: Coaching, self-employed
[no other/previous employer mentioned]
Psychology of Vision Trainer in individual coaching
Group coaching
PoV seminars in Hamburg and nation-wide


Kurt Sommer, trainer level 1, Neufahrn

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Personally, PoV work has helped me to restore the lost relationship to god and to my family which I was about to leave. […] I thus found my calling as a trainer of relationships and counsellor. This was in 1999. Meanwhile, I was able to support persons in innumerable individual coachings and in many seminars. This work profits from my practice as a qualified social education worker (Diploma).

In 2001, Jeff Allen asked me to begin introducing Steps to Leadership for the first time in Germany. Since then, I start a new course every year with a large, positive feedback. ...

On his own website, Sommer says:
http://www.kurt-sommer.com/
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Successful relationships and partnerships for singles, couples, families, organisations and on the job counseling
Kurt Sommer – qualified social education worker, couple therapist, communications coach

Sommer has been active at the predecessor of PoV DACH
http://www.moneyhouse.ch/p/sommer_kurt-4267498/
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Career:
December 2003 to Novemer 2006: Member of Psychology of Vision DACH


Rebecca Wildi, trainer level 1, Switzerland
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I have always been a dancing soul and loved to learn and teach in my life. I was a kindergarten nurse originally and […] today I run my own dance school and am passionately teaching dance, spiral dynamics, and Psychology of Vision.

In her Xing profile, Wildi says she is a solo dancer and teacher of oriental dances, and self-employed since 2001:

https://www.xing.com/profile/Rebecca_Wildi


Susanne Ernst, trainer level 3, Switzerland

http://www.pov-int.eu/trainer/susanne-ernst/

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Susanne Ernst (born 1958) lives with her husband and their two sons. She is a trainer level III of Psychology of Vision in the German-speaking countries. With more than 20 years of experience of working with Psychology of Vision […]

Chuck Spezzano about Susanne Ernst:
„Susanne is a wise teacher who makes complexity easy to understand. She is a healer with warmth, humour, feeling of security and spontaneity. A mystic who opens the angel-like levels, yet at the same time remains practical when she helps to bring about blessed changes. She is a „mother of the earth“ with a vast spiritual heritage.“
Interests:
She has a diploma II in Seitai (energy work) and as an Aikido teacher of the 4th Dan, she has her own school and dojo in Solothurn/Switzerland. In the management of PoV-DACH GmbH together with Josef Neuschmid and Mathias Keller, she works actively and coordinatively all over Europe.
On the website she maintains for her dojo, Ernst says she has had her own dojo since 2003 and names Peter Shapiro as her teacher.
As her profession she claims:
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Coach for life counseling according to PoV, Aikido trainer, Seitai teacher
From the CV published there, Ernst claims „more than 25 years of experience of working with Psychology of Vision by Chuck and Lency Spezzano“.
She also provides the information that her original profession was a „nurse specialized in anaesthetics“.

Aikido teacher Peter Shapiro presently does not seem to be active in PoV, however continues to use PoV as a sales pitch on his website:

https://ch.linkedin.com/pub/peter-shapiro/51/166/836

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brought up as an artist-, played free jazz piano in the 60's and painted as a member of the n.y. school, basing my painting and later a theory of aesthetics on the teaching of hans hoffmann, went to japan and studied aikido with the founder and with hikitsuchi-sensei, zen with yasutani roshi, seitai with noguchi haruchika-sensei and natural farming with fukuoka masanobu -sensei…..hold 6th dan in aikido, shodan in masakatsu bo, a katsugen consultant certificate and shodan in seitai,…...graduate advanced trainer/coach in the psychology of vision..(currently inactive) now teaching and leading musicians in the interpretation of the music of j.s. bach and of monteverdi, created the bach renewal society…currently also playing free jazz piano….created a form of aikido practice going to to o.sensei, which i named ki-no-nagare aikido…


