Brochure
for the 20-session, SKYPE-based program personally offered by the
Cupchik Centre for the Assessment and Treatment of Atypical Theft
Offenders
Dr.
Will Cupchik,
Head, 250 St. Clair Ave West, Suite G-3, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada,
M4V 1R6
Tel:
(416) 928-2262
Fax: (416)
489-8882 WhyHonestPeopleSteal.com
wcupchik@aol.com
Skype Name: dr.will.cupchik
The
20-session Skype-based Intensive Intervention Program
is the outcome of over 36 years of clinical investigations by Dr. Will
Cupchik, formerly the Psychologist-in-Charge, Forensic Outpatient
Psychological Services at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in
Toronto, where he initially identified and investigated 'Atypical
Theft Offenders', and in 1984 developed and ran the first individual and
group therapy programs for Atypical Theft Offenders*. For several years
he offered a 4-day, in-office, 19-session Intensive Intervention
Program. Many participants from more than 15 states in the USA
[including Hawaii, California, Texas and Floriday] traveled to Toronto
to take this program. With the advent of Skype, a free live-video
program that is available for use - for free- over the Internet, Dr.
Cupchik has developed a much less expensive (for the client), less
interruptive Intensive Intervention Program through which both the
client and Dr. Cupchik communicate from their respective homes or
offices, and are able to carry out the desired assessment and
therapeutic work by working for 2 or 3 sessions at a time, weekly,
thereby allowing for more between-session work by the client that can
facilitate even greater progress than was possible during the previous
4-day, in-office format.
Dr.
Cupchik is senior author of the original article describing
Atypical Theft Offenders, entitled Shoplifting: An Occasional Crime
Of The Moral Majority, published in the prestigious,
peer-reviewed Bulletin of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, in 1983.
He has had numerous
articles published in professional publications and has been quoted
extensively in the U.S. media. His book, Why Honest People Shoplift Or
Commit Other Acts Of Theft: Assessment and Treatment of ‘Atypical
Theft Offenders’: Revised Edition, was
published in 2002.
Dr.
Cupchik personally conducts the Skpye-based, Intensive
Intervention Program, consisting of 19 clinical sessions (each 45
minutes in length). The Program’s goals are clinical assessment and
treatment of the individual displaying atypical theft behavior.
For
maximum effectiveness of this very intensive program, it is
strongly recommended that prospective clients and the 'Significant
Other(s)' who will be attending and participating in the program read Dr.
Cupchik's book prior to
commencing
the program. Usually,
the time between initially scheduling the dates for attending the
program and the client arriving for the Intensive, affords more than
enough time for the individuals to thoroughly read the book. It is
also advisable that a telephone consultation take place beforehand. At
that time additional information is provided to the attendee, including
directions for sending supplementary materials prior to the arranged
program date. For example, the client is asked to fill out, in as much
detail as possible, and forward at least 72 hours before the start of
the Intensive program, completed copies of the Cupchik Theft Offender
Questionnaire [CTOQ] and the Cupchik Theft Offender Spectrum [CTOS] - both of which are included in the book. Clinical records
may also be sent prior to the start of the program.
Full
involvement in the Intensive Intervention Program may be sufficient to
assist the client to permanently stop stealing. However, additional
follow-up consultation sessions can be conducted over the telephone
or in person, as required and arranged. As well, Dr. Cupchik may be
available to consult by phone and/or email with the client's local
therapist (if any), and/or any other professionals (lawyers, probation
officers, etc…). Subsequent letters to lawyers or court officials may
be provided as well.
Note:
Dr. Cupchik has been granted a ‘Certificate of Professional
Qualifications in Psychology’ [CPQ] by the Association of State and
Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB).
It
is strongly recommended that attendees involve at least one so-called
'Significant Other' with them [a spouse, parent, adult child, and/or
good friend] who knows about the theft behavior problem and the real
purpose of these sessions in the program. In between sessions the client and
significant other(s) should de-brief and also find time for relaxation
to counter the intensity of the sessions themselves. It is highly
preferable that the Significant Other(s) could contribute constructively
to the clinical process and be willing to participate in sessions, as
requested.
As
noted elsewhere, Dr. Cupchik is now offering Skype-enabled live video
sessions that clients may participate in from their own homes, assuming
that they have the appropriate computer equipment and Internet access,
and have downloaded Skype.
[Skype-based
IIP Brochure V-02 May 14, 2010]
