The Cupchik Center 

for the Assessment and Treatment  of 

Usually Honest People who Steal 

 

 

                            

    The groundbreaking book that's a best seller in its field                 Psychologist and author Dr. Will Cupchik

 

 

 The SKYPE (webcam)-based, 20 session, Intensive Intervention Program; Work live with Dr. Cupchik from your own home via the Internet. [Especially efficient and effective for out-of-towners.] 

The 4-Day In-Office Intensive Interention Program

 Kleptomania: A chronically and erroneously  misused label        Prior Media Contacts

Free Phone or Skype Brief Screening Interview      The Cupchik Theft Offender Spectrum          

2 Page BROCHURE for SKYPE-based Intensive Intervention Program           

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 [Resume] 

The potential misuse of anti-depressants for cases of supposed 'kleptomania'

 

 

 

 

 

 

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]

 

 

 

Now, click on any of the links below to go to any other the other pages on this website.

NEW! SKYPE-based Intensive Intervention Program; Work live with Dr. Cupchik

  from your own home via the Internet.

The 4-Day In-Office Intensive Interention Program

 Kleptomania: A chronically and erroneously  misused label        Prior Media Contacts

Free Phone or Skype Brief Screening Interview      The Cupchik Theft Offender Spectrum          

2 Page BROCHURE for SKYPE-based Intensive Intervention Program           

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 [Resume] 

The potential misuse of anti-depressants for cases of supposed 'kleptomania'

 

 

 

 

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