Torsten Konrad, trainer level 1, Cologne

http://www.pov-int.eu/trainer/torsten-konrad/

Acording to the info provided in his PoV bio, Konrad has studied dance at Folkwang which is one of the most renowned schools/academies for actors etc. He also is a teacher of presently 14 years at Folkwang and is a teacher of Alexander technique, living in Cologne and teaching in Cologne, Essen, Berlin, Saarbrücken as well as per Skype and telephone.
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“I love Psychology of Vision because it supports us consequently and conitnuously to strengthen trust in our life and into the light.“


Mathias Keller, trainer level 1 and PoV DACH

Keller is a trainer level I (although inactive from Jan 2015), and one of three CEOs of PoV-DACH.
In this ad dd 2012, Keller claims he has been a leader of Steps to Leadership courses and PoV advanced training evenings in Bern and Basel (Switzerland).
http://www.blindad.de/events/Kehrsatz_im-prinzip-einfach-halbtages-workshop-mit-pov-april-2012_195518.php?adventure=essen-mexikanisch&ad=560

Keller also contributed a testimonial to the newly arranged site „The truth about Chuck and Lency Spezzano:

http://the-truth-about-chuck-and-lency-spezzano.com/testimonials-germany/

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Psychology of Vision has allowed me to alter my life for the better. My happiness lies in my own hands. The many simple tools I can use every day have made my life a lot easier. Through understanding my psyche I gained more comprehension of my past and my behavior. I therefore was able to understand relationships better, make new decisions, create more bonding and live a happier life. I’m very grateful that I came across this work and got to know it.
Mathias Keller
Germany
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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #384 on: February 05, 2015, 08:16:30 am »
PoV-DACH:

Susanne Ernst: see above


Josef Neuschmid, Zurich, Switzerland

Neuschmid is no trainer, but a CEO of PoV-DACH. He is an Austrian citizen, but with his previous wife has been living in Germany where he had an office as an alternative practician (this is a profession which may not be practiced in Austria according to Austrian law). As far as can be established in a Google search, Neuschmid does not seem to have sold courses done by himself, but placed advertisements for and organised lectures and seminars Spezzano does on his regular trips to Europe, like e.g. this one:

http://ovb.markt.de/hohenbrunn/kultur/psychologie+of+vision+josef+neuschmid/absIndex,2/keywords,235/rView,list/recordId,fbf1ddf4/expose.htm

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Date: Feb 27, 2015, 1 pm to Feb 28, 2015, midnight

Trainer: Chuck Spezzano

„Partnership, family, community: Discover what heals the interior“

Everything in life is about relationships. Most of the problems we meet take their origin there. And nowhere can we learn as much about ourselves and the world.
Chuck Spezzano, internationally renowed psychologist and author of bestsellers, shows how every connection with a fellow human mirrors our inner state, our problems as well as our hidden potential. Whether partnership, family, profession or society, in deciphering the secret messages of our relationships correctly, we gain unpayably valuable hints for self-fulfilment and personal growth.“

Three-day-seminar from Feb 27 to March 1, 2015:
Fees:
470,– p. person
420,– early-bird fee until 10. Jan. 2015
235.- student fee
290,– for STL participants

Neuschmid meanwhile runs his own counseling company in Switzerland, together with his second wife who also registered the company's website:

http://www.empowering-team.ch/page_right.php?pageID=63&elementID=685&moduleID=9094
Barbara Valeh
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Background & Profession:
Barbara (born 1971) is from Switzerland and lives in Zürich with husband Josef. Since 14 years, she is a grammar school teacher in Zurich.
Education & Experience:
From modern psychology and brain research until ancient philosophie and spirituality – Barbara is open for everything which proves itself in practical life. For more than 20 years, she has been busy with issues of personal development […].
Some important stations of learning were the training to become a Cert. Integral Coach ECA and Diploma Mental Coach ECA as well as the education in psychology with Dr Chuck Spezzano. Further sources of inspiriation are American success coaches like Anthony Robbins and teachers like Eckhart Tolle.
Barbara has been coaching adults for more than five years – who likes to advance in large steps is okay here. She is teaching courses in the fields of personal development and emotional intelligence since 2010.

