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“Dr.” Bryan Post Ordered to Stop Misrepresenting Credentials

In 2007, the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers obtained a consent order under which B. Bryan Post agreed to modify the advertising of his credentials. Post, who refers to himself as “Dr. Post,” has accredited bachelor and master degrees, but his “Ph.D. was obtained from “Columbus University,” a diploma mill that was not accredited by the U.S. Department of Education or the State of Oklahoma. The agreement (shown below) states that Post must disclose this fact in any Web site flyer, resumé, business card, or telephone book in which he refers to himself as “Dr.” or Ph.D.” Post now operates the Post Institute for Family Centered Therapy in Chesapeake, Virginia, which his Web site describes as “an intensive in-home counseling service, is committed …