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,
including:
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. In 1968-69, was President of
the Northview Heights branch of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers
Federation. At the time, this was the largest branch in the North York
School Board.
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
Cupchik, W Why Usually
Honest People Shoplift, published
as a ‘Commentary’ on the opp-ed page of The Globe And Mail newspaper,
June 8, 1999
Resume
December 9, 2008
Curriculum Vitae