Josef Neuschmid
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Background & Profession:

Josef (born 1960) is from Austria and lives in Zurich with his wife Barbara. He is an alternative practician for more than 20 years, an expert for diets, vital substances, and orthomolecular medicine.
Education & Experience:
From his practical experience as a dietetcally schooled chef unto as a lecturer for orthomolecular medicine at a school for alternative praciticians, Josef gathered long-term experience in many fields of adult education. Apart from this, for more than 20 years he has been into modern psychology, happiness research and success principles, as taught by Dr Chuck Spezzano, Harald Wessbecher, Frank Kinslow, and Anthony Robbins.
Since 1998, Josef is organising seminars for Chuck Spezzano where he also gathered rich experience as a group leader. […]
Neuschmid also maintains his own website as a „vital expert“.


Another person who does not offer any courses or seminars, but seems to have an important position within PoV and/or PoV-DACH is Django Hediger who is a longterm member of PoV, too.

With his wife Bianca Hediger (née Früh), Hediger runs an event company named „Powerful Events“. The company organises and advertises seminars with Spezzano.
In 2014, the Hedigers bought an event location in the vicinity of Cologne; its website mentions them as CEOs:
http://www.kupfersiefermuehle.de/impressum.htm?print=1

Hediger is a registrant/admin of several PoV websites either on his own or with his wife Bianca:

http://www.psychologyofvision-shop.de/impressum/
According to the imprint, both Hediger and Früh are CEOs, and the PoV shop is run by a company named „Hediger & Früh GbR“ (GbR = partnership under ther Civil Code).

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Hediger & Früh GbR
Im Rott xxx
xxx Ratingen
E-Mail shop@psychologyofvisionxxx.xx
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vertretungsberechtigter Gesellschafter
Django Hediger
Bianca Früh

Hediger resp. the Hediger & Hediger GbR  is also registrant and admin of the site „The truth about Chuck and Lency Spezzano“:

http://www.whoismind.com/whois/the-truth-about-chuck-and-lency-spezzano.com.html

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Registrant Name: Django Hediger
Registrant Organization: Hediger & Hediger GbR
Registrant Street: Grosshecker Weg xx
Registrant Postal Code: 51503
Registrant Citry: Roesrath
Registrant Country: DE

Another site registered by Hediger is „About Psychology of Vision.com“:

http://www.domaintuno.com/d/about-psychology-of-vision.com

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About-psychology-of-vision.com is 12 months old . The website was registered by Django Hediger and has its servers in Germany . The site has a Pagerank of 0, which suggests that it is not so well connected on the internet.



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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #385 on: February 06, 2015, 02:37:54 pm »
Charles Lee Spezzano has just appeared in a new Youtube promoting his upcoming book tour in Central Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G122CJhtGok

This appears to be filmed in Hawaii at the Spezzano property. Camera work by Christopher Spezzano, editing and production by Django Hediger.

Not a real dynamic presentation. Other than the usual Buy My Book pitch I found an interesting sideline oneliner where Vincent LaDuke is quoted. It can be found at 2:19. Enjoy:

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As the Native American Sun Bear said, "It has to grow corn."


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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #386 on: February 09, 2015, 12:25:58 am »
This new video by Spezzano uses the song Our Hearts Have Been Misplaced in a Secret Location by Uniform Motion. Credit is given at the end of the video, I've included the visual clip here. The visual clip also makes the point that this music is used for a commercial venture. The video is to promote a book and commercial events by the Spezzanos.

