Curriculum Vitae…   Dr. Will Cupchik   

Academic Background:

Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, 1979, University of Toronto/OISE

Masters of Education, Counseling and Guidance, 1970, University of Toronto/OISE

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology: -- 1963-- Carleton University

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical):  1961 - McGill University

Ontario Department of Education --Specialist Teaching Certificates, Physics and  Guidance – 1966

Teaching Certificate, Ontario Teachers College - 1963-- at Queens University

Membership in U.S. and Canadian Professional Associations

Registered Psychologist - since 1980 --Ontario College of Psychologists

Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards -- Certificate of Professional Qualifications in Psychology (CPQ) – since 2001

American Psychological Association (APA) - Full Member since 1980

Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) - Full Member since 1980

Ontario Psychological Association - (OPA) - Full member since 1980

Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association (CGPA) - Full Member since 1980

Canadian Registry of Health Service Providers in Psychology - Full Member since 1992

American College of Forensic Examiners -(ACFE) -Board Certified Forensic Examiner, Diplomate status, since 1996   

Previously, American Group Psychotherapy Association  (AGPA) – was Full Member for over two decades, 1980 - 2001

Academic Appointments:

University of Toronto/OISE (Applied Psychology), Extramural Lecturer, 1996-8, taught graduate school courses in group psychotherapy

University of Toronto/School of Continuing Studies (1980-89), taught a variety of courses, including "Mid-Life, Mid-Career Issues"

Listed in Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, 1984

Psychologist in Private Practice:  

1. Head, Atypical Theft Offender Intensive Intervention Program, offering 19-session, 4-day intensive therapeutic assessments: upon completion, each client receives written ‘Summary and Recommendations’, plus, as arranged, Psychological Report sent directly to appropriate relevant professional (lawyer/clinician/court)

2. Conducting Psychotherapy with adults, couples, intergenerational clients [i.e., adult children with their parents], and adolescents; over 40 years experience as psychotherapist

3. Clinical Investigations into atypical theft behavior, ongoing since 1976

4. Has appeared in person and/or via court-directed reports, in the courts of the Province of Ontario, as expert witness in regard to cases of theft behavior

Advisory Committees:

American College of Forensic Examiners, Executive Board of Scientific and Technical Advisors [1997-98 term of office]

Prior Professional Experiences: 

University of Toronto, School Of Graduate Studies, Extramural Lecturer (1996-97)

University of Toronto, School Of Continuing Studies, Lecturer (1980-1989)

Clarke Institute of Psychiatry: 1974-1986

Forensic Service (full-time from 1976-1986). Duties included both inpatient and outpatient sections: diagnostic assessments, individual and group therapy, teaching, supervision of interns, research and administration. Developed and led Gay Issues Group.

Psychologist-in-Charge, Forensic Outpatient Psychological Programs, 1984-86: Additional duties included supervision of psychologists and psychometrists re psychological assessments. Developed and led the Atypical Theft Offender Program, including assessment, research, individual and group treatment modalities.

Forensic Consultant:  February 1986 to present.  

Consultations and Assessments.  For criminal court proceedings, as an expert witness in person and/or via clinical assessment/psychological reports, dealing exclusively with the atypical (for them) theft behavior of individuals, in terms that aim to uncover and articulate understanding of the offenders’ underlying psychodynamics and the situational elements that may have contributed to their theft behavior, and to provide formulations arising from more than three decades of clinical practice and investigations into this area of human conduct, in a manner which might be of assistance to the offenders, their lawyers, and the court. 

Over 43 years conducting counseling and psychotherapy, including:

Guidance Counselor and High School Teacher

Attendance Counselor, Etobicoke Board of Education, Borough of Etobicoke, 1969-1972. Operated out of Board head office, dealing with troubled children and adolescents (K to 13), assessing and/or treating students in central district. Began and led group for drug users, plus other specialized groups.

Guidance Counselor,  Science and Mathematics teacher, North York Board of Education, Borough of North York, 1966- 1969.  At Northview Heights Secondary School.

Guidance Counsellor, Science and Mathematics teacher, Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa, 1963-1966.  At Northview Heights Secondary School.

Professional Electrical Engineer

Navigational Systems Design Engineer, Computing Devices of Canada, Bells Corners, Ontario. 1961-1962. Designing navigational guidance systems for the then-next generation of winged aircraft and aircraft carrier-based helicopters for the USAF and allied countries.

Publications:

Books:  

Why Honest People Shoplift Or Commit Other Acts Of Theft: Assessment and Treatment of ‘Atypical Theft Offenders’, non-fiction, published by Tagami Communications, Toronto, 1997 (357 pages), ISBN: 1-896342-02-7)

Why Honest People Shoplift Or Commit Other Acts Of Theft: Assessment and Treatment of ‘Atypical Theft Offenders’: Revised Edition, non-fiction, published by Tagami Communications, Toronto, 2002 (ISBN 1-896342-08-6)  

The Avro Arrow Manipulation: Murdering Medicare: Murdering Medicare, published by Tagami Communications, Toronto, June, 2005, a novel; currently distributed by the Toronto Aerospace Museum

Chapter:

Chapter: in Clinical Criminology: The Assessment and Treatment of Criminal Behavior, Edited by Ben-Aron, M.H., Hucker, S.J., and Webster, C.D., Clarke Institute of Psychiatry/University of Toronto, 1985.    Chapter 18,          by Cupchik,W and Atcheson, D.J., Shoplifting: An Occasional Crime of the Moral Majority.

Articles:  

Cupchik,W and Atcheson, D.J., Shoplifting: An Occasional Crime of the Moral Majority, published in the Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 11, 4-343, 1983.

 Cupchik, W Reintrojection Therapy: A Procedure For Altering Parental Introjects, published in  Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Vol. 21, Summer, 1984, #2

 Cupchik, W Why Essentially Honest People Steal, published in The Forensic Examiner, Nov/Dec edition 1997             

Cupchik, W, When Essentially Honest Clients Steal: Understanding, Assessment and  Treatment, published in The Los Angeles Psychologist Newsletter, Vol.12, No. 3, 1998