Mike Stower, Dallas TX FAKE DOCTORATE and Degree Mill

Not only does he look creepy, but this jerk is also one of the worst kinds of creeps out there. In addition to purporting that he earned a (phony) doctorate, he is also busy scamming others into thinking that they too can earn a doctorate from him for only $790 on the website www.hypnosisworld.com. See my earlier post at (http://fakedoctorate.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-great-deal-for-those-who-want.html)

He claims to have earned a Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy from the American Board of Hypnotherapy -an unaccredited, unrecognized doctorate that was literally handed to him for a few dollars. Now he's doing the same for others.

Stower claims to be a proud member of all of the organizations:

• ABH - American Board of Hypnotherapy
• ABH - Certified Hypnotherapy Instructor
• ABH - Approved Hypnosis Training School
• NGH - National Guild of Hypnotists
• IACT - International Association of Therapists and Counselors
• IACT - Approved Clinical Hypnosis Instructor
• IACT - Approved For Hypnosis and Clinical Hypnotherapy Training
• AAEH - Association to Advance Ethical Hypnosis
• TAIH - Texas Association of Investigative (Forensic) Hypnotists
• ACHE - American Council of Hypnotists Examiners
• NBHA - National Board of Hypnotic Anesthesiology

So do ANY of these previously mentioned "organizations" have any ethical standards? Clearly not, considering they allow CON ARTISTS like this creep to run rampant.

And you were on Penn & Teller's "Bullshit?" NO WONDER THEY THINK HYPNOSIS IS BULLSHIT THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

Mike Stower - Your Doctorate is a FAKE. Now the world knows.

"Dr." Michael Harris - Richardson, TX - PhD Fraud

"Dr." Michael Harris of Richardson, Texas. This guy is so vain about his "credentials" that he uses it in his domain name and in his email correspondence (drm@drmichaelharris.com). He really wants you to believe that he is a doctor.

First we must examine Huntington Pacific University, where Harris claims to have earned his "PhD." A search of the internet found a page for "Huntington Pacific University" at http://c3e3.com/hpu/.
Here is a website, designed by an amateur. Take away the suffix "hpu" http://c3e3.com and you will find a very cryptic page with a number of broken links titled, "Spiral On Dudes!" Here, somebody named Spiralona claims to be the host of "Sacred Originality Televison." Ok, so this is getting weird. A whois search for c3e3.com yielded an address of at 809 N Branciforte Ave in Santa Cruz, California. Apparantly, it's a very nice house with about $400K. Not what I would call a University.

Anyway, going back to the original link of http://c3e3.com/hpu/, Huntington Pacific University claims to be accredited by the World Associations of Universities and Colleges.  A Google search yielded a defunct website at http://www.waucinternationalaccreditation.com/

Wikipedia says this organization is not recognized by the United States Department of Education. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Association_of_Universities_and_Colleges
but was created by a lady named Maxine Asher, directer of the unaccredited American World University. At one point, Maxine offered a New Year's special on all of her degrees, for only $1000. So here's what happened, Maxine created a bogus school that nobody would accredit. So she created her own accrediting agency. Now she's probably making a few bucks from other unaccredited "universities" for the privilage of being accredited (by a non-recognized organization). But hey, they are accredited -WHO CARES RIGHT? Whatever.

We affirm that since "Huntington Pacific University" and the "World Associations of Universities and Colleges" are not recognized, legitimate universities, Michael Harris is NOT a doctor. In fact, he has no academic qualification whatsoever. We can't say if he is a good "hypnotist" or not, but if he was effective, he certainly wouldn't have to LIE about his qualifications.