But the song is not supposed to be used commercially. It has been released under a "some rights reserved" Creative Commons license. http://uniformmotion.bandcamp.com/track/our-hearts-have-been-misplaced-in-a-secret-location-3

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The good people at Uniform Motion now know about this situation. They do not want their songs used commercially. They have initiated a thoughtful discussion on their Facebook page that includes links to NAFPS and Psiram concerning the Spezzanos.

Unfortunately Psychology of Vision plays fast and loose with other people's work. They still have not removed all plagiarizing of the author Rasha's work, for instance, from their related web pages. 

This recent video by Chuck and crew needs to be taken off the web. The song in question needs to be taken out and replaced by something that they have full permission to use commercially.


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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #387 on: February 10, 2015, 04:09:23 pm »
Considering SALPOV is a for-profit commercial enterprise bereft of original ideas which forces them to, er, "borrow" almost everything it peddles, from A Course in Miracles, the Trask Triangle, Oneness University, stage hypnotists, and Large Group Awareness Training cult techniques, the use of Uniform Motion's music without permission seems totally natural. 

Remember over a year ago when the author and spiritual teacher Rasha asked the SALPOV trainers in Prince Rupert, BC to remove her name from their marketing? There was no way she wanted to be associated with SALPOV. Well guess what, this is still up online--

http://www.cornerstoneswellness.com/workshops/shift-series/

I have clipped and attached the images for those readers who are signed in.

This same duo have recently posted another "5th Dimension" workshop with similar wording but no mention of Rasha--

http://povcanada.com/event-registration/?ee=71

For a group that includes "Steps to Leadership" and New Age "Emotional Intelligence" in the workplace as part of their curriculum, SALPOV has some pretty sadass business ethics. They just take what they want in order to make a buck. Its all about the money. Which in Europe is, and I'm not kidding, deposited in a Swiss bank account.

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4179.msg36665#msg36665

It appears Uniform Motion's Our Hearts Have Been Misplaced in a Secret Location has been on several Spezzano promotional videos for the German/Swiss tours and used without permission for two or three years.  Hopefully Uniform Motion will have better luck than Rasha did in dealing with SALPOV. 

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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #388 on: February 16, 2015, 01:42:49 pm »
I had a look at persons selling courses in „Steps to Leadership“, PoV, and/or VisionWorks in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland resp using their participation in PoV/STL/VW seminars and their employing PoV methods to promote their business. As far as these person mention previous, or current, employment resp vocational trainings, these are mentioned below, too.


Switzerland

Alexandra Angermann, Basel/Switzerland

is a manager in Forbo Management Training
https://ch.linkedin.com/in/alexandraangermann

previously (until 2005) CEO in Psychology of Vision DACH
http://www.moneyhouse.ch/p/Alexandra-Angermann%2BStieger


Ursula Garo, Gwatt/Switzerland

http://www.ursulagaro.ch/prod05.htm

According to her biographical info, Garo has been a primary school teacher between 1983 and 1993. From 1992, she opened her own office selling kinesiology and other seminars. From 1996 on, she added Family Constellations according to Bert Hellinger, and from 1999 on sold constellation seminars. From 2004, she also sells one-day seminars „Follow the voice of your heart“ which are said to be based on „concepts, models and constallation according to Psychology of Vision by Dr Chuck Spezzano and Lency Spezzano from Hawaii“, and STL courses. Garo got involved with PoV through a lecture by Spezzano in 1996.

Garo does not provide info regarding any course of studies in psychology or medicine apart from various Newage methods (kinesiology, constellations/Hellinger, PoV)


Christoph Müller, Basel/Switzerland

From the info provided in his LinkedIn profile, Müller might have booked an STL course; it is not quite clear whether he also taught STL courses. However, he is using the STL course to promote his business activities and may seek to proselytise business contacts and employees:

https://ch.linkedin.com/in/logisticchmueller


Karin Eva Möckel-Brandt, Würenlos/Switzerland

Möckel-Brandt was born 1963 and also is a massage therapist/balneotherapist by profession, but later on changed to Water Shiatsu.

http://www.koerperwellen.ch/ueber_mich.html

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I also did a one-year's course – Steps to Leadership – and further seminars on the depth psychology according to Dr Chuck Spezzano. This knowledge accompanies and supports me and my clients in my work.


