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Cupchik Center for
Atypical Theft Offenders
Our
clients are usually highly ethical, often hardworking and honest people who have shoplifted and/or
committed other acts of theft, and we
assist them to learn: (1) why they have been involved in such self-destructive
behavior, (2) help them deal with the underlying issues related this
behavior, and (3) assist them to move towards stopping such illegal
activities!
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Psychologist Dr. Will Cupchik
Author, WHY HONEST PEOPLE SHOPLIFT OR COMMIT OTHER ACTS OF THEFT:
The Assessment
and Treatment of 'Atypical Theft Offenders'
Head, CUPCHIK CENTRE FOR ATYPICAL THEFT OFFENDERS - INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS
Member, American Psychological Association, since 1980
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Details
of the
4-Day, in-office Intensive Intervention Program led by Dr. Cupchik
NEW!
Live, interactive video Intervention Program from your home, with Dr.
Cupchik
Kleptomania:
A chronically and erroneously misused label
Prior Media Contacts
Free
Brief Screening Interview The
Cupchik Theft Offender Spectrum
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Gerald,
An Excellent Example of a Typical Thief Offender
When Celebrities Shoplift
On
Execucrime Practice Information Bulletin
Two
Articles of Interest to Professions and Laypersons Curriculum
Vitae
The
issue of misuse of SSRIs for cases of supposed 'kleptomania'
The
Cupchik Assessment and Treatment Center
for
Atypical Theft Offenders
Psychologist
Dr. Will Cupchik is the original clinician who, over 30 years
ago, first identified, investigated and determined many of
the root causes behind the atypical (and ultimately
self-destructive) theft behavior of usually honest, ethical, often
financially well off,
and responsible members of society. These 'atypical theft
offenders' are very often erroneously labeled as suffering from
'kleptomania'.
In 1983, Dr. Cupchik and
his colleague, senior psychiatrist Dr. Don Atcheson [while both were on the
forensic staff of the
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in Toronto, Ontario, Canada] introduced the term
'Atypical Theft Offender' into the professional literature. This
term was used to refer to those usually honest and ethical individuals
who find that they are sometimes inclined to shoplift or commit other
kinds of theft. These frequently hard-working, often
highly educated, very successful (and sometimes even genuinely
religious) persons are virtually always unable to understand and -
perhaps even more importantly - stop their atypical
theft behavior. Unfortunately, as long as these individuals are not
correctly
clinically assessed and treated, they may remain at serious
risk of re-offending.
Dr. Cupchik's clinical investigations over the
past three decades clearly indicate that the label of
'kleptomania' is almost always erroneously
applied to these theft offenders. This serious mistake is not only made by many clinicians (including
psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical social workers) but
also by most defense
and prosecuting attorneys, the courts and, of course, laypersons. This
frequent erroneously applied diagnosis continues in spite of the fact that Drs. Cupchik
and Atcheson's ground-breaking article, entitled "Shoplifting:
An Occasional Crime Of The Moral Majority", was published
in the prominent, peer-reviewed professional journal, the Bulletin of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law over 25 years ago! Cupchik's and Atcheson's findings
have since been corroborated by other clinicians, as
well.
Dr. Cupchik still personally conducts the
unique 4-Day Intensive Intervention Program that he
initially developed and has continuously refined over the past several
years. He also personally conducts weekly sessions as well as the latest,
Skype-enabled, live-video Intervention program
he has developed for those clients who
prefer to participate from their own home.
Dr.
Cupchik has been granted a Certificate of Professional
Qualification (CPQ) in Psychology by the Association of State
and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). Currently,
the psychology boards of all fifty states of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and
all ten provinces of Canada are members of ASPPB. The
Certificate
of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ) is a
program by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
(ASPPB) to promote mobility for licensed doctoral
psychologists in the United States and Canada. The CPQ documents
that the individual holding the certificate has met specific
requirements in licensure, education, examination and
training and has never had disciplinary actions taken against
his or her license.
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| Skype™
is the easy to download and use, free video live chatting tool
that, assuming you have a suitable computer, webcam
and
Internet access, enables you to personally work with Dr. Cupchik from the
comfort of your own home - no matter where you live in the
USA, Canada,
Great Britain, or just about anywhere else in the world -
without having to personally travel to his office in Toronto,
Canada. To
arrange for the 22-session, Skype™-based Program, first contact Dr. Cupchik by
sending him a comprehensive email to wcupchik@aol.com, providing him with detailed information about
yourself and the issues that you need to address. |
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Dr. Cupchik personally conducts all of the programs referred to on this
website.
| [All the programs that Dr.
Cupchik offers have similar goals to the 4-day Intensive Intervention
Program (the 'Gold Standard' program), but function differently and yield
somewhat different benefits, largely due to their various formats and
time-lines.
Optimally, all clients would attend a 4-Day, in-office-
Intensive, followed by additional follow-up sessions with either a local
therapist, and/ or with Dr. Cupchik ( via Skype
live-video or in person). However, time
pressures, matters of convenience, and the additional (air fare,
hotel, and meals, etc...) costs involved in traveling to Dr. Cupchik's
office may make his new, Skype-based program the preferable option
for some clients.
The Skype-based
Intervention Program utilizes a somewhat different format from the
in-office, 4-day Intensive Intervention Program, since
clients are usually in their own home, while Dr. Cupchik works with them
and their Significant Others, from his own office, via their respective
webcam-facilitated computers. Also, sessions are spread out further (
time-wise), rather than all being compressed into 4 only days. |
Please
Note: Due to the unfortunate prevalence of of spam and viruses, only
emails that have Dr. Cupchik's initials
in brackets - (WC)
- in
the subject line, will be opened.
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