Christian Moser, Zollikerberg/Switzerland

Moser offers Neuro-Feedback therapies, personality development, consciousness training, quantum medicine. He works at Casa Vitale:  http://www.casa-vitale.ch/neurofeedback/   , but also runs his own website at alphaflow dot ch which is for his company CMMF CONSULTING GMBH.
On his website, he claims to be recognised by a Swiss Foundation for Complementarly Medicine. Moser did several trainings in Matrix and Quantum healing,
For 2014, he lists three PoV courses: „Communicational training, seminar „Emotional Intelligence and Maturity“ with Dr Chuck Spezzano, training to Steps to Leadership according to Dr Chuck Spezzano, PoV Communcational training, seminar „LOVING – LIVING – HEALING“ with Dr Chuck Spezzano“. 

Moser further explains:
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The spiritual psychology I employ is a model of emotional intelligence which leads to a deeper consciousness and understanding of our self and our relationships. It is a path of the heart, miraculously combining spirituality and psychology. The methods and tools were developed by Dr Chuck and Lency Spezzano in the search for a better path.

On his CMMF website, Moser also mentions grades in communication science, economics, and geology. He describes his career as having started out in consulting in a small company in Zurich, then became a brand manager with a large pharma company, a marketing and sales manager in the segment of luxury goods, and an account director in a renowed advertising agency.


Susan Tschopp, Arlesheim/Switzerland

According to her website, Tschopp was born in 1969 and has furthered her gift of intuition and perception since her childhood. She claims trainings in body therapies and various fields of energetic psychology. Among the trainings mentioned are Shiatsu, Bach blossoms, telepathic communication, cluster medicine, pentalogy, Frequency Therapy according to Hulda Clark, and in 2012/2013 an STL course with Rebecca Wildi (trainer level 1 – see above) and Chuck Spezzano.
http://susan-tschopp-eft.ch/SUSAN_TSCHOPP/Uber_mich.html 


Annamaria Giustolisi, Chüsseberg/Switzerland

Born 1955 in Catania/Sicily, Guistolisi grew up in Switzerland, did a commercial training and worked as a secretary to the management of companies in Zurich and Bern. Presently, she is an „MET therapist and Quantum Energy Coach“ and „The experience I was able to make with „Steps to Leadership of Psychology of Vision (according to Dr Chuck Spezzano) additionally support my work in a wonderful way“. (see: http://giustolisi.ch/index.php?id=12#.VMMWIfg24UQ  )


Ruud Verstappen, Sirnach/Switzerland

Verstappen, born 1963 in the Netherlands, seems to have done a course in physiotherapy at a university of applied science (from 1982 to 1988). Later trainings were in pseudo-scientific methods, e.g. as a Cranio-Sacral therapist (2002-2005), in Psychology of Vision (since 2007) and as a Oneness Deeksha Giver (since 2011). He has his own office and uses pseudo-scientific Craniosacral Therapy and PoV methods in his work with patients ( http://www.physiosirnach.ch/coaching_lebensberatung.html ).


Theresa Dätwyler, Isabel Bart – Switzerland

The site lacks a proper imprint, therefore the office kept by Dätwyler and Bart cannot be located.

Dätwyler, born 1963, is a kindergarten nurse and later worked with mentally and physically handicapped persons. In 1994, she started as a massager, in 2000 did a training in Craniosacral Therapy, in 2007 a seminar in STL with Ursula Garo (see above), and in 2009 Family Constellations according to Hellinger.

Bart, born 1970, a hairdresser by original profession, is self-employed since 1995. She started out with the 2007 STL seminar with Ursula Garo and from then on took the same seminars and trainings as a business partner Dätwyler ( http://www.aufstellungsarbeit.ch/aktuell/index.html  ).


Janine Marianne Baumann, Pfungen/Switzerland

Baumann, born 1962, originally did a commercial training and worked for insurances, banks, and a software company. Since 2012, she runs an office for hypnotherapy. Among the methods Baumann offers are past-life regression (2000), systemic hypnotherapy (since 1998), Radionics, Quantum Healing, quadrinity pricess, yoga, radical forgiving according to Tipping, Touch for Health.

Between 2010 and 2014, Baumann lists five PoV seminars with Chuck Spezzano, one with Jeff Allen, and an STL course with Kurt Sommer (see above) from April-Oct 2014.
( http://www.jmb-hypnotherapie.com/ausbildung.html )


Isabelle Dettwiler, Biel/Switzerland

Dettwiler, born 1969, claims to be a notary by profession which should mean she studied law, however, she does not mention any resp course of studies in her CV. She claims various trainings, e.g. an STL seminar with Ursula Garo (see above), in past-life regression therapy, an Angel Trainer programme by Doreen Virtue taught by Charles Virtue, Reiki, Matrix Live, etc. ( http://www.rinbiel.com/zu-meiner-Person.html  )


Monika Oswald, Erlenbach/Switzerland

Oswald, born 1966, also experienced several crises in her life which made her join self-help groups and therapies. She is a bureau clerk, has worked as a secretary, and presently is employed with SHAB (commercial gazette) in Bern as a technical editor. Oswald also offers counseling and claims various trainings in her CV: STL with Ursula Garo (see above), Reiki I – III, Family Constellations according to Hellinger, healing stones ( http://www.monikaoswald.ch/page8.html  ).



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Re: Chuck Spezzano & Psychology Of Vision
« Reply #389 on: February 16, 2015, 01:45:37 pm »
Austria

The fairly low number of PoV/STL trainers in Austria reflects the legal situation given in this country which makes alternative healers illegal; licences as altmed healers cannot be obtained. So vendors there will be restricted to persons claiming to do management counseling, life counseling etc, but these treatments are not covered by health insurances and have to be paid by patients.


Elisabeth Pointner, Vienna/Austria

No further info available, no website. Pointner seems to have done STL courses.


Johanna Schmauszer, Salzburg/Austria

Schmauszer's website promotes an STL course taught in 2012 and since then has not been updated. She also offers individual coaching. No education or qualifications mentioned, apart from vague claims of faith healing and other Newage methods.
http://bewusst-sein.biz/impressum.html


Gabriele Hanser, Lienz/Austria

http://www.gabrielehanser.com/%C3%BCber-mich/

Hanser did various Newage trainings, e.g. Reiki, Access Consciousness, Qigong. She also did an STL course in 2004-5. Hanser does not mention any previous professional training, and she is rather cautious on her website about her present activities.


Günter Kerschbaummayr, Vienna/Austria

Kerschbaummayr did a course of studies in International Business Studies in Vienna which he finished in 1995. He claims a postgraduate course in „Communication & NLP“ at Corvinus University in Budapest/Hungary which he finished with an M.Sc. in 2003. Since this university is a renowned institution, one may wonder about the NLP course, and Kerschbaummayr also claims he became an NLP  Master Practitioner in Vienna/Austria 2000-2002. In 2014, he did an STL course and claims several trainings in Matrix Energy Work. He further claims various other trainings, e.g. with Susanne Ernst (PoV trainer and CEO of POV DACH GmbH) and Chuck Spezzano, as well as trainings in a „shamanic setting (Don Agustin, Hiah Park, Shipibo from Peru, Oona & Azuni“. According to his CV, he has a teaching assignment at Vienna Polytechnic for Business Management (see: http://www.kerschbaummayr.com/hp/uebermich.php?subaction=showfull&id=1282383485&archive=&start_from=&ucat=27&